A Caliber Grouping System has been added to ArmoryBook.

To make the explanation below easier to follow, an explanation on how caliber assignment is currently utilized in ArmoryBook is required. Currently each gun is assigned a caliber, this caliber is used to limit the Ammo Shot list in the Range Information screen. Only ammo of the assigned caliber is listed. This is done to make the list shorter and more manageable. A side effect is that guns that can shoot multiple calibers do not have access to any calibers other then what was originally assigned.

The new Caliber Grouping System allows multiple ammo calibers to be included as available ammo when entering range information. For example, allowing .223 and 5.56 ammo to be listed for a gun an AR group can be created. All calibers added to a caliber group will be available for any gun with a caliber in that group. The system comes with NO pre-configured caliber groups. Caliber groups are configured from the Caliber Groups option under the main menu gear icon.

To add a caliber group simple hit the icon and enter a descriptive name for your new group, next place a check next to all caliber that you want associated with this group. Keep in mind that YOU are determining the caliber groups and are responsible for selecting the proper ammo for each gun.

Looking at the image below you can see that both .223 and 5.56 ammo is available in the Ammo Shot options.

A new option has been added to the Gun, Range and Maintenance screens that will display the associated images in an external window. In the images below you will notice the icon is displayed in the header of the images section of each screen. This icon will only be displayed if there are associated images, notice that there is no icon in the second image.

Clicking on the icon will open a new window displaying all the associated images in a thumbnail layout.

These thumbnails provide a quick overview of all the images, clicking on an image will display the full size image with a set of tools in the upper right corner of the screen.

First in the tools is the magnifying glass which is used for zooming in on the image. Next is the slide show button, this will cycle thorough all the images with a short delay between images. Use the next tool to expand the image to take the whole screen for maximum viewing. Downloading of the raw image can be done with the next tool, the image can be used for emails or documents. The final button is used to display a thumbnail gallery on the right side of the screen, allowing quick selection of any of the images. The currently selected image will be highlighted in red as in the image below.

This new feature is very useful when entering range trips or maintenance sessions. Simply click on the icon and pin the images to one side of the screen and the range or maintenance screen to the other. Below is an example of how this can be used.

Two new fields, Value Chg and Value Chg % have been added to the Gun Information and Gun Info by Tags reports.

By default both fields will not be visible. To add the fields to the current report use the Column Visibility button. Using these two new fields a nice report showing purchase amount, estimated value, change in value and the percent of value change can all be shown.