Motronic

Been looking at presses lately. Thank you, just ordered both of these from Amazon as well. I'll wait to get and read them before I start ordering hardware (as hard as that will be for me). Not to threadjack, but I'm thinking of a Lee Loadmaster (yes, I'd rather get the Dillon, but for now, I would like to think this will work) so I can feed my 9 Luger, 9 Mak, .223, and .308 needs.

This is all great info, and I appreciate the pointers and offers. I definitely want to check out some of the events. To get me started, I found an indoor "action defensive shoot" at my normal range (Classic Pistol in Southampton, PA) that they hold once a month. I've never done much more than staying in a position while shooting, so this seems like a good way to try out some movement. I'm a little hesitant to just jump right into an IDPA or a USPSA match at some range I've never been to with a bunch of people I don't know This ought to take care of that.

I have no preference at this point, not having been to either. Looks like there are a few ranges that run USPSA events near me, one in PA and two in the place which I shall not bring guns: New Jersey - though I'm sure I could if I were going to a match and have everything locked, etc with a sterilized (no JHP, and whatever else they don't like) range bag. And no AR in the truck. And who knows what else. It's probably safer to head west for me. Thanks for the pointer. I had meant to look into that. I'd definitely like to try out whatever types of shooting are available within a reasonably distance from me. I was at the range today, trying to switch from a weaver "I learned to shoot this way in law enforcement training" stance to something more iso with a better grip that I can actually shoot and move with and also shooting with both eyes open. I learned two things: dry fire practice works and I have a LONG way to go.

I have to start by saying that I'm impressed at what I've read here over the last few days. After all of the misinformation and bickering on so many other gun forums, this place looks like a class act. A bit about me - I've been shooting since I was about 8. I was in and out of it for years, but all of that was just range trips, plinking in the woods, and hunting. Nothing too formal or structured. I recently found out about a range close to me that runs IDPA events and got really interested. I was looking for good dry fire drills and live fire drills I can run at your typical restrictive indoor range until it gets a little nicer out and I can really get started, and that searching led me to here. Look forward to soaking up whatever information I can, even though some of what I've read so far is far over my head for now.