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Any suggestions for the San Francisco Bay area as far as trainers/coaches??

THanks for the chart

I came to the right place Thank you for the rapid responses. The minimum for steel plate makes sense, and glad to hear it is ONLY power factor for uspsa.

I am new (hence the Newby name) to USPSA. I was told the minimum for any projectile is 750 fps, is this true? I want to shoot single stack, and was planning on a 230 gr bullet...

I am plenty happy with a variance of less than 2 thou. I am curious if the unitek toolhead with clamp will improve things further and will post my findings. This is a very helpful forum

I have done this and am now holding a tolerance of less than 2 thou. I've ordered the cnc toolhead with clamp from Unique and will be comparing that as well. By the way, Brian, after reading your "Beyond Fundamentals" I went from the about 20/30 to 10th/30 shooting steel plate in just two weeks. I have so much more to learn, but am really enjoying my progress.

I ran my press again with all stations loaded and have only 2 thou varience, OAL from 1.151-1.149 My goal is 1.15, I think this is now very acceptable. I did order the clamp kit and will report if it helps or not to tighten the tolerances even more.

I have the lyman #49 and will be getting a few others asap. Any suggestions?

Thank you for the responses. What variences are you guys seeing while loading with all stations filled? Also, just bought a bunch of "1 x fired brass" and many of these (just the cases) do not fit in the case guage because they have expanded a bit too much (before reloading them) Are these ok to use, or are they likely shot out of a glock or something that had an unsupported chamber and are therefore not fit to use?? Thanks again, jeff

Hello everyone, My first reloader...Dillon 550B My situation is that when I set it up (everything tight) I was getting consistent OAL of 1.15 -1.155 with a 124 gr Montana gold 9mm, BUT, when I tested it using all 4 stations as a progressive, the OAL went to 1.158-1.160, then when I did it single every time it loaded to 1.45 to 1.47 How much variance is normal? Is there something I am doing horribly wrong? I'm not loading any powder yet as I'm just trying to get it dialed in. How consistent should it be? I'm a bit worried at this point I will not be able to load consistent ammo... I just ordered the Unique-Tec toolhead clamp just to see if that could help things from shifting. I thought it worth a try.

Thank you for the reply. I will try the other two powders and see how they work for me. Fortunately I can afford to try just about anything as the WAF (wife acceptance factor) is running about a 10 right now I am brand spanking new to this. I've never loaded a round before...but I am a quick study. I was starting with the Unique because of the large volume so I am less likely to double charge, or see and catch it much easier if I were to. My plan is to shoot some off of sand bags at 25 yards to compare accuracy, then shoot from my normal standing steel plate position to see how the gun reacts. I will check what my gun likes for an OAL, thank you for that tip Jumbi

OK, I'm going to start with a 124 gr Montana Gold RN with 4.8 Unique at 1.15 OAL and federal primers Anyone tried this load? Results you would like to share??

Hello everyone, First, let me thank you in advance for your help. I've just gotten into action pistol shooting and just ordered a Dillon 550B from Brian a few days ago. I have a Glock 34 9mm w/Bar-sto replacement barrel so I could reload myself. Has anyone found any loads that had superior accuracy? Lead vs jacketed? My bias is for accuracy. I've heard for some reason that hollowpionts tend to be more accurate, has anyone experienced this? Any bullet/load recommendations would be greatly appreciated. This is my first post Jeff