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Welcome and enjoy the forums. This is a great place to dig up info on reloading and competition. And enjoy the mild weather we are having (although I could do without the rain)

I have had a LCT for several years now. It has always made good ammo and performed reliably. I load 9mm 40 45 38sp and 223 on it and it is quick to swap between calibers. A shell holder and a turret and you are up and running. I will say if you use lee dies get the rcbs shell holders. They are more accurate. The only downside I have found is the priming can be a little finicky at times. But all around it has been a great press.

I was doing a similar thing with the white dots on my sights. I went through and taped them up and was much more accurate. Instead of missing out of the top of the a box it brought things back down into the center. I was much faster doing that than trying to modify my hold. Anyway once I confirmed I liked it better with the tape I just painted over the white dots until I get around to upgrading sights. By blacking out the sights with tape it was easy to try a few things quickly and see what worked better.

Welcome! I too enjoy the action side of things. I keep trying to get into clays more but then a pistol match will drag me back in. Browse lots there is a ton of info here.

Glad you have joined up here. There is a ton of great info here. I used to climb up in the Adirondacks a fair bit. Great climbing and great little towns. I miss those mountains we have the mountains here in North Carolina but it is not the same. Although I don't miss the black flies that bite and leave you bleeding. Enjoy the shooting and this site it will help a bunch.

Welcome. As you decribed you have found one of the friendliest places to discuss firearms. Enjoy the forums and your shadow. Sounds like a nice piece of hardware. One of these days I will get my hands on one.

Welcome. NC has a lot of matches. Catch the nc section website for a bunch of listings. There are easygoing clubs to start at and some bigger matches at Oxford and sir Walter. Come out to RCGC for some fun idpa stages sometime.

I have to agree with the others. The less my thumbs touch the gun the better. I may let them rest on my hand or on each other but not on the gun.

I have one of the cheapy gray ones from amazon. I filed away at the sights and got the cheapest holster that would fit it. I travel a bunch for work and it can go with me wherever. It sure keeps you fresher than not seeing sights for a few weeks. No it is not perfect but when you are stuck in hotels for a while it is good to work with. It helps on things like big transitions and some on draws. I personally would recommend it.

I agree with all of the above comments particularly about doing the best dry fire practice you can. A few things that helped me pick up some speed and accuracy were to dry fire with the fewest variables. Dry fire with just the center two fingers on your strong hand holding the gun and pull the trigger while watching the sights. That told me the most about what my trigger pull was actually doing. That helped me fix a shooting left issue that I thought was grip but was trigger finger positioning. With about a 1/8"change of position of the pad of my finger I was more accurate and faster. After you check with two fingers dry fire with your normal strong hand grip and then with your freestyle grip. Keep watching the sights as you add more fingers and it will help you nail down what pressure you need where on the gun. As was stated before the focus must be on getting this perfect and practicing that particularly with lots of dry fire. This whole sport seems daunting at first but it gets easier with each match. Good luck.

Glad you guys have joined. There are lots of people with great info on the forums. It looks like you have a pretty spectacular spot to practice wish I had that much space out where I wouldn't bother anyone. Also to Mike you should check out the anthill range it is about 30 minutes south of you near oak island. They do steel matches and I think an ipsc match a month.

Great to have you on board. Glad you enjoy the shooting and the people. It can be a lot of fun. Catch you at a match someday.

Sounds like way too much fun;) Enjoy the forums. I will have to check out ar15.com sometime.

Congrats on getting into the game. There is a lot to figure out but the best way to get going on it is to go shoot some matches. Don't worry too much about having the perfect gear to start you will change your mind a bunch once you get going. Good luck getting out there and making some noise.

I have thrown it out there before but anyway here is a cheap option if you have an Ikea nearby. Weird name Jansjo but it is a great cheap really bright led with a weighted base. $10 from ikea at the store or like $15 from amazon. http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20169658/ Worth trying for your bat cave or man cave or wherever you are trying to reload in the dark.

Hello ErnestT, I would definitely agree with the other posters and say shoot the pistol a bunch before you try to bite off all of the three gun world. That gets you going for a couple of boxes of ammo and into the world of a match. There is a lot going on in those 3 gun matches and it helps to gear up a gun at a time instead of everything at once. The two closest ranges to that area that do action style competition are the Rockingham County gun club that runs IDPA styled competition and Rowan county practical shooting which runs 3 gun matches and some pistol only events. I think Rowan county used to run 2 gun stuff (carbine and pistol) another good way to get going instead of trying to run all 3 guns. Rockingham county is way laid back and a great place to start if you have not shot a bunch of matches.Usually small groups and they are friendly to new guys. Hope this helps and enjoy the shooting.

Hello Steve. Hope that you are able to get some good info out of the forums, there is a ton of info in them. Good luck competing.

I would agree with psynapse. Shooting with both eyes open gives me a better ability to transition and keep some situational awareness. If I try to use just one I cannot get around the targets as fast. The peripheral vision really helps me especially to find the next target. The longer shots however can get tricky. I think even some of the top end guys close an eye for that.

So just trying to see how people are inspecting pistol brass. I pickup a fair amount of range brass I think most of it once fired. I usually glance at it before I tumble and then look at it closer after I separate it from the media. Does that compare well with what others are doing? I am wondering if I am obscuring any warning signs by tumbling before really looking through stuff.

Just wanted to say thanks MarkCO for the info. Useful stuff to have a little more scientific outlook on. Again thanks.

Reloading has certainly made me pay more attention to what I and the gun are doing. It also seems to be a good thing to keep talking about these kinds of things often to keep us focused. You said at least no one else was there and that is something I contemplate often. The outdoor range I use can be pretty deserted during the week so I worry a bit if I do something stupid it might be a pretty final mistake. Anyway all of this is why I added a way to check powder levels to my press. Hope that was the last adventure like that you have.

So I usually deprime then tumble and I leave the decapping pin in to clear obstructions. That is what works for me and seems to keep the press a little cleaner while building the rounds. But along these lines does anyone know if there is a difference in lead content in the tumbler depending on primers in or out when tumbled. I have read things both ways and didn't know if anyone had actually tested the levels in any kind of meaningful way. Again not one of those things I am super concerned about but I do wonder if its helps keep the lead dust down.

Welcome to the forums. Enjoy digging through everything on here there is a ton of great info and happy reloading.

Hello and welcome. There is definitely a ton of info on this forum. I have to take small bits and then get out to the range to try them out. It seems like the most profound parts of it don't hit me until later. Kind of like Brian's book. Anyway happy reading and try lots of trips to the range between it. Classes are fun and they will tell you where you are and where you need to work on things. Have fun reading and shooting.

How much do you want to be able to focus it? If you just want general illumination I would go with something like a fluorescent fixture.Although I try to do led lamps in those so you can skip the ballast hassle and the longer warm up time particularly in the cold. If you want a focused beam there are a bunch of mr16 led lamps that can be found that will go into a cheap fixture. If you look at environmental lights (all one word environmentallights on google) they have lamps that will go into cheap stuff you can get from lowes. They have stuff as small as 10deg spots that are very focused and on up to 50deg. If you can find a fixture that takes the gu10 base lamps that is the better way to go. I picked up one on sale that had 3 lamps in it. After a week and the halogens all died I went to led and it has been a happy thing.