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I shoot what I carry.

What works fairly well for me is 1) Get the gun up and get on the front sight. 2) Get the front sight on the target. 3) Get the rear sights / whole sight picture correct. I still make mistakes but this sequence is what I strive for. I have to remind myself to work through the steps but it's like remembering to feel for the trigger reset in my Glock. That one simple little step really makes the trigger pull a lot easier. Little things count for me if I remember them. FWIW, I'm a noob and am just beginning to get tuned in to my techniques so take what I say with a grain of salt, lol.

I've shot several IDPA and USPSA stages where weak hand shooting was required. Weak hand is left handed for me. Does anyone have any tips for where to aim on the silhouette to get close to the sweet spot? Left shoulder? Right shoulder? Most of my shots were completely off the silhouette. Not good, lol.

As I recall, the DVD was about setting up the press. Nothing you can't get online. The Lee dies will serve you well if they are the carbide sets. I consider myself a noob still but I feel confident in the reloading I do with mine. I get good results at the range and my gun is still in one piece (lol). And that's what counts.

I just use the plastic rod that came with the press and stick a 30.06 case over the end of it. Marked it at 50 and 100 primers to help me look for the last primer. Love my LnL.

TWIW, I've used only one reloader, a LnL. I'm a noob but it works for me. Maybe three cases through it includine 9mm, S&W and 357 Sig. It does what I expect with no issues. The powder is astoundingly consistant, even when the powder goes below the plastic hopper. My lee dies give me an AOL of +/- .003" and the crimp never varies once set. I'm sure the other brands can to as well. But it's going to take a drastic change in my presses behavior for me to want to experiment with a different brand.

I am a noob but I have cooked up one fairly successful batch of 357 Sigs for my G23 with a G32 barrel stuffed in it. I had a devil of a problem with set back. The way I discovered it was to make up 10 rounds with a consistent OAL, rack them rapidly through the gun by hand and then measuring them again. I did the FCD thing then found I didn't need it. I use the Lee four-die carbide set and do just fine. My trick is to size them with the decapper then put a slight flare with the Lee powder drop die. I have a Hornaday LnL. The seating die removes the flare and the crimping die puts another .001" crimp and gives a final sizing. I started with Montana Gold 125 gr JHP bullets but found them hard and slick. I switched to Precision Delta 124g 9mm JHP bullets and felt they stuck to the case better. The REAL TRICK to solving my set back problem was to use a compressed load of 13.0 gr of AA #9. This powder is so slow, you are not in danger of loading a kaboom. The Lyman 49th velocity is 1400 fps however and is a pretty stout handful at the range. It's still a kick to shoot. No pun intended, lol. Also, I use Hornaday One Shot lube. I like it a lot - No cleaning after loading. But, I don't want any in the case mouth. So, I spray the inside of a ZipLok with it, toss in a hand full of cases, seal it and massage the cases by hand. This works very well. I marked the ZipLok and reuse it each time I lube.

New member from Prescott AZ. I have a great shooting club here http://www.prescottactionshooters.org/ and can't wait to use the great advice I see on this site. I shot IDPA in Albuquerque for a year before moving to Prescott. I have shot several of our informal USPSA shoots at my present club and love it. The club members are fantastic in the way they nudge me toward being a better shooter. Thanks to GoinHot for helping me find this site. Dan in ABQ (Prescott really)