Pistol

[Dinosdeuce]

Where is Falcon?

At the intersection of Woodman Road and Meridian Road on the south side of Woodman. They are open 24 hrs. If you like I can stop by tomorrow after work and check for you.

[wyogeorge]

I don' t think I will have time to drive down there. Thank you anyway though.

Why is the sig a pain to reload?

[SA Friday]

357 Sig is a 40S&W case necked down and loaded with a 9mm bullet, essentially. So, you have a necked pistol case to reload, and that doesn't give you much neck to use to get good constriction on to the seated bullet. Everyone I have spoken to about reloading 357 Sig has related if the neck doesn't cause a firm enough seat on the bullet, you get instant set-back when the round is chambered. This is also a problem with some rifle rounds that have very short necks too. It's compounded when combined with a much shorter case of a pistol and the feeding of a semi-auto handgun. Straight wall cases are easier as one has constricting material all the way down the side of the bullet to cause enough friction to stop set-back.

With this said, I know a few who reload 357 Sig regularly and have it down to a science. I would NOT recommend it be attempted with a first-time reloader though. Cut your teeth on straight walled pistol rounds and established rifle rounds and get a solid understanding on the techniques required before moving on to a more difficult round like this. The potential to kaboom the gun due to set-back is much higher with this round, IMO.

[SA Friday]

Oh ya, where do you live? Let us know and we can tell you where the nearest shooting match should be. If it's one that I regularly go to, we can probably set a time and place for you and I to get together and do a basic safety course with you and I could loan you the gear needed for the safety course and match.

As my wife regularly reminds me, I have more than enough equipment for shooting

[wyogeorge]

I live up in Laramie Wy. The closest mathes to me are greeley or boulder. I am going to try and make it to the 3 gun shoot this month. Just to look around. I have been reloading rifle for a long time but never pistol. Thanks for all the info. I would love to get together at a match.

Thanks
George

[rtr]

See www.ecouspsa.com for match schedules. I think the closest match in Colorado would actually be Weld county.

[Justin]

Your pistol would be fine for shooting IDPA, IPSC or 3 Gun.

FWIW, if you shoot a bunch of matches and decide to go with something else, NRAhab has a good post about pistols usable in multiple forms of competition.