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They are ~ 165mm with my rough measurement. I plan on using it for a 40 open.

Ran a little over 50 rds through the gun today after swapping out the striker and had no ruptured primers. I'm going to keep running it for a while and see how it does, I've go about 600 more of the same load to shoot up. I'm going to extend the OAL out some for future loads and see if that helps also. I think this may have been a combination of things and just started noticing it with the softer standard Federal primers. Thanks for the help.

You're right Mark, those guys put together some great stages and are a group of great guys to shoot with. I started out shooting USPSA down there a few years ago and learned a lot from them. I wish I could have gotten back down there for a match before they closed it down. It's a sad day to loose this match. Bob

Yes, the OAL is on the short side. With the throat on this barrel being on the short side I loaded shorter to keep loads passing the chamber check. I still have a few that won't chamber even at that length due to bullet run-out, but I'll probably extend it out some to see if that helps. Like I said, I have run many of these loads before with no issue, maybe I was just not seeing it with the magnum primers and am just know seeing it with the standard one. Thanks for the replies.

I'm going to swap the striker with one from another gun while I wait on the new one. I'll run some more through the gun later this week and check all the primers to what they look like. Thanks

Had a new experience today while picking up brass after some practice. I found 4 cases with ruptured primers which is a first for me. I had already picked up many others and have not gone back through them yet to see if there are any more. Here’s what I trying to figure out, is it a load problem or a gun problem? My load: 180 Bear Creek RNFP Mixed brass 4.6 gr Solo 1000 OAL 1.11 Fed SPP My Gun: G35 with Lone Wolf barrel, I’ve been shooting this combo for almost 5 years. I have shot several thousand of this combination with one exception, I switched from Fed small pistol magnum match primers to Fed small pistol about 1000-1200 rnds back. Chrono results changed very little if any with the switch and I didn’t notice any obvious pressure signs . This load has given consistent 170-172 PF for quite a while. When I got home I looked at my striker and it has some rough area/possible erosion on the end. The primers look a little flat and definitely have ruptured in the indent which makes me think I had high pressure. Could this be caused by the striker being rough/chipped or was the striker damaged by the gas from the ruptured primers? I’m kind of puzzled on this one and hoping someone here can help me find the cause of this.

I was able to see the results, last update showing from last night.

I'd suggest a magwell and couple more +5 extensions and have fun. I like my Dawson ICE magwell and Arradondo(sp?) extensions but I'm sure the Dawson extensions are good too, I've just never used them. I'm not sure who is making a magwell to fit the Gen 4 frame though, Dawson says theirs doesn't.

Welcome. There is a lot to learn here and great people. What part of Texas are you from?

Welcome to the forum. It is a great resource for shooting. Can't help you with clubs in your area but I'm sure someone on here can point you in the right direction for local shooting.

I started out using a G23 in production because that was what I had. I shot it for several months before I stepped up to a G35. Since I started shooting my G35 I have only taken the 23 out a few times for a match, but it is still fun some times. IF you like shooting it there's nothing wrong with taking out to a match.

I have been using Solo 1K with 180gr Bear Creek molys with good luck. I use 4.6 for major and 3.2 for minor both out of a G35 with Lone Wolf barrel. With plated or jacketed you may have to raise that a little. Also my lot # is 1877 so I don't know how that compares to yours.

I've got a few 155gr bullets on hand, once I have a chance to try them out a little more I may just go with the MG 155 JHP for availability. I really don't like to have to worry about finding components when I need them. How do the 135s and 155s compare for you guys that have tried both?

I've tried some of the Berry's bullets, but not those. Their site says they should not be pushed past about 1200 FPS and I need to reach ~1260 to make 170 PF with a 135 so I don't know if they would hold up or not. If anyone has experience with them pushed to those velocities I would like to hear how they held up. From what I've read so for in my searching for load data I've see almost no mention of anyone using the Berry's 135gr for an open load and that leads me to believe that there may be a problem using them for these type of loads.

Perry, Thanks for the link. I'm actually looking for 135gr 40s for open loads. Pinman, Thanks. I was able to get a 1000 through Midway the other day but they went backordered after that. I've read other post that say these are not always easy to find so I was hoping there were other good sources out there that I hadn't found yet.