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I run a SJC micro dot mount with a deltapoint. Works great! The sturdiness and compactness of this mount is definitly worth modifying the frame for.

That's exactly my major load for my G35 as well, I just run Winchester primers instead but I get dead on the same result for a low 170's PF.

I have one mag that I can get 20 reloadable in. I had to use a 2nd gen mag to make it work but the important part is the follower. It just has 1028 stamped on it and has the two legs at the back. I cut about 50% of those legs off, cut 2 coils off the spring, and sanded the top side of the follower down about 1mm. I took enough material off to completely remove the molded in .40 in the curved portion. Between all those things, I can get 20 in it and still have enough travel left to make it reloadable. For the trouble it was to make work, I rarely find the instance where I need to use it for any kind of competitive advantage though. Unless you just like to piddle with stuff like this, I wouldn't bother.

Another satisfied user of Titegroup and WST here as well!

I use MG or PD 180gr FMJ over 4.5gr Titegroup for major and the same bullet over 3.5gr of Titegroup or WST for minor. Both loaded to 1.130" OAL for Glock 35's.

I had some weird feeding issues in my production and limited G35's with ammo at 1.135" OAL, randomly I would have a round feed into the chamber nose high and jam that way. After I dug into the problem I found the mags had varying feed lip gaps. So some mags would let the next roud come up higher in the gun than others, thus changing the angle it fed into the chamber. After some data collection (read a lot of shooting here) I found the mags with the narrower feedlips had the problem, the wider ones fed like champs. I gapped them all the same width as the largest gap I had in my group of mags (12 all together, max gap was .394") Since then I haven't had any issues with either gun. Just something to look at from a reliability standpoint.

We definitly need video of this!!!!

180gr. Jacketed bullets with ~3.5gr of Titegroup or WST loaded to 1.130-1.135" are great minor 40 loads. I'd definitly go with the heavier bullet, much less flip in recoil, more of a push....a lighter bullet with create the opposite effect.

I used 2x4's to build a perimeter frame and then put cross braces every 24" on center. Then I topped it with 2x10's. Makes one hell of a sturdy bench and there's plenty of meat there to bolt, screw, clamp anything you ever wanted to the bench. I've got a RCBS Rockchucker, Dillon 550, bolted down and 4 holes with star nuts in them to bolt down the MEC loaders (12 or 20ga) when I need one, but when I don't I simply unscrew it and they slide it out of the way.

My 35 was doing something similar. It was like it was pushing the round into the chamber nose high. Meaning, it would ram the bullet into the uppper part of the chamber at such a steep angle it would wedge itself there and couldn't rotate into line with the barrel to continue foward. I tried everything (COAL, springs, etc) and fianlly fixed it by going through all my mags and opening the feedlips up to a 0.390" gap. I measured all my mags (~12) and 0.385"ish was the widest factory one I had and some where down in the 0.345" range. I don't know what the factory gap spec is and couldn't find that info anywhere. Since opening them all up to 0.390" gap I havent had this problem at all in about 1000 rounds running an asortment of mags. Here's my theory on what's happening. I was loading to 1.135" OAL and the lips being closer together held the next round in the mag down lower, thus when the slide came forward to pick it up it had to nose up at a more extreme angle to get in the chamber and thus ramming the bullet into the top of the chamber. Now with the magazine lips opening up slightly the angle is reduced (cartridge is more in line with the barrel) and the problem is resolved. I also found out if I loaded to 1.120-1.125"isht the problem mostly went away as well which would explain why factory ammo seemed to feed (most of the time, not 100%) and reloads wouldn't. I've done this on my Production and +5 Limited mags, for 2 different 35's and ahvent had a hiccup since.

I've got an JD X500 also, absolutely love it. I've got some really nasty terrain around a create and about 2 acres to mow and it does it with no effort. That locking rear-end and better hill manners (than a zero-turn) really pay off for me.

I think I'm in love with the comp design!! Notice any strange or problematic wear on the guide rod due to that setup?

I'm in this same boat right now trying to find a 40 major load I like for my G35. I've got varying charges of TG and Power Pistol loaded up with 180ggr FMJ's to chrono but haven't had a chance to shoot them yet. There's a lot of folks running TG in 40 major at ~1.135". Most data I've seen puts you at the upper end of the recommended powder charge (4.5-4.7gr) to make major but lots of people do it without issue. You could go with a slower powder (ie. power pistol)but if you double charge it and fill the case your probably going to Kaboom a gun also. As long as 4.7gr of TG will make major for me that's what I'm going with. If it doesn't I'll go with the Power Pistol or try Universal Clays.

I run a 13lb IMSI spring in my G35 shooting minor (180gr @ ~130pf). I ran a 15lb spring and had some feeding problems when running close the 125pf floor, the 13lb spring cleared that right up. I also noticed that the 15lb spring made the gun seem really sluggish and slow to recover from every shot. I did experiment with cutting coils off a 15lb spring to reduce the preload at lock up but still maintain a 15lb rate during slide travel. Cutting 3 coils off did the trick and it would cycle at 125pf but the 13lb spring still felt quicker in my hand. Just food for thought.

I run a 13lb IMSI spring in my G35 with 130-135pf loads and I run a 15lb IMSI spring in my other G35 for 170pf major loads. I'm running stock trigger springs (just polished everything up) with the 13lb spring with no problems.