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The ammo I have had the best results with is Freedom Munitions NEW 147 G. Round nose 9mm, very accurate, soft shooting and no feeding issues. It's worth a try, your mileage may vary. https://www.freedommunitions.com/ammunition/pistol/9mm/9mm-luger-147-gr-rn-new.html

I would stick with the Vepr 12 ...runs out of the box and is one tough gun. I have shooting one for over 2 years, once a week and have had maybe 5 or 6 FTF, other than that extremely reliable and soft shooting. I shot an MKA 1919 before I got the Vepr, no comparison...my 1919 was highly modified to even get it to run. Also, you can't beat the price..under $800.

Yes, much softer shooting the UMC ammo. I got the gun, ran 250 rounds of Federal 115 g. Factory ammo through it and zeroed red dot for a competition. I bought the yellow box of UMC with 250 rounds for the competition and never shot any before the competition in this particular gun, but I had shot it in my other PCC (Mag Tactical 9mm) and it ran great and very soft shooting. Not soft shouldering the gun, but like I said when I switched back to Federal at the competition, all was well.

I just got mine, had the doubling, tripling problem, but here’s the strange thing, it was only happening with factory UMC ammo....switched back to federal and it stopped. I am at a loss on that one, any ideas would be appreciated before I call the factory.

Looks promising, at least the upper & lower are aluminum. Looks like the grip is removable/changeable too.

In my opinion, you are a little light on the Tightgroup....move it up a bit. I really don’t think you will notice much more recoil.

I like the magwell idea. I have an M&P Pro that does double duty as a limited (with the 40 slide with rear sight) and a CO (with the 9mm slide & optic) it is a pain to remove the magwell when I want to shoot CO. It would make my life easier.

The ballistics listed on their chart is for a 4" barrel length...just sayin'

I bought the Primary arms 1-6 with the ACSS reticle....nice scope and the reticle makes fast work acquiring the target distance and drop, really cool feature. Around $230 If I remember correctly.

I think the loading manuals are talking about the standard length ...not loading longer like 1.180.

I use a Harbor Freight Ultrasonic cleaner, I could care less if by brass is super shiny, I just want it to be clean inside & out.

I only load long to fine tune my match loads power factor, don't think it makes a big difference in feeding reliability, at least not in my STI Eagle 5.0 40 S&W.

Burris Fasfire 3 8 moa....old eyes...bigger dot. Failure free for over 2 years.

I would steer clear, based on what I have heard. If you couldn't get a Vepr 12 to run reliably...maybe open shotgun isn't your game.

What he said.......

I reload alot.......don't understand how anyone would spill a bunch of powder reloading...say 1,000 rounds. Enlighten me on HOW you are spilling alot of powder, cause last time I checked, the powder get's loaded into the powder tube (no spillage there), then get's dropped into empty cases (no spillage there either), then get's emptied back into powder jug ( I don't spill here either). Now maybe when you remove a round every so often to verify the powder drop....may spill a few grains. I stand by my earlier statement.

If you guys are spilling that much powder...Something's wrong.

Put an area rug under your reloading bench...take it outside and shake it off when needed.

Any scores for this yet ?

That is an MKA 1919 clone.

I feel you pain...but I always bulge bust my range pickup 40 S&W brass. Have not had a problem since, a lot more work...but...oh well.

Leave it alone and shoot it...still works in my opinion. Not much has really changed in that dept.

They clean easily. Loading takes a little more effort. Easy to find, so picking up your own brass is easier (I recover about 90% of my own brass). Overall...I use and like them...especially since I got a 5 gallon bucket for free.

yup....no rail....I am glad I have the rail as I use it for 3 gun and other things.

I think they are the same aren't they ? Just a different model #.... If not, what are the differences? I have the 9mm version (below) and when I called them to ask the difference between mine (older model) and the new one, they said they are the same gun, just a new name and model #.