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Do you have the reostat upgrade on it? If not that would be the first thing I would do. It made mine from being unusable to 1 or 2 upside down primers per 1000, both SP en LP. (With Ginex, S&B, FIoccho, Magtech and Murom) You can still decap and re-use upside down primers, so nothing lost there but some time.

I always have the sneaking suspicion that it is just brake cleaner with a fancy name and price tag. Main ingredients are the same as far as you can see on the label anyway.

No-one can give you any advice if you don't mention the caliber and the bullet weight. But I guess you helped yourself? Also what is SP? Sport Pistol?

The sizing ring which sizes the entire case has a fixed diameter, what you set the crimp to has no relevance. If brass thickness*2 + bullet diameter exceeds the diameter of the sizing ring the bullet gets swaged causing all sorts of accuracy problems. Not so apparent on 9mm since it is a tapered round, but with .40S&W a coated bullet will be loose in the case after using the FCD. (Which you can "fix" applying setting a heavy crimp with said FCD) In my opinion the FCD is a tool which you should only use if you know what you are doing and for general reloading should not be needed.

A G34 Too racy? The barrel is simply too long. (over 5")

What do you mean with the 147 has more recoil? At 125 PF a 124 grain bullet has 280 ftl/lbs of energy and a 147 grain only 236 ft/lbs, thus less recoil. This is exactly why heavier bullets have less recoil at the same PF, it does not caclulate energy just weight * velocity. There are several pro's en cons to each, try them yourself and stick to whatever works. Chasing after flattest/softest/whatever is waste of time and energy, especially with 9mm. With Production optic you may even prefer heavier bullets because the slide velocity is slower, you don't loose sight of the dot as much.

Just keep in mind that it will be very hard if not impossible to seat this mag with the weapon closed. You will need to be able to push down the top round in order for the magazine to seat. It will not be the first time I see a magazine drop after reloading because it was (too) full.

I'd start loading and see what you need, it's easy to spend a lot of money only to find out you didn't need it. e.g. the Case stop feed, an empty .357 case works just as well, the primer feed stop is only need when setting up the press, removing a single screw will do the same. (And if you setup the press without primers you will hardly ever need it) Find someone with a 3D printer or buy one yourself and you can make a lot of those things yourself. The one thing I would recommend getting is the powder measure quick detach if you find yourself switching powders a lot.

Have you measured the bullets before and after crimping? If you are using fatter bullets, chances are they are getting swaged by the FCD.

This is wat SVI gave me : 180gr Jacketed Projectile 1.20 in OAL (30.5mm) 4.7 - 4.8gr N310 Use at your own risk, it is on upper pressure limit. I do not use fast powders like this myself.

That used to be correct, nowadays they are different. Try them in Quickload or Gordon's reloading tool and see for yourself. And yes, you can use AA #2 data for Lovex D032 but you could also use it for N320 and be just fine 99% of time.

Shooters World is selling rebranded Lovex powder which is made by Explosia in the Czech Republic, it is not Accurate powder. (The name, it's accurate enough LOL )

@Reds_Dot if you look at your pistol and the pistol dansedgli posted, your sights are on top of the slide on his picture almost in the slide. With the sights sitting that high I am not sure even a +1 basepad will fit, I am curious as to what you end up with.

Draw a box on paper and fit it or better make one. With 20 or 21 rounds of .40 I doubt it will fit the box, you will get 20 or 21 rounds with 9mm if set up correctly. The most I get is 18 rounds of .40 reloadable but I have never gone for the absolute maximum, just isn't worth my time/money and effort. Which basepads only the box can tell you, it depends on the height of the rear sight as well. Some guns have it machined lower into the slide than others. I have a SVI magwell on my SVI, fit's the box perfect. Won't expect anything else tbh.

I don't see how you get to 4K or above for just the slide assembly, in parts it's not even $1000. A few years back I got a .40 top end to go with my 9mm SVI and that was about 2.5K at a European SVI dealer. I would worry about wear when using 2 slides, combined I have over 200K rounds and still no issues. (Excluding dry fire racking )

I would suggest you read the rule book thoroughly at least once, not trying to be snarky but you need to know the rules well. It is explained here : 10.5.5Allowing the muzzle of a firearm to point at any part of any person’s body during a course of fire (i.e. sweeping). If the RO is swept, the Range Master must be called to determine if it was RO interference or a DQ. 10.5.5.1Exception –A match disqualification is not applicable for sweeping of the lower extremities (below the belt) while drawing or re-holstering a handgun, provided that the competitor’s fingers are clearly outside of the trigger guard. This exception is only for holstered handguns. Sweeping does not apply to a handgun holstered in compliance with Rules 5.2.1and 5.2.7. 10.5.6While facing downrange, allowing the muzzle of a loaded firearm to point uprange beyond a radius of 3 feet from a competitor’s feet while drawing or re-holstering For the rest, I wouldn't worry about it. The gun is not going to go off unless you pull the trigger, even if the hammer would drop off the sear the half-cock notch will catch it.

That is correct until you ram a SV/SPS magazine into a new(er) Bull, it will need some persuasion before it comes out again. Some double stack 1911 will work fine with 2011 mags o.t.o.h., I've always used SV/SPS magazines with my older Para P189.9

I doubt 9mm magazines will work, in my P18.9 I always used SPS/STI/SV magazines easier to get and more capacity while still fitting the box. That said there are several versions of Para guns and SPS even made a para specific version of their mags so I don't know if it will work on your gun. Worth a try if you can borrow a mag.

Even if it was only saving 5 cents a piece, I'd still be saving $50 for less than an hours work. I don't earn half that working a normal job for an hour, easy choice. Not even mentioning that I get to choose what loads I am shooting instead of having to buy factory 124/115 grain since that is all that is relatively cheap.

I would be surprised if the slide would lock back on an SVI with any ammo, factory standard they do not have that feature It is possible but my experience is that it sometimes you are left with 1 in the mag when it locks back. 110PF ammo should not be an issue, especially not with the default mainspring. I run a 19lbs mainspring and 110-115 ammo works fine. (With a 90 grain bullet though)

I tried Redding .40 S&W dies and while I really like their seating and crimping dies I did not enjoy the sizer die on my 650. The bottom of the Dillon sizing die is flared so the case will enter the die even if it is a bit off center, not so with the Redding dies. A lot of times the case would not enter the die and needed some manual attention, got tired of it and switched back to the Dillon sizing die.

OT, but 9x19 is allowed for Italians nowadays. For handguns, it was allowed for PCCs allready.

115 will only feel snappy if you try to make powerfactor, and only than will 147s feel like they have less recoil. If you do not have to make PF a lighter bullet will have less recoil than a heavier bullet. You will have to test what works reliable like Yeti says. I would use a faster burning powder for things like his though, N320/Titegroup/Clean shot/Bullseye etc.

True, since you get 1500 to 2000 rounds out of a can (500grams) it hardly matters how expensive it is.

In general powders burn poorly a low pressures, they get inconsistent and/or dirty. Also a faster powder has less felt recoil compared to slower powders and faster powders allow for slower velocities with again less recoil. I usually run 3.2 grains Lovex D032/Clean shot behind a 147 grain coated bullet, for steel plates I just change the bullet to a 124 version and voila a soft shooting load. (n.b. this is below starting load)