[Seating Depth? 124 Grain Bayous?]

The thing I really like about 124 grain Bayous is how long I can load them...3.2-3.6 gr titegroup in my xdm 5.25 with the top of the lube groove out of the case, just like yours is. Shoots great. You should be good to go.

[WHERE IS ALL THE POWDER]

Evans Brothers Guns in Huntington, TX just got in Bullseye, Unique, Power Pistol, and Red Dot. It's a good sign, although of course I'm working this weekend and it'll probably be gone by next week.

[Do you still feel as desperate for powder as you did a month ago?]

I started feeling a bit better when Grafs just sent me a 4lb jug of Titegroup I had ordered in March. That, along with 1lb I got at a gun shop, will get me through for a while.

[tightgroup and lead coated bullets]

Can't speak for titegroup for .40 as I haven't finished working up a good load for it yet, but titegroup with 9mm bayou bullets works great. Not too much smoke and very accurate.

[Missouri Bullet Company]

I loaded 1000 of them in 9mm and didn't like them--I had to load them too short (at least by loading manual standards) to get them to chamber properly. They shot amazingly though, very accurate. I would be willing to give the new coated bullets another try, in either .40 or 9mm.

[Looking For A Light Recoil 9mm Titegroup Recipe]

Can't speak for the bullets you're using, but 3.2-3.6 gr titegroup with 124 grain bayou bullets shoots extremely soft from my xdm.

[XDM Would you buy one?]

I have a 5.25 9mm Xdm, and if it's not an indestructible, idiot-proof gun, then it's pretty darn near it.

15,000 rounds through it and it still shoots the same as when it was new. Put a Powder River trigger on it which helped a bit, but it was a good shooter right out of the box.

Made it a little bit better by adding some grip tape, a heavy guide rod, and a heavy recoil spring, but that's just icing on the cake. I doubt you'd regret buying one.