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Usually inspect head stamps sort out (imi fm junk) decap, Swage 1x Winchester or N/T, then wash a batch(500 9mm/ 400 45 ) in a little dawn or tide, let dry overnight, tumble in corn cob media with nufinish polish for couple hours. Washing extends media life. The clear plastic peanut containers work great for storage. A light dusting with one shot in cardboard box and your ready to load.

I only load 45 acp and 9mm so not having to swap press back and forth is a plus, only have to stock spp is nice. When you get a LPP mixed in and attempt to prime it just won't seat ( pockets to large) not a big deal. I mainly use federal case which seem to run very consistent length. Using coated bullets various powders and chromo to confirm results. Small pistol primers have been a good experience for me, many people avoid them making them easy to attain. If your just starting to reload this may be a good way to go.

Sorry about that, 124 RN coated ibeji 1.145 oal 3.8 tight group 1100 fps es 27 sd 8 Coated bullets use less powder to achieve similar speed, less propellant and lead bullet may feel softer shooting. Everyones opinion differs experiment to find your personal preference.

124 RN jacketed Pdelta 1.145 oal 4.0 tight group 1078 fps ES 15 Sd 5 very common/ popular load 124 RN coated ibeji 1.145 oal

Xdm 5.25 Springfield R/o 5.0 147 Ibeji FP WST 3.4 1.130 oal 130 pf @ 78 deg soft shooting very accurate current idpa load

Nighttrain, I have not loaded 165, however a 147 FP ibeji coated bullet, 3.9 PP 1.130 oal runs 910 fps 22es/9sd temp 76 out of 5" R/O accurate and soft shooting. I prefer this combo to tight group. Power Pistol is a very versatile powder, check out Hornadays 9th edition reloading manuel ( 9mm section). I read the link above from S/T seems to be pretty accurate info. At the end of the day its your personal preference or perception of how the load works for you, experimenting is the beauty of reloading (safely of course) have fun with it..

This is my second season using 3.4 WST with 147 Ibeji FP 1.130 oal CCI primers, 8/23/17 out of my 5" R/O at 78deg 878 fps 40 es 16 sd . stock spring cycles well, soft shooting, very accurate, fills case well, good supply in my area. Chrono slightly faster out of XDM 5.25. This set up has worked well for me. The same day also tested 3.9 Power pistol with 147 ibeji at 1.130 pleasantly surprised with 910 fps 22es 9sd out of R/O, very soft shooting, seems very accurate cycles well will test more.

Having loaded 147 Ibeji coated FP with 3.2 of TG at 1.140 oal functioned well but I did not like the pulse, also as mentioned the dense powder is easy to double charge case . Powders that fill the case volume more might be a better choice getting started 3.9-4.0 of Power Pistol or 3.3-3.4 WST both work well with 147 coated bullets. Personal preference plays a big part in reloading. Jacketed bullets are more forgiving to work with, and probably a good place to start, have fun..

I use 3.4 WST with a 147 Ibeji FP 1.130 oal CCI primers and average 915 fps for 134 power factor at 55 deg last fall very soft very clean load. Have not tried with a jacketed bullet, Ibejis have been flawless and at $88 per thousand hard to beat. I will rechrono in warmer weather now to get data but i have not seen any difference in function or accuracy at last weekends match. On another note you may want to consider Power Pistol 4.0 grains with same set up averaged 901 fps 132 power factor out of XDM 5.25. Power pistol is very versatile in 9mm hornaday has some great data.

I too have a 9mm RO and the plunk test was the drill to ensure consistent operation, until the ejector loosened up and i returned to SA. SA pinned the ejector replaced the grips and tuned the extractor. Not sure what was done with the barrel but it eats anything that passes thru my dillon case gauge. SA customer service is GREAT to work with. Very accurate pistol, favorite load 147 Ibeji fp 3.4 WST 1.130 oal avg 919 fps. This has become my favorite pistol.

147 FP coated 3.4 WST 1.140 oal cci 500 primer avg 937 fps or 137 pf very soft shooting and accurate out of xdm 5.25

115 grain r n 5.3 grains power pistol 1.150 oal length works very well in my xdm, no flash cycles well very accurate.