Igloodude

The answer to this is, they're 177mm in length, so not legal for USPSA.

I'm figuring on shooting matches with my G48 also. Only question (before I order any), are the ETS 19rd mags <140mm and therefore legal for Limited/CO? I've got a few ShieldArms 15rounders (and a couple with +5 rd extensions) and have already had a couple misfeeds with them.

Kittery Shooting Sports (Kittery Maine) has some primers in stock, you can order online but curbside pickup only. Apparently no limit on order size, or at any rate no limit noted and at least 5000 per order.

I tumble them till they're clean-ish and vaguely shiny, sort them by headstamp (partly I'm looking for cracks, partly also because I'm a little OCD in that sorting-my-m&ms-by-color-before-eating-them kinda way), and put them into my 550 for another shot. There are folks that clean their guns every time they take them out of their safe, too. *shrug* If it makes you happy and you have the time, I wouldn't tell you not to do it, but I've never heard of any measurable pistol accuracy benefits from cleaning primer pockets even for Bullseye, much less IPDA/USPSA/Steel etc competition.

Brownells has Federal LPP in stock as of 2min ago, 2K order limit.

If they're not taking traditional credit cards, guaranteed it's a scam. And if you think it might be a scam (anyplace with seemingly unlimited primers in stock qualifies lately, sigh), don't put in your real contact info (like email address) while setting up the order before you get to the payment page.

Oh, no worries, you were fine, I appreciated your helpful responses in that thread. It was a few others in that thread that were dismissive of my original question, unrelated to SWC ammo in any case.

Funny, in a Glock thread I recently started here with questions about a Model 21 or 41, I got three posts specifically and a few more generally stating that SWCs either wouldn't work or would barely work. I don't know if they were referring to H&G68 200gr or not. They got somewhat lost among the posts telling me to just go 9mm though, despite my repeated explanations of why I was sticking with 45ACP.

Funny, an hour ago I just hit a site that was something like reloadersupply.com (I don't remember the exact domain name and my browser isn't showing it in history) that had all kinds of primers in stock, I went all the way through to the payment page and found that they only accepted Zelle and ApplePay. Red flags, yeah. And in doing a quick search for "large pistol primers" again when I saw this post, I can see "primoreloading.com" that is similarly scamming, all the way to not taking real credit cards.

Speaking of putting a smile on your face... thank you, this puts a smile on mine. And yeah another joy of major PF, there's never any issues about the steel plates' calibration.

Is that ammo SWC or 230gr RN or something else (and coated or just cast)? And thanks everyone for these responses, I appreciate the help.

In Bullseye, 200gr SWC at 700-800fps is pretty much standard and capable of 1.5" groups at 50yds (pistol permitting). That's the load I had in mind for Minor (140pf at the low end), and frankly .45 SWC is just fun at USPSA matches, both more easily being able to see hits, and hearing comments about the big frikkin holes from fellow shooters and occasionally thanks from scorers that have an easier job with my targets.

Understood and thanks for the thought, but my buddy buys 9mm in bulk and I can shoot his guns whenever I like, so my own first Glock is going to be either a 21 or 41. I am curious about why a Glock 21 wouldn't be as competitive (assuming 45ACP ammo loaded down towards minor PF) in Production, though.

A couple pocket pistols in 380 aside, all my centerfire firearms (including a revolver and a carbine) are 45ACP and that's the only caliber I'm set up to reload, so there's no upside for me to go 9mm in this case.

USPSA Production, I figure. No downside to larger bullets given the 10+1 limit and loading down to Minor-ish powerfactor.