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I’ve tried Brazos twice as well as a guy I shoot with. We both got massive leading. Even with 357’s. 5 different pistols. Went back to BBI. Don’t fix what ain’t broke! BBI’s just work

10lb recoil 17lb mainspring

I have a RCBS Rangemaster 750. It has been great. Only had it 5 years. Quick and easy

I've done 36 on 5 guns now and its perfect. the first range session is rough but its perfect after that.

if you have short thumbs like me, the STI paddle is a god send.

Don’t. Waste of money. I could tell zero difference by feel and by the timer.

I order the stuff on Amazon called Grrrip. It's almost identical to Progrip but a tiny bit cheaper and it's to my house next day usually. I tried Liquid grip and didn't like it. Wound up giving it all to a buddy

if you want a 9mm version, I have a PM9 listed on here.

And the leading I got was with all my pistols. Not just 1 particular one. And I want through all the steps of Eliminating leading too. Ditched the Lee FCD, slugged my bores. Even at .002” over bore diameter, I got leading with the Brazos

I’ve had nothing but good luck with BBI’s. For the price, they are hard to beat. Stupid quick shipping. I know a guy with a 7.5% discount code too! I think I’ve tried them all by now and always come back to BBI. Only ones I’ve really had bad luck with are Gallants and Brazos. The Brazos are (in my opinion) too soft. Even when I tried .357’s, I got terrible leading. Seems to be very common with them. No shortage of those complaints. another decent one I have had good luck with are Summers Enterprises. Their bullet profile allows you to run them longer if you want/need to.

I will say this as far as Gallants are concerned.....I had a batch that was supposed to be .356 and they were .354" Second batch was sized correctly but we stupid soft. They admitted to the problem both times.

I shoot them in all my Semi-Autos. M&P 1.0 and 2.0, SIG X5, Sig X5 Legion, Shadow 2, M&P Shield and a DW PM9

no experience with the 929 but I run .357's from BBI but they always come in at .358" Never had an issue other than having to run them .010" shorter than my .356's.

Call them. They will get it all set up for you

My groups shrank big time with the new Non-LCI barrel. About on par with the standard X5 now

899 is the cheapest I could find

I have an X5 and legion. I got major leading with .356” bullets. 3 different manufacturers. I went to a .357” and all my problems went away. Accuracy was not better or worse. Just got zero leading. No real downsides to running a .357”

That’s an illegal mod for USPSA

Mine was in the mail to Sig on October 9th and I got it back today(10-16). That’s impressive. Looking forward to the new barrel!

I haven’t taken my mags apart and cleaned them with over 5k rounds on them. Ain’t no body got time for that.

Mine is in the mail today to get the barrel replaced. Hope for a quick and painless turn around. Had to ship mine through my local FFL. I’m never home when Fedex goes through my neighborhood.

I think I came up with 22,000 rounds as the break even bit for a complete set up 650 w/ case feeder. I “paid off” my machine in less than 2 years. No brainer if shooting is going to be a life long hobby. I can take that 6-700 a year savings and buy another gun with it!

Coated

It did on one scale. Not another. Too close for comfort. I just put the stainless guide rod back in it.

I personally like the 21rd mags with the smaller springer pads. I seem to reload those more consistently that a 17rd with a +5 extension. And btw, add a grams spring and follower and you can do 23+1.