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In my experience, FA has pretty good customer service. I have always just called them when I had issues. I heard they do not respond as well to emails. I purchaased my X-10 about 2 months after they were released. I do not use their powder drop as I heard they are wildely inaccurate. Been using my lee powder drop on the X-10 and everything works pretty well. Only issue I've had is the 9mm brass not being pushed all the way into the shell plate on rare occasions. Never had an issue with their priming system.

Went with Taylor Freelance myself. Works great with the JP5.

RMR nukes are good to go. Been using them for my comped guns as it does not have any exposed lead in the base. If you are not worried about the lead buildup, their Match Winnners are great (a little cheaper than the Nukes).

That is exactly what I'm gonna do. Load it for my pcc and hammer fired pistols. Use other ammo for my stroker fired. Pita...

I purchased them about a month ago. Loaded them on a Frankford Arsenal X-10. Loading went well, feeds down the tube and seated with no issues. Only issue I ran into is that my striker fired handguns (Sig 365 and Glock 17, both with stoke triggers) have occasional problems setting them off. Maybe 1 in 20 rounds won't fire on the first strike. No issues with my hammer fired handgun or PCC.

Thank you PCC_Guy! really appreciate your response.

So weird that the photo did not show... But you are 100% right, they are the vertical lines. Thanks for confirming!

Just shot the new to me JP5 for the first time today. Notice a strange powder residue pattern on the spent brass. I was shooting factory Blazer brass (115 grain) and handloads (4.3 gr of sport pistol pushing 124 grain HP). Residue same for both ammo. Does this look normal for brass from JP5?

Question regarding replacing the JP5 stock trigger (that came with the competition model) with Geissele SD3G trigger... 1, Does the SD3G trigger work with the JP5? I read on another post that someone is having issues with getting the trigger to work on the JP5. 2, If the trigger works, do I use the pins from the JP5? Or would I need to get other pins? 3, If the trigger works, do I need to replace the safety? Heard there is a notch (or bump) on the JP5 saftey that restrict the function of the saftey with replacement triggers. Appreciate any input and guidance!

Thank you Nolan, was able to follow your advise and heat up the allens. They came off pretty easily after that.

Dumb question regarding handguard swap... I just picked up a new to me JP-5 with the round (non-mlok) handguard. I'm looking to change out the handguard at some point. I understand that I might need a barrel nut tool in order to remove the barrel nut. But it seems that I stumped before I even get to that stage. Here comes the dumb question... How do you even get the handguard off so you can access the barrel nut? There does not appear to be any bolt/nut holding the handguard on to the upper. I watched a few older videos from JP and it seems that there are four 1/8" allen on the jam nut that you can access through the holes of the handguard. Do you have to loosen these four allens in order to spine the handguard off? I tried to loosen these allens, but can only crack open one of them. I was bending my allen key and the other three still won't budge. Do I need to take a torch and point the flame into the holes to the allen in order to break the loctite? Really appreciate any tips/guidance!

Haha, I hope I won't have to go to the extreme of buying six and crying six times...

Thanks for all your inputs. I think I will just get a 1.5 belt so I can have more options with pouches.

Sorry for the newb question... Been thinking of getting into pistol competition shooting. Have a holster and a inner/outer belt. But just realized that most competition magazine pouches are designed for a 1.5" belt. But unfortunately, the belt I have is a 1.75" belt. Are there any competition mag pouches that can be attached to a 1.75" belt? Or would I need to get a new 1.5" belt? Thanks for any tip/guidance!

Bossk95, hope you don't mind if I piggyback a question onto your post... Does the burn rate of a powder make much difference in effectiveness of a compensator in minor 9mm ammo? I developed a load that gets me about 135 pf in a non-comped gun and it shoots really well. Its 4.3 grains of Sport Pistol behind a 124 grain bullet. Just picked up a single port comp'd 2011 and heard that a slower burning powder will likely shoot flatter. So I am debating if I want to try and develope a new load with maybe Auto-Comp or CFE Pistol. But don't know if I will see much benefit to go through the trouble of new load development (especially in these times)...

Sweet, thank you! Will be reading that article over lunch.

Thanks for the detailed explanation ZZT. Great idea about checking debris on the target board. Will definitely try this out!

Hi Guy, thanks for the response. I was told by the gun maker that I should try and aim for 140 power factor to see a benefit from the comp. I have a non-comp'd version of the same gun and it is shooting great at 135. I think I will try the same load when the comp'd version arrives. Thanks again!

Sorry for the newbie question... I am looking at purchasing a single port compensated 9mm pistol and have read that I want to be around 140 power factor for the single port comp to be effective. I am currently loading 124 grain jacketed with 4.3 grains of Alliant Sport Pistol. With this load, I am getting about 135 power factor (average speed around 1085 to 1090). Alliant chart said I can go up to 4.7 grains for a +P load with Sport Pistol. I am sure that if I go to +P load at 4.7 grain, I will be at or above 140 power factor. I have heard that it is not wise to use fast burning powder to achieve higher power factor as it causes too much pressure; so I am a wondering if is safe for me to try and get 140 power factor with Sport Pistol? I have a lot of Sport Pistol so I would prefer not have to change to another powder if I could avoid it. Any advise would be greatly appreciated. Ray

Thank you Chutist, I will check out the Comp-Tac holsters.

Thank you Chewycookie, I will reach out to Atlas and see what they recommend.

Hi everyone, Have a newbie question to ask... I just purchased an Atlas Athena as a range toy. It is a "2011" type 9mm pistol with 4.6 inch barrel with full dust cover. Been looking for holsters for this pistol but found only a few makers that specifically make one for this pistol; but not really interested in the ones I saw. Wondering if any all all "2011" double stack pistol holster should work for this gun? If not, is there any other pistol maker brands/type/specifications that I should be on the look out for the holster to work for this pistol? Any information would be greatly appreciated.