PMC hardball 230 rnl handloads and PMC 185s JHPs and the all feed well. It IS short for ejecting loaded rounds.

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Of the Troops & For the Troops

is one of my all-time favorite ACP loads. Feeds about like ball and still expands some even from shorter barrels. I also like the old WW/USA 230 JHP, too.

Non sanctioned club match anyway. The "gun" ran flawless, I didn't. trying to be too gentle short seated the extended mags 3 times (trying to be careful not to over insert them)
Can't say how I did really because they screwed up the scoring. I got a no shoot on a far-ish target and was given an almost 40 second penalty. lmao I did it for trigger time, so I didn't bother having them straighten the scores out.

All and all I was real happy with how went. The "gun" wasn't what stopped me from finishing higher, just the fact that two of my mags held half as many rounds as everyone else in CDP.

I think the gun is just sensitive to how you get the first round in. One thing I've learned about my XDs is not to be gentle with it. It takes a firm hand in every respect.

They call them "bonded core" or some such, as they were asked to stop using the Gold Dot name on their loaded ammo, but that is what the bullets are. I have not done extensive testing. They are what I have been carrying for years in my full-size 1911 and have proven to be accurate and reliable in it. Tested them in the XDs and they were very accurate and reliable in it, so that is what I went with. Have some in it as we speak.