I like Trijicon sights on my guns. The Truglo TFX sights are also very good. Look on a Xdman.com

The trigger on my XDm 5.25 was not bad, it just had more travel than I liked. I installed a PRP trigger to lessen the travel. Wasn't real concerned about reducing pull weight. I have installed PRP trigger kits on 4 of my guns and I think they are great. Sorry to hear that you had trouble with yours but they are relatively easy to install for the do it yourselfer.

I haven't found any aftermarket adjustable sights that replace the factory adjustable sight. I would kind of like to have a white outline rear. Nothing wrong with the factory sight though, it seems to be very sturdy. The slide is milled different for the adjustable sight models, not dovetailed like a fixed sight model.

Thanks RDub, that's some good info in the link. Yes the XDm is fully supported. I went to the range today to try these loads out over the chronograph but one of my skyscreens is broke, which really didn't matter as I had an old folks moment and left my 10mm mags at home,lol. I was able to shoot my .40 cal loads at least.(in another gun) Good to know I've got room to grow with these loads. I'm not looking to push the envelope but I want more than a hot .40 cal load. I need to read up on measuring the case expansion. Thanks again.

Sig V-crown 180gr fmj, I think it's advertised at 1250fps, went 30-40 ft to the 4:00 position. That's out of a stock xdm 5.25. I've gotta 22lb spring coming to see if that helps.

Thanks for the info Shadow. I should be on the right track for my work ups then. Heck, they may be just fine where they're at.

No stranger to reloading but this is my first foray in the 10mm. I've been doing a lot of research on the powders used for the 10 and pretty much decided to get some Blue Dot for starters since I'm only looking for moderate loads using Xtreme 180 gr plated bullets. The gun shop didn't have any but they did have BE 86 and I remember reading that it was a good choice also. Problem is there isn't much load data out there for it. Alliant's info states 8.2 to 8.5 gr max loads for 180 gr jacketed bullets. I loaded 10 rds at 7.5 and 10 more at 7.8, new Starline brass,Federal LP primers, oal 1.250, crimped enough to remove the bell, about .421-.422. I'll be shooting these in an XDM 5.25. Curious what the more experienced loaders on here think about this load.

I've noticed most of the loads I've been seeing on the net are over published max according to my manuals. Are the loads watered down that much? Sure does tend to make things confusing,lol. I would like to end up around 1200fps eventually. Thanks for your input.