jackpilot, I am assuming you did not get the STI TargetMaster?
nice pic.
before I made my first PPC semi auto purchase...I was considering this model as back then, they were much cheaper, but my deciding factor was to go 1911 style since I carry that set up on duty, I figured the same trigger feel and grip which I practice with or go to matches can be carried for duty training.
I shoot reloads and I recall last year, a shooter next to me with a SW PPC 5" had a vast array of ball, blazer aluminum case, cruddy looking brass and other stuff. it did not matter, he and the gun shot well.
good choice