That’s what makes this forum so good. A lot of expertise on a lot of platforms and a decidedly low percentage of fanboys who will insist any malfunction is self induced, as opposed to being the gun (looking at you HKPro). Like I said, run some different ammo through the PDP. You have the 5in h, correct? Try and eliminate ammo before you go down the recoil rod rabbit hole. If you can find NATO, try and run a couple of boxes through your PDP. I’m actually picking up a case this weekend, I shoot it almost exclusively. Federal 124 is pretty solid, as is 124 Speer Lawman.
FWIW, I thought I was limp wristing my VP9F because they took away the finger grooves and I couldn’t get the grip I’m used to. I’m not too proud to not consider it.