DoubleTap's Target load pushes a 180-grain full metal jacket to 1,185 fps for 561 ft-lbs at the muzzle. The power factor is 213, 48 points above the 165 USPSA major floor. From a 25-yard zero it prints 1.2 inches low at 50 yards and 9.1 inches low at 100. It is supersonic at the muzzle by 60 fps. In the same pistol it produces about 6 percent less recoil energy than Magtech and about 9 percent less than Winchester USA Ready.

Among the 10mm Auto 180-grain ball loads here it sits in the upper half. Winchester USA Ready FN and Fiocchi Shooting Dynamics FMJTC both list 1,250 fps, 65 fps ahead. Magtech at 1,230 fps is 45 fps ahead. Ammo Inc's 180-grain TMJ is 5 fps faster, close enough to call the two equal at the muzzle, with recoil energy within 1 percent. Winchester USA is the one load below it, 105 fps back. By power factor the DoubleTap's 213 sits between Winchester USA at 194 and the two 1,250 fps loads at 225.

Competition shooters who want major with a margin but not the top-of-the-spread recoil of USA Ready or Fiocchi are the natural buyers, along with anyone who wants practice ammunition that feels like a hot carry load. If your carry load is the Remington Golden Saber 180-grain BJHP at 1,150 fps, this runs 35 fps faster with about 5 percent more recoil energy, a close stand-in but not an exact one. A shooter who does not need major, or who shoots a long session, should look at Winchester USA at 1,080 fps, still over the 165 major floor with about 15 percent less recoil energy in the same pistol.