Winchester's USA 130-grain FMJ runs 800 fps and 185 ft-lbs at the muzzle, tied with Magtech 130-grain for the mildest recoil energy in this set. The power factor is 104, under both the IDPA stock-revolver floor of 105 and the 120 USPSA revolver-minor floor. It is a standard-pressure load with no +P marking. From a 25-yard zero the bullet is 3.1 inches low at 50 yards and 20.5 inches low at 100.

Every other load here is faster. Federal American Eagle 130-grain runs 890 fps and 229 ft-lbs, 90 fps ahead with about 19 percent more recoil energy in the same revolver. PMC Bronze 132-grain at 917 fps has about 29 percent more recoil, Ammo Inc Signature Line 125-grain TMC at 947 fps about 22 percent more, and Fiocchi Range Dynamics 130-grain, the hottest of the set at 950 fps and 260 ft-lbs, about 32 percent more. The Ammo Inc load kicks less than PMC despite the higher velocity because its bullet is lighter. Magtech 130-grain matches the Winchester exactly at the muzzle: same velocity, same energy, same recoil.

This is the load for a first revolver, a lightweight snub nose, or a long session where the round count matters more than the report. It is not a match load: 1 point under IDPA's 105 floor means it does not make the stock-revolver minimum, and Federal American Eagle 130-grain clears that floor at 116. Anyone who carries Federal Hydra-Shok Deep +P 130-grain is practicing with a round 100 fps slower than the carry load, which has about 21 percent more recoil energy than this one; the American Eagle is within 10 fps of the Hydra-Shok, and the revolver needs a +P rating before the Hydra-Shok goes in it.