Remington's UMC .380 is a 95-grain FMJ at 955 fps and 192 ft-lbs. Power factor is 91; the 125 USPSA minor floor is out of reach for any .380 and not the point of this load. It holds 860 fps and 156 ft-lbs at 50 yards, 786 fps and 130 ft-lbs at 100. Drop from a 25-yard zero is 2.2 inches at 50 yards and 15.6 at 100. A .380 gets used at 7 to 15 yards, so the drop column is for curiosity.

Its set is a tight cluster. Winchester Service Grade 95-grain, a flat-nose FMJ, matches it at 955 fps with the same recoil estimate and sits 2 ft-lbs behind at the muzzle. PPU 94-grain is 4 fps slower at 951 fps, 1 ft-lb behind, and about 3 percent softer in the same pistol. Aguila 95-grain is 10 fps slower with about 2 percent less recoil energy. Armscor 95-grain is the outlier at 920 fps, 35 fps and 13 ft-lbs behind the Remington, with about 6 percent less recoil. All five hit to the same hold at any distance a .380 is used.

Buy it as a general practice load for a small .380 when you want something in the middle of the pack that feels like Service Grade, PPU 94-grain or Aguila, or as a stand-in for a mid-velocity 95-grain carry load. If you carry Winchester PDX1 Defender 95-grain JHP, that round leaves 45 fps faster at 1,000 fps with 19 ft-lbs more at the muzzle and about 8 percent more recoil energy than the UMC in the same pistol. If you want the softest option for a new shooter, Armscor 95-grain at 920 fps is it.