Remington's Golden Saber 180-grain .40 S&W runs 1,015 fps and 412 ft-lbs at the muzzle. The BJHP is a brass-jacketed hollow point: Remington gives it a brass jacket instead of the usual copper one, and the bullet is meant to open on impact. Power factor is 183, about 18 over the 165 USPSA major floor. From a 25-yard zero the trajectory table shows 1.7 inches of drop at 50 yards and 12.5 inches at 100. The nickel-plated brass case reloads like plain brass.

At the muzzle it is a twin of Blazer Brass 180: same 1,015 fps, same 412 ft-lbs, same recoil estimate. Speer Gold Dot edges both by 10 fps and 8 ft-lbs at 1,025 fps, with about 2 percent more recoil energy in the same pistol. Below it, Magtech at 990 fps gives up 25 fps and 20 ft-lbs and recoils about 4 percent less, Sellier & Bellot at 974 fps gives up 41 fps and 33 ft-lbs with about 7 percent less, and Hornady American Gunner at 950 fps is 65 fps and 51 ft-lbs behind with about 10 percent less. Power factor runs from 171 for the American Gunner to 184 for the Gold Dot; every load here makes major.

Buy this if you want a brass-jacketed hollow point near the top of the standard-pressure 180 class. For practice that feels identical, Blazer Brass 180 is the same load on paper, and running it will tell you what the Golden Saber does in your hand. If you want the softest 180 hollow point, American Gunner at 950 fps is the pick. If you want ball for volume, Ammo Inc Signature 180-grain TMJ at 958 fps has about 10 percent less recoil energy than this load, so it will feel softer than your carry round.