Magtech rates its 240-grain semi-jacketed soft point at 1,617 fps and 1,394 ft-lbs, the fastest figure among the 240-grain loads compared here. A semi-jacketed soft point is a lead-tipped jacketed bullet meant to expand more slowly than a hollow point, and this one is aimed at hunting and field carry. Its power factor of 388 is more than twice the 165 USPSA major floor, a floor every load in this group clears by a wide margin. From a 25-yard zero it is 0.4 inch low at 50 yards and 4.6 inches low at 100.

The clearest way to place it is by power factor and recoil. PMC Bronze 240, a truncated cone soft point, is the closest in class, 29 points lower in power factor with about 13 percent less recoil energy in the same revolver. Hornady Custom 240 XTP sits a step down at 324 and produces about 27 percent less recoil energy. Black Hills 240 at 302 and Federal Power-Shok 240 at 295 give up 86 and 93 points and produce about 35 and 38 percent less recoil energy. Armscor 240 is the mildest load here, at 263, with about half the recoil energy of the Magtech.

Buy the Magtech if you want a full-power 240-grain soft point for hunting or field carry and you already shoot a heavy revolver well. Anyone who wants to practice with a softer 240 should look at Federal Power-Shok 240 or Black Hills 240. For full-power range practice, Ammo Inc Signature 240-grain TMC is a non-expanding load with a power factor of 343, and the Magtech produces about 24 percent more recoil energy than it in the same revolver.