Full-power and jacketed, PMC's Bronze .44 Magnum 240-grain truncated cone soft point leaves the muzzle at 1,497 fps with 1,194 ft-lbs. The truncated cone soft point is a flat-nosed jacketed bullet with lead exposed at the tip, meant to expand on impact. Power factor is 359, 194 points over the USPSA major floor of 165; every load in this set makes major by a wide margin. From a 25-yard zero it sits 0.6 inches low at 50 yards and 5.5 inches low at 100.

Atomic Bonded Match 240 is its twin on paper, 3 fps faster with 5 ft-lbs more and within 1 percent on recoil in the same revolver. Every other load in the set is milder. Hornady Custom 240 XTP gives up 147 fps and lands 1.4 inches lower at 100 yards, for about 17 percent less recoil energy. Sierra Sports Master 240 is 247 fps slower with about 27 percent less recoil. CCI Blazer 240 trails by 297 fps and drops 3.6 inches more at 100 yards, and HSM Pro Pistol 240 is the mildest, 351 fps slower and 494 ft-lbs lighter at the muzzle.

Buy this if you want a full-power jacketed 240 that expands, for hunting with a revolver you already shoot well. For range practice at nearly the same level, Ammo Inc Signature 240-grain TMC is a non-expanding ball load 67 fps slower, with about 8 percent less recoil energy in the same revolver. Shooters who want the same bullet weight at a gentler pace should look at Sierra Sports Master 240 or CCI Blazer 240.