CCI's Blazer load fires a 200-grain jacketed hollow point, a defensive bullet, at 920 fps with 376 ft-lbs. Power factor is 184, 19 points over the 165 major floor. From a 25-yard zero it drops 2.2 inches at 50 yards and 15.4 inches at 100. The case is aluminum, so it cannot be reloaded.

Among the 200-grain loads it is the faster of the two middle options. Fiocchi 200 SJHP is 20 fps slower and kicks about 4 percent less in the same revolver, and Federal Champion 200 LSWCHP gives up 50 fps and about 9 percent of the recoil energy. DoubleTap 200 TAC-XP is 80 fps faster and produces about 15 percent more recoil energy. PMC Bronze 180 is the useful cross-check: 60 fps faster but only 8 ft-lbs stronger at the muzzle, with about 10 percent less recoil because its bullet is 20 grains lighter. Federal Personal Defense 180-grain is far milder, 105 fps slower with about 34 percent less recoil. The Blazer carries more bullet than the PMC and more speed than the other 200s except the DoubleTap.

Buy it if you want a full-weight hollow point with a wide margin over the major floor and do not reload. Handloaders should pick Fiocchi 200 SJHP, which uses a brass case and gives up only 16 ft-lbs. Shooters carrying a light revolver should look at Black Hills HoneyBadger 125, with about 37 percent less recoil energy in the same revolver.