Fiocchi's Training Dynamics 225-grain CMJ is a fully copper-plated bullet with no exposed lead, loaded mild for range practice. It leaves the muzzle at 750 fps with 281 ft-lbs of energy. Power factor is 169, just 4 points over the 165 USPSA major floor and far above the 125 minor floor, so a short barrel that loses velocity could slip under major. From a 25-yard zero it lands 3.5 inches low at 50 yards and 23.5 inches low at 100. Pressure is standard.

Its closest peer is the Ammo Inc Signature TMC, another ball load that keeps its lead covered. The Signature carries a bullet 25 grains heavier and leaves the muzzle 92 fps faster. That combination lifts its power factor 42 points above the Fiocchi's and gives it about 48 percent more recoil energy in the same revolver. Neither bullet expands, and both are built for paper and steel at ranges that restrict exposed lead. The choice between them is major-power margin against recoil: the Fiocchi is the softer of the two, and the Signature is the one a short barrel is unlikely to push under major.

Buy it for long range sessions, for indoor ranges that restrict exposed lead, and for new shooters learning a .45 Colt revolver, since it is the milder of the two covered-lead loads. It is a practice load, not a field load. If you want a field load for the same revolver, Underwood 225-grain Soft Cast HP, a cast lead hollow point meant to expand at modest velocity, runs 1,050 fps, 300 fps faster than the Fiocchi, with about 73 percent more recoil energy in the same revolver.