PMC Bronze loads a 115-grain full metal jacket bullet at 1,150 fps for 338 ft-lbs at the muzzle. Power factor works out to 132, which clears the 125 minor floor for USPSA and IDPA with 7 points to spare. Zeroed at 25 yards, the bullet is 1.3 inches low at 50 and 10.1 inches low at 100, and it has slowed to about 1,045 fps by the 50-yard line. Estimated recoil energy in a 1.9-pound compact pistol is 4.0 ft-lbs.

The four comparison loads are all 115-grain brass-cased ball, and PMC Bronze sits in the middle of them. ZSR 115 and CCI Blazer Brass 115 are within 5 fps and 3 ft-lbs of it, close enough that no shooter will feel a difference in the same pistol. Fiocchi Training Dynamics is the fast one at 1,200 fps and 368 ft-lbs, with about 8 percent more estimated recoil energy than the PMC. Federal Champion is the slow one at 1,125 fps and 323 ft-lbs, about 4 percent softer. Drop at 50 yards spans 1.2 to 1.4 inches across the five loads, so nothing here changes your hold at pistol distances.

Buy this for range sessions, classes and club matches where you want a standard 115-grain ball load without the extra muzzle flip of the faster loads. If you shoot a compact and want the softest option in this group, Federal Champion trims recoil by about 4 percent and gives up only 25 fps. If you want more velocity for knocking down steel or more cycling margin in a pistol with a stiff recoil spring, Fiocchi Training Dynamics carries 50 fps and 30 ft-lbs more to the muzzle and holds a 40 fps edge at 50 yards.