Just got back from the range with my Fusion alloy CCO.
I tested it with seven kinds of JHP as well as one kind of FMJ. Here's a target after the very first three magazines out of the box:
I can't say enough about the job that Bob Serva did on this gun.
On to the ammo. I brought eight different types to the range to see what the gun likes best. It's an indoor range, so no expansion tests and the like--just function, feel, and feeding.
Here are the results:
My three preferred rounds are in bold. I will probably choose between the Hornady and Winchester rounds, as I've heard that the DoubleTap Controlled Expansion round has been made with different types of bullets in the past, and I would feel the need to test again if it changed.
I know the Hornady CD round used to have a problem with hard primers, but I believe they fixed that a while ago. I think the Hornady CD 185 is my light-bullet load and Win Ranger Bonded 230 is my heavy-bullet load. If this were an all-steel Gov't model, I would probably include the Speer 200 +P in the mix, but it wasn't controllable enough for me in this smaller, lightweight 1911.
I tested it with seven kinds of JHP as well as one kind of FMJ. Here's a target after the very first three magazines out of the box:
I can't say enough about the job that Bob Serva did on this gun.
On to the ammo. I brought eight different types to the range to see what the gun likes best. It's an indoor range, so no expansion tests and the like--just function, feel, and feeding.
Here are the results:
My three preferred rounds are in bold. I will probably choose between the Hornady and Winchester rounds, as I've heard that the DoubleTap Controlled Expansion round has been made with different types of bullets in the past, and I would feel the need to test again if it changed.
I know the Hornady CD round used to have a problem with hard primers, but I believe they fixed that a while ago. I think the Hornady CD 185 is my light-bullet load and Win Ranger Bonded 230 is my heavy-bullet load. If this were an all-steel Gov't model, I would probably include the Speer 200 +P in the mix, but it wasn't controllable enough for me in this smaller, lightweight 1911.