Complete functional reliability of your pistol is the Holy Grail of practical pistol competitive shooting. Without this major corner stone you will not be able to give your best performance in any IPSC event. Functional reliability of you pistol falls into two areas. The first is the quality of the pistol that you are using and the second is the quality of the ammunition which you use in your pistol.

The following 9mm and .40 calibre loads were assembled using Hodgdon Tite Group and HP38 and Accurate No. 2 and No. 5 powders. The bullets used were Frontier 9mm 125 grain FMJ round nose and .40 180 grain FMJ bullets. They were tested in a 9mm CZ75 SP01 Shadow and a .40 STI Executive.  The velocities were recorded using a CED Millennium M2 Chronograph. As well as being suitable of IPSC competition, they are also suitable for regular range days.