Testing .45 ACP loads in my new Fusion CCO

[Shmackey]

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.

 

[9mmepiphany]

I think folks would get a better feel for the group if you added the distance it was shot at...25 yards, 50 yards?

...and if you were shooting off a rest or standing two handed

 

[Kingofthehill]

Beautiful Fusion!

Im a fan too, i love my T-Comm .45

I found that Corbon DPX was the best blend of accuracy and recoil with perfect dependability for my carry ammo. I was carrying the Hornady Tap 230gr +P but a lot of hands on testing convinced me to go with the DPX load.

Mine isn't alloy though.

 

[Shmackey]

9mm, I was probably only about 10 yards away--just "pick up the gun and shoot it" testing. Two hands, unsupported. The size of the group's not really important--it was three different kinds of ammo, after all--but I was excited that the gun ran so well.

King, yeah, they really do make great guns. This is my first custom since I had Ted Yost build me one seven or eight years ago. Ted's had a retro character (per my design) that this one doesn't, but this one runs every bit as well. I'm seriously impressed.

 

[Phil Meyer]

"The size of the group's not important". Really?

 

[NG VI]

Phil, in this case it really isn't, he was just putting some rounds out at ten yards, three different types of ammo, you can't really tell anything by a group size in that situation, other than that it did alright.

 

[WC145]

I have an alloy framed Fusion 9mm CCO. Great gun, a pleasure to shoot and carry, and very, very accurate!

 

[NG VI]

Those CCOs look awesome. I think if I were ever to get a 1911, I would want something exactly like that.