With accuracy like this, and 100 percent reliability and plenty of punch, PDX1 ammo will be hard to beat.

At 14 to 16 inches (depending on intermediate barrier), the bullets expanded to more than .610 inch in diameter and did so uniformly. The hollowpoint opens evenly, and the petals roll back in a uniform manner and amount.

The uniformity is not just consistent, it is even a bit scary. The consistency carries over to velocity, where not only are the bullets going fast, there isn't a whole lot of variation in velocities.

To top it all off, there seems to be almost no muzzle flash. I shot the ammo on a cold, overcast, almost drizzling day, and at no time in the testing did I detect any kind of a muzzle flash. Now, I'd have to try it at night to get a complete impression, but often an overcast autumn day is good enough to get an idea of what a round will do.

As mentioned, Winchester is right now finishing the R&D and setting up production. So don't expect your gun dealer's shelves to be groaning under the weight of PDX1 ammo right now. And you can count on a lot of it being grabbed by law enforcement when it is available. But when you can lay hands on it, you should. Projected loads are a 130-grain .38 Special +P, 147-grain 9mm +P, 165- and 180-grain .40 S&W and a 230-grain .45 ACP.

ACCURACY RESULTS | WINCHESTER BONDED PDXI
	Bullet Weight (gr.)	Muzzle Velocity (fps)	Avg Group(in.)
S&W M&P, 4.5 inch barrel
.40 S&W	180	977	3.0
Browning Hi Power, 4.75 inch barrel
.40 S&W	180	1,000	2.5
STI 1911, 5 inch barrel
.40 S&W	180	1,047	2.0
NOTE: Accuracy results are averages or five-shot groups at 25 yards, fired over sandbags from a bench. Average velocities recorded on a CED M2 chronograph 15 feet from the muzzle with two-foot screen spacing.