I mostly reload with Berry plated 115 grn RN but the cost of components has skyrocketed so bad that you can find factory at equal or cheaper prices. Check out online sites for bulk Winchester ammo. It’s dirtier than others but at the price, it’s hard to beat for just plain fun.
With every hammer piece, I carry with hammer down on a loaded chamber. I have trained countless hours to thumb the hammer back during the draw. It’s worked quite well during several incidents. Cocked and locked is an accident waiting to happen. Sorry, Jeff Cooper.
Finally managed to find and purchase one here but, like you, been too busy with work to shoot it yet. Love the fit and finish and so anxious to put a few rounds through it and break it in. Want it to become my EDC if old age doesn’t get in the way.
I have a friend with a Winchester 70 in .220 Swift, awesome and supremely accurate rifle. I have a Ruger 1V in .22-250 Improved. We loved to compare shots on prairie dogs in Colorado. Honestly using 50-52 grn Sierra HPBTs, we couldn’t tell the difference In destruction. They would just vaporize...
I carried a 1911 from Vietnam to Desert Storm and then for many years afterwards. Still have 3 left but can’t carry anymore due to arthritis. Never had any problems with the right ammo and it never let me down when needed. 8 rounds were always enough.