Accuracy
I tested the CCP with my usual protocol, from 25 yards on a concrete bench using a Caldwell Matrix rest. Hand-held (both hands). Five-shot groups were measured overall to get an idea of what an experienced shooter could expect with solid physical support and stress not in the picture. Groups were measured to the nearest 0.05” from center to center on the farthest-flung holes in the group being measured. Each group was measured again for tightest three shots of five, for the experience-based reason that this generally equals what the same gun and ammo will do for all five shots from a machine rest; unnoticed human error is, after all, a factor in any hand-held testing.
We used each of the three most popular 9mm Luger bullet weights: 115 grains, 124 grains, and 147 grains. None were +P+ or +P; the owner’s manual forbids +P+ and warns that +P will accelerate wear.
Atlanta Arms 115-grain match-grade jacketed hollow point proved to be the tightest-grouping load of the test. All five shots went into 1.65”. The best three, including a double so tight it looked like a single .40 hole at first, were in 1.10”. This is extremely good accuracy for an arguably “pocket size pistol” in any caliber, let alone one built to sell at an “economy price.”
Our 124-grain load was a standard-pressure round using the Hornady XTP jacketed hollow point, produced by PNW Arms (www.pnwarms.com). Here we wound up with a bifurcated group: three shots in one cluster, and the remaining two in another. Overall group measurement was 4.35”, but the “best three” were in 1.80”.
Precision was very good and a simple sight adjustment would’ve had the CCP hitting point-of-aim
Finally, our 147-grain entry was Winchester jacketed truncated cone, which we’ve found to be match-accurate in the past, and which generally chronographs over a thousand feet per second out of a Glock 17 when measured at sanctioned matches of the International Defensive Pistol Association. From the CCP this load produced a 3.65” 25-yard group, with the best three less than an inch and a half apart, 1.45” to be more precise.
The interesting thing was, the Winchester group formed a straight up and down string, one hole above the other. Indeed, all three loads had some degree of vertical stringing. This phenomenon has been attributed to heat from gas-operated systems such as the one used in this gun. I think the jury is still out on that, since we were shooting slow fire from the bench and heat should not have been a great issue.
In any case, a compact concealment handgun that can plant five rounds of 115-grain JHP in less than an inch and three quarters has obviously got some pretty impressive accuracy potential.
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