He was a revolver shooter who was transitioning to his first semi auto (Taurus 1911) in revolvers he used the low end of the load, of course with wheel guns it doesn't effect performance like with a semi, but he had 3/4 or a full Grain leeway, so with his new load he was generating enough pressure to push the slide fully to the rear but still had 1/4 to 1/2 a grain below max pressure.