Hornaday bullets

[Zéquinha]

Hi
For me in .30-06 the best bullets are Sako Super Hmmerhead in 180gr.
100% deadly in wild boars

 

[rodkayak]

Gosh - what powder and charge are giving that MV?

TR 140 which is equivalent to Vihtavuori N140. 61.5 gns. No pressure symptoms and a MV of 3275 fps with CX 110 gn. Zero 100 m and Zero again at 175 m. 3 clicks on the ballistic turret (3x 2 cm) at 200, 6x 2.5 cm at 250 m and 9 x 3cm at 300m.

 

[rodkayak]

Hi
For me in .30-06 the best bullets are Sako Super Hmmerhead in 180gr.
100% deadly in wild boars

220 gn Hornaday RN are best for me. They work better than Barnes 200 gn

 

[rodkayak]

With the 6.5 ELDX bullets, I’ve encountered inconsistent weights; in a single box, I sorted out three batches of three different weights. They are no longer my top choice—unlike Nosler bullets, which I consider decidedly superior, whenever you can actually find them.

Good analysis but back order Nosler virtual bullets are hard to shoot . I really like Nosler but Hornaday are easy to source.

 

[rodkayak]

personally I wouldn’t use a hornady bullet if I was paid too!

lead and especially copper!

Why?

 

[Leec6.5]

Why?

Their shite that’s why, some love them, I hate them

Shot 100 of their copper years ago, too hard pencilled through, too many runners.

Thats why I only use barnes

 

[rodkayak]

Their shite that’s why, some love them, I hate them

Shot 100 of their copper years ago, too hard pencilled through, too many runners.

Thats why I only use barnes

Fair enough . I have always used Barnes for 18 years and the terminal effects are great but the QC has been off recently and they don't group with my rifle and 2 of my friend's rifles any more and the weights are all over the place now. If you can't hit what you are shooting at despite being careful with your reloading and shooting then there is a problem. I do respect your opinion and I am not being anti you

 

[rodkayak]

Their shite that’s why, some love them, I hate them

Shot 100 of their copper years ago, too hard pencilled through, too many runners.

Thats why I only use barnes

Fair enough but the CX is a revised bullet because of this.

 

[rodkayak]

Why would you want to drive a bullet that fast?

Because for stalking it's really fast and FLAT and Copper needs SPEED to open up and humanely kill and be less effected by the wind (less airborne time means less wind effect. Force x time)

 

[Ginc]

For monometal i always prefer Barnes Ttsx, however using lead ammo i get really successful results from Hornady Interlock SP and RN.

 

[Dalua]

TR 140 which is equivalent to Vihtavuori N140. 61.5 gns. No pressure symptoms and a MV of 3275 fps with CX 110 gn. Zero 100 m and Zero again at 175 m. 3 clicks on the ballistic turret (3x 2 cm) at 200, 6x 2.5 cm at 250 m and 9 x 3cm at 300m.

Ahha! A typo. I did wonder.

 

[rodkayak]

And how long the barrel is going to last

Single base slow powder so longer than N550

 

[Leec6.5]

Because for stalking it's really fast and FLAT and Copper needs SPEED to open up and humanely kill and be less effected by the wind (less airborne time means less wind effect. Force x time)

Shot copper over 20 years they don’t need speed

 

[Smellydog]

Must admit, some H round nose 150gn I used in the 308 were very good indeed.
Also taught me that pointy bullets aren't all that important.

 

[rodkayak]

For monometal i always prefer Barnes Ttsx, however with lead i get really successful results with Hornady Interlock SP and RN.

I have always been a Copper advocate for health reasons (I'm a Dr) but lead is the best beyond 350 m and for close range wild boar

 

[Smellydog]

And how long the barrel is going to last

Depends more on rapid fire. Slow fire will probably be normal.

 

[Dalua]

Shot copper over 20 years they don’t need speed

To be fair, I'd be trying to get 110gr to go pretty fast, just for flatness and down-range energy rather than anything else. It would get a bit loopy if run much slower, and the load look far from too much.

It makes more sense now we know the MV is 3275fps, rather than the eye-watering 3740fps in the OP - though I think I'd just set it about 2" high at 100yds for a zero at about 250yds - and then hold over a bit for 300yds.
It would save a lot of twiddling: but I guess it depends how big your target is.

 

[MTheaded but happy]

Why not?

He's mocking your spelling . "Hornady"

 

[Smellydog]

He's mocking your spelling . "Hornady"

Is that not how it is spelt?

 

[rodkayak]

I don't care. It's about science and physics and most importantly about humane dispatch