Hornady superperformance

[jer]

Has anyone tried and chronographed the Hornady Superperformace loads in .308, the ads say up to 200fps more with them over standard loads with no increase in recoil. A friend uses them in a .243 and swears by them but he hasn't actually done any scientific evaluation with a chrono.

 

[Border]

200fps more with no increased recoil
Sounds a bit defying the laws of physics to me.....

 

[Dan Newcombe]

They are good, my .22-250 is putting them out at just over 3,700fps (50gn) for a box figure of 4,000fps.

Afraid that I never put the old ones over the chrono so not sure what the uplift is.

This is out of a Tikka M595 standard barrel, accurate as you would ever need

 

[Overlay]

Fantastic foxing round in the .243 & .222

Really good in the .308.

Never put a chrono on any of em, but they do the job

 

[NigelM]

The 140's in my and a friends 7mm08 were over pressure. His is a Kimber and mine a Rem 700 and we both had very stiff bolt openings and flattened primers. Didn't buy any more after that. There was definitely a more pronounced recoil. They chronographed about 80 fps faster than the non Superperformance Hornadays. Fast but less accurate. I have heard the same from others too.

 

[HDShark]

Yes, I have done recently, with the 150g Superformance SSTs.

My 20 inch Sako .308 makes 2898fps for 2797ft/lbs at the muzzle.

Groups well under an inch as well, so it is a favourite. Shame they don't do them in 150g with a different head. SST isn't always ideal!

 

[Toq33r]

I only use the .308 SST in the Mauser and works really well. Sub 1" grouping. Never put it on the Chrono, but be interested to see what the actual fps are.

 

[wraith]

Has anyone tried and chronographed the Hornady Superperformace loads in .308, the ads say up to 200fps more with them over standard loads with no increase in recoil. A friend uses them in a .243 and swears by them but he hasn't actually done any scientific evaluation with a chrono.

have used them in 204 box says 4200fps crono says 3800fps thats with a 32g head i can get 3800fps with my home loads with 39g blitzkings

 

[Bramble]

I have tried them in 22.250, was getting high 3900's over croon and very accurate.

 

[Dexter]

They wouldn't group in my rifle so gave them away. That's rifles for you. The guy I gave them to swears by them.

 

[cjs66]

Use them in 243 and 308, excellent in both. Never chrono'd them though. Very accurate and good killers.

cjs

 

[Heym SR20]

Use them in 243 and 308, excellent in both. Never chrono'd them though. Very accurate and good killers.

cjs

What deer are you using them on in 243? What’s the meat damage like?

 

[cjs66]

My 243 is what I let a mate/guest use when they come along with me, mostly roe but it has been used on reds too. Meat damage can be excessive if the range is too close but, adjust your shot placement for distance and its fine. They're very good for neck shots, like I say, they're very accurate in my rifle. Sako 85 btw.

cjs

 

[cjs66]

Heym, I've also used them in my 6.5x55 in factory 140grn and now use the same bullets for my reloads. Fantastic..

cjs

 

[Blobby159]

Heym, I've also used them in my 6.5x55 in factory 140grn and now use the same bullets for my reloads. Fantastic..

cjs

Hi 'cjs66'... Could you tell me what the bullet is in that factory load please? Thanks..

 

[jer]

Thanks for the replies guys, seems to be a mixed bag of opinion so it seems I will need to try them and see how they get on with my rifle.

 

[cjs66]

Hi 'cjs66'... Could you tell me what the bullet is in that factory load please? Thanks..

It’s the Hornady 140grn SST. Sent at around 2750fps in my rifle with N160. Very accurate and minimal meat damage on roe and red.

cjs