Is anyone having any luck with the new 53gr hornady and its listed 0.290 BC That is a VERY high BC for a light bullet, it blows anything else I can find out of the water.
I am interested in trying it on small varmints, but I've been wondering if its BC really is that high, and more importantly, if I am likely to get it to stabilize in my rifle.
Hornady's manual states that it is best used with faster twist barrels and I think it lists 1-12 as the minimum. BUT I don't know what velocity they are thinking of; my thoughts were that perhaps I could get by with my 1-14 twist in 22-250 running fairly hot loads (as I do for varmints) because I might have a little more velocity than Hornady had been thinking of, and possibly that they may have been erroring on the side of caution with thier recommendation of a 1-12 minimum.
So if anyone has any experience with this bullet I would like to hear about it, and I welcome any educated guesses as to weather it would be worth trying a box of these bullets in my rifle or not.
I am interested in trying it on small varmints, but I've been wondering if its BC really is that high, and more importantly, if I am likely to get it to stabilize in my rifle.
Hornady's manual states that it is best used with faster twist barrels and I think it lists 1-12 as the minimum. BUT I don't know what velocity they are thinking of; my thoughts were that perhaps I could get by with my 1-14 twist in 22-250 running fairly hot loads (as I do for varmints) because I might have a little more velocity than Hornady had been thinking of, and possibly that they may have been erroring on the side of caution with thier recommendation of a 1-12 minimum.
So if anyone has any experience with this bullet I would like to hear about it, and I welcome any educated guesses as to weather it would be worth trying a box of these bullets in my rifle or not.