The New Hornady A-tip match bullet

[adam32]

It's no different than saying hornandy came out with the 250 to sell to the faster twist guys

Not even close to being a good analogy...try try again.

 

[Deleted member 103481]

Yes it is different, factory barrels are commonly slow not fast

 

[L.Sherm]

Because even according to their twist rate calculator they were stable at any sort of elevation. Now if you run it at 600' and 30°F which would be me shooting in the fall/winter to get to fully stable I'd need a 9. Even at marginal stability the bullets will still fly straight, just lose some bc. So they raised it back to 10 so they don't scare off potential buyers.

Oh come on, I'm betting it has to do with jacket integrity.

 

[L.Sherm]

As a throat wears it also is harder on jackets the faster they spin.

 

[Old Rooster]

Looks like they are trying to get into the Berger game.
The ad at Hornady said they have very aggressive secant ogives but did not say hybrid as Berger uses that term extensively about their grand bullet.
I'll wait until someone gives it a try on game and see if it can in fact be used on game or is it just a paper puncher or even a full metal jacket type bullet.
Hornady said at shot show that great new things are coming this year and it looks like this may be one.
If someone gets and shoots them be sure to give a report so we can make decisions.
Old Rooster

 

[Lycanit]

Do they work on game. 1st game kill. Hornady haters. Cost too much. Werewolves.
I love it!
Got the 6mm 110gr on back order...they just might, work on Lycans?!

Heeeyyyyyyy... Getting kinda dangerous in here ..lol

 

[MajorSpittle]

If a 180gr of lead can kill and elk, I would think 230 can. Some of the pieces of lead will be substantial even at higher velocities.

At least that is my thinking with 208 ELD-M rounds.

 

[Creedmoor shooter]

I see powder valley has the 6.5 variants listed for 65 a box.

 

[idcwby]

I see powder valley has the 6.5 variants listed for 65 a box.

That's not that bad of pricing.

 

[idcwby]

If you get a 1-8 30cal barrel to shoot the 250s and they don't turn out like you hoped, how light of bullet could you go back too?

Thanks
idcwby

Thanks everyone for giving me some answers on this.

idcwby

 

[Rudolph Ferdinand]

Just saw that hornady is saying 70-80 a box. Ouch that's a hard one to swallow

100 rounds per box.

 

[smokey3]

Where did you see that?

Midway and MidSouth are taking preorders and they are about 80 to 90 cents apiece.

 

[smokey3]

I think Hornady makes a nice seating die. I always fill my seating stems with epoxy to form a mold for the bullets I use; no markings from seating stem. Can use the same mold for similar olgives

That's a great idea, thanks for sharing.

 

[idcwby]

Wouldn't a seating stem that is designed for VLD style bullets work on these?

idcwby