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Hornady 53. gr v-max, anybody tried?
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<blockquote data-quote="WYcoyote" data-source="post: 455035" data-attributes="member: 22716"><p>In this months American Rifleman there is a feature on the new Hornady Super Performance Varmint loads and they describe the premise behind the new 53gr Vmax.</p><p>It seems that in the 55gr Vmax (and most varmint bullets) they had to design the ogive taper of the bullet to fit the short neck of the 22-250 and that did not maximize the BC.</p><p>The new 53gr is specific to the .223 (and .222 etc) and they did not have to compromise the ogive and thus bumped up the BC. An added boattail base also helped.</p><p>For this reason I'm not sure how good they would work in the 22-250.</p><p>Because of the new BC rating the .223s long range terminal ballistics are said to approach the 22-250.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WYcoyote, post: 455035, member: 22716"] In this months American Rifleman there is a feature on the new Hornady Super Performance Varmint loads and they describe the premise behind the new 53gr Vmax. It seems that in the 55gr Vmax (and most varmint bullets) they had to design the ogive taper of the bullet to fit the short neck of the 22-250 and that did not maximize the BC. The new 53gr is specific to the .223 (and .222 etc) and they did not have to compromise the ogive and thus bumped up the BC. An added boattail base also helped. For this reason I'm not sure how good they would work in the 22-250. Because of the new BC rating the .223s long range terminal ballistics are said to approach the 22-250. [/QUOTE]
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