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Hornady Superformance
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<blockquote data-quote="Shortmagman" data-source="post: 362775" data-attributes="member: 10723"><p>I had read so much about the Hornady Superformance ammo that I had to buy some and give them a try in one of my rifles, so I bought a box of 280 Rem. loaded with the 139 grain GMX bullets. I was able to shoot them in my Rem 700 CDL with a 24 inch barrel. On the box Hornady gave the velocity as 3070 ft/sec. and my three shots averaged 3064 ft/sec shot over my CD Mellinium Chronograph. I was quite pleased that they matched the stated velocity but just a couple of problems. First the three shots did not shoot a great group(1.5+) and second I have loaded 140 grain Barnes TSX bullets over RL-22 powder at 3100 ft/sec.. Of course I do not know what pressure my load produced but my TSX load was under .75 inches for three shots. So I think if you hand load the 280 Rem the Hornady factory load does not offer a great deal. However, if you buy factory ammo, the Hornady load should give greater velocity than the average 280 Rem factory load.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shortmagman, post: 362775, member: 10723"] I had read so much about the Hornady Superformance ammo that I had to buy some and give them a try in one of my rifles, so I bought a box of 280 Rem. loaded with the 139 grain GMX bullets. I was able to shoot them in my Rem 700 CDL with a 24 inch barrel. On the box Hornady gave the velocity as 3070 ft/sec. and my three shots averaged 3064 ft/sec shot over my CD Mellinium Chronograph. I was quite pleased that they matched the stated velocity but just a couple of problems. First the three shots did not shoot a great group(1.5+) and second I have loaded 140 grain Barnes TSX bullets over RL-22 powder at 3100 ft/sec.. Of course I do not know what pressure my load produced but my TSX load was under .75 inches for three shots. So I think if you hand load the 280 Rem the Hornady factory load does not offer a great deal. However, if you buy factory ammo, the Hornady load should give greater velocity than the average 280 Rem factory load. [/QUOTE]
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