New Hornady Bullets

[bgrdnr]

by the way Buckskin,  my shoulder hurts just thinking about shooting a 330RUM.     Hope you are in Elk country and load your own

[Buckskin]

That my friend is what makes this bullet sooooo special. I has little rocket boosters that kick in at 200yds.

(sarcasm)

And sorry I have a 300 RUM not a 330, can't believe nobody called me on that one!!!

[yellowtail3]

I've not tried the new Hornady bullets yet, probably won't. Why? Well... I think they're some marginal improvement, but mostly hype to make some $. I note that Hornady's comparison figures have snookered many - they zero their new load at 200 yards, then compare its 300 yards drop to a 150RN... zeroed at only 100. C'mon, that's just plain deceptive. If you need to do that to sell your bullets... hmmm...

I think the new bullet will give improvement on shots that are marginal with a 30-30 - that is, 200plus - but they've STILL long shots with a 30-30. I think that for the vast majority of guys using the 30-30s the way most do, the new bullets are all hype and will make no diff. It sure won't turn the 30-30 into a .30-06 or .270

[Buckskin]

Its pretty easy to adjust the zero to compare apples to apples.  And your kind of missing the picture here.  The Hornady's hit well within a deers vitals from muzzle to about 250yds, and little compensation to keep it there at 300.  Compared to the flat-nosed bullets that are well out of the goods at 200 and a crap shoot after that.

If you can't see the difference and the improvement in the new Hornady's you just flat out don't want to.

[yellowtail3]

Its pretty easy to adjust the zero to compare apples to apples.

But one should wonder - why didn't Hornady supply apples-to-apples info in the first place? Why the need to gild the lily?

And your kind of missing the picture here.  The Hornady's hit well within a deers vitals from muzzle to about 250yds, and little compensation to keep it there at 300. 

If you zero your scoped Marlin w/150gr RN at 180 yards, the bullet will rise a max of 3" above line of sight (at about 100 yards) and won't drop more than 3" below LOS until it passes 210. This is figuring a velocity of 2270 (keeping it honest, 20" barrel). So, I DO see the difference: it looks like the new bullets gain you 40-50 yards, or thereabouts.

Cool. I've never shot a deer past about 90 yards. If I start hunting fields, I might buy the new ammo - or more likely, just get a .270 & get a reach of around 300 yards before I need to worry about bullet drop (and I prob shouldn't be shooting at deer that far)