55 grain Hornady SXSP?

[biscuit jake]

Glad to hear they held up. I always thought they were a good bullet for the price. I emailed Hornady and asked about velocities with this bullet. If they respond, I will let people know.

[Rockfish1]

back in the mid 70's they used to put a little tag in the box telling you to keep the velocities below 3400fps if I'm remembering correctly... at any rate I've never had one exit a groundhog on a body shot, and am thinking about testing some of the more recent made bullets on GH's to see if they're still the same... I may load them for fur this winter in the 22-250...

[HighDesertWolf]

heres the picture of my 100 yard group of 15 shot from my mini-14 with my loads using the 55 grain SXSP's.

[biscuit jake]

I got a response from Lonnie Hummel from Hornady today. He said that the #2240 and #2260 .22 cal S-X (Super-Xplosive) are designed and not recommended to exceed 3400 f.p.s. mv. He said that he would not recommend running them much over 3300 fps mv.

[HighDesertWolf]

i figured as much, I figured they were hornady's bullet that rivals speers TNT. more or less they are for .222 and .223's. I havent got a chance to try them out yet on a yote but id imagine they should perform well for me even at a mv of just over 3000 fps.

[biscuit jake]

I was reloading them around 1976 when the 222 was still going strong. Back then, the dealer said they were meant to expand rapidly at "all" 222 velocities. So I never tried them in my 22 250. But if you make a shot with one, I am always interested in how they do.