Bigcountry, I have shot factory Hornady ammo off and on for years. In most cases it gives comparable accuracy to other premium loads like Federal. Out of my 270 federal was the clear winner in accuracy. However last fall I had Hornady SST' s out perform Federal Premium NBT' s at both 100 and 200 yards with 150Gr out of my 7mm Rem Mag.

I have been pleased with Hornady bullets, but if they gave me groups like you mentioned I surely wouldn' t be shooting them. Quick question were they all the same lot? I had that happen with winchester supremes in my 270 a few years back, before grouped well but got a box that wouldn' t. I picked up a box with different lot number in supremes/same bullet style and they were better. Just a thought.