Hornady ammo
 

good buddy of mine says that hornady ammo is the best money can buy if you dont hand load. he stated to me that the ballistics that hornady advertises for their ammo is true. whats your opinion on this?

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light magnums are junk. Rest is reasonable.

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I had great results with their ammo for my 300 win

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I Like Hornady bullets, but have never used their ammo. Good luck.

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I shot a 225 to 250 lb hog at about 30 yards with Hornady's 350 gr xtp in 500 S&W. It knocked the hog completly off its feet.

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Same here. Amazing results in accuracy and trajectory w/ factory Hornady loads in 300WM. I don't trust anyone's printed ballistics though; I never assume until I test them myself.

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I use the .308 150 grain sst custom ammo for deer. It does a great job and is accurate in my Remington mohawk 600. It shoots flat too.

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I like there rounds but not all rifles like them. You will have to try them yourself to see if your rifle shoots them okay. Most of there custom ammo is at the top end of the charts . Have fun and good luck !!

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I handload for most my shooting needs but in general I have found both Federal Premium and Hornady Customs the best OTC ammo interms of groups IME.

As far as bulletsbeen pretty partial to Nosler offerings but Hornady have always worked when I took them to the field.

Ballistic tables...well lets just say you need salt with most of them. I agree no way to determine what they'll do until you shoot and verify them in your rifle (s).

I say their worth a try if your looking to improve on your current load. Tinkering is part of the fun as it gets you out shooting, which is never a bad thing!!

Good Luck

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Ditto!!!

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Did roughly the same thing on a ferrell hog hunt with factory 300 grain XTP/HP 44 mags out of my Marlin 1894. 30 yard shot the pig fell like something knocked its legs out from underneath it. this was big pig too it weighed in at 261 lbs.

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I never tried the Light Magnum stuff ,but I use the Custom in my 7 rem mag and 22-250 and get ragged one hole groups when I do my part.
I also agee with a previous post , I also like the Federal Premium. The Hornady 139gr. and Federal TBBC 140 gr. shot to the exact same point in my 7 rem mag and give the same one hole performance.

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I was using the Hornady's out of my .243 exclusively. I dropped a 200 pound boar at 220 yds with it. I mean dropped it, I could hear his head hit the ground. Complete pass through on the neck, same with deer, I put some big 'ol holes through deer with them also.
Past two years I have been using federals with the sierra game kings, not much difference if any, cheaper and easier to find.
but to answer your question, Hornady makes fine ammo. I would highly reccomend them.