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After shooting an elk at just over 300 yards with a 400-grain bullet from a.404 wildcat and having it fail to expand despite hitting both lungs, I learned the hard way that not all bullets are created equal when it comes to range. The task is done, and no, it is not pretty. Designing a bullet that can kill game at 600 yards isn’t rocket science. To get started, you just need to create a bullet that can reliably expand at a velocity of around 1800 feet per second. The elk you were preparing to shoot across the canyon suddenly arrives in the woods at 75 yards; now what? When your bullet flies 600 yards and contacts bone at 2900 feet per second, it may shatter. You just inflicted a fatal wound on an animal from which there’s no hope of recovery. It’s just as foolish to use a subpar bullet as it is to take a long shot you have no business shooting if you don’t have full confidence in your ability to make it. In attempting to find a solution to this problem, Hornady uncovered a complication that almost no one had considered. Best Hornady Precision Hunter For Sale

Hornady’s ballisticians came up with a bullet that could perform well at a wide range of velocities, making it useful for both long range shots across canyons and close quarters encounters in the woods. After confirming that the bullet’s terminal performance met expectations, they set about painstakingly determining the bullet’s ballistic coefficient (BC). They didn’t utilize the usual tools; rather, they monitored the bullet’s route with Doppler radar. After examining the data, the engineers at Hornady concluded that the BC of their new bullet was fluctuating throughout flight, rendering accurate trajectory predictions impossible. They figured out that the friction between the bullet and the air was creating so much heat that the bullet’s polymer tip was deforming, if not melting. Additional testing revealed that all polymer-tipped bullets were susceptible to the same distortion, therefore the problem was not exclusive to Hornady. Cheap Hornady Precision Hunter For Sale

The team of engineers went back to the drawing board and came up with a polymer tip that could endure the heat stresses and keep its BC stable all the way through its flight. The ELD (Extremely Low Drage-eXpanding) bullet was developed for use in hunting. There are currently 6.5mm, 7mm, and.30 caliber bullets available with seven ELD components. However, the ELD can be used without resorting to handloading, as Hornady’s Precision Hunter line provides these innovative projectiles in eight different calibers. We put the 6.5 Creedmoor, 308 Winchester, and 7mm Remington Magnum versions of Hornady’s Precision Hunter ammo through their paces because they are three of the most common and versatile hunting cartridges available. Coupon Hornady Precision Hunter For Sale

Bullets used in Precision Hunter loads are always heavy for their caliber and are known as ELD bullets. Long and heavy bullets maintain their velocity throughout distances and actually drop less at long range than light bullets, which may seem illogical given that heavier bullets are not capable of the velocities of lighter counterparts. Bullet weight and advertised muzzle velocity for the Precision Hunter 6.5 Creedmoor load (using a 143-grain bullet at 2700 fps), the 308 (using a 178-grain bullet at 2700 fps), and the 7mm Remington Magnum (with a 162-grain ELD at 2900 fps) are as follows. In every instance, the average speeds we measured in practice were lower, though never by more than a few percent.

We checked for signs of precision manufacture before we even shot a single round with this ammunition. To do this, we picked 10 rounds at random from each load and used a Hornady Concentricity Tool to quantify the bullet run-out. The Hornady instrument employs a.0001″ dial indication to measure run-out, the technical word for the degree to which a bullet is lodged at an angle in a cartridge case. It is desirable for a bullet to reach the barrel’s throat with as little cant as possible, hence run-out is commonly used as a prediction of a load’s accuracy. I aim for.001-.002″ run-out in my own handloads, but the dies aren’t always up to the task. Generally speaking, anything under.005″ of run-out is fine, and under.003″ would rank as great.

For the Hornady Creedmoor loads, the average run-out was.002″, with 40% measuring at.001″ or less. That factory ammunition is top-notch. Average deviation for 10 rounds of 308 ammunition was just.002″, which is great. The 7mm Remington Magnum ammunition had the most noticeable run-out, with an average of.00475″ and 50% of the loads showing.005″ or more. It’s not great, especially when compared to the 6.5 and 308, but it’s probably about par for factory ammunition. The 7mm Magnum, I believe, was produced using dedicated machinery, while the 6.5 and 308 loads were produced in separate batches on the same, extremely exact assembly line.

We put each load through its paces by firing ten shots on an Oehler 35P chronograph, recording the average speed, widest spread, and standard deviation. Since bullets traveling at different speeds will have distinct vertical points of contact, enough of a difference to cause a miss at extended distances, extreme dispersion is particularly crucial in the long-range game. The following numbers can be found below; in my experience, they represent exceptionally high-quality factory ammunition.