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Declared Bishop

Declared Bishop

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So in one of my cloudy moments, I ended up bidding on some 6.5 Creedmoor bullets x 278. That was all the information provided. The picture looked like they were Hornady bullets…

Anyways, I think they are Hornady ELD Match bullets, 140 grain.

OAL is 1.277”
0.264” width
140 grains

What are your guesses?
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bcsteve said:
I can tell you that a Hornady A-Max 140gr AOL is 1.377".
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Might be. I found it odd that these were the same 0.077". I don't believe in coincidences, so I went and remeasured, and sure enough, these bullets are also 1.377". I must have read the dial calipers wrong.

So, since they are all between 139.9 and 140.1 grains... I am thinking that the A-Max is the winner. Now to research them and see if I can use them hunting.
 
Declared Bishop said:
Might be. I found it odd that these were the same 0.077". I don't believe in coincidences, so I went and remeasured, and sure enough, these bullets are also 1.377". I must have read the dial calipers wrong.

So, since they are all between 139.9 and 140.1 grains... I am thinking that the A-Max is the winner. Now to research them and see if I can use them hunting.
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My Hornady rep says Match bullets should not be used for hunting big game. I agree with this sentiment.
However, one of my customers uses this 140 grain match bullet to kill elk, bear, deer and caribou. With great success I might ad.
I’ve watched You-tube videos where they shoot match Hornady bullets into ballistic gel and it seems to hold up okay.
Would I use them for big game? Nope!
But to each their own. It only takes one bullet failure to loose an awesome animal, or worse, to wound an awesome animal…..:(
 
Now the A-Max Hornady bullet is more like a V-max or Varmint bullet.
So definitely not to be used for big game animals.
Yet again, some guys do.
I would not recommend it.
 
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