Hornady 168 BTHP vs Sierra 168 BTHP

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I find that I can get good accuracy with Sierra 168 BTHP bullets but have trouble getting the same accuracy with the Hornday 168. The groups are just a bit bigger with the Hornady bullets.

I have a good supply of Hornady bullets that I want to use up so can anyone give me any tips about how to tighten groups with the Hornady bullets? I recall hearing some comments about the jump to the rifling being more critical with the Hornady but am not sure what the issue is. I've also heard that the style of ogive used in the different bullets has some impact on how to load the Hornady bullets.

Any guidance would be appreciated!
 
try playing with seating depth, or you can do like I did and just exchange the Hornady bullets for Sierras or Burgers. I could never get Hornadys to shoot as well as the others in few different guns
 
Sierras have very hard jackets and Hornady have very soft jackets. Most other brands are somewhere in between. Some rifles like 'em hard and some rifles like 'em soft... and some rifles like 'em all. Just use what works.
 
762shooter said:
I find that I can get good accuracy with Sierra 168 BTHP bullets but have trouble getting the same accuracy with the Hornday 168. The groups are just a bit bigger with the Hornady bullets.

I have a good supply of Hornady bullets that I want to use up so can anyone give me any tips about how to tighten groups with the Hornady bullets? I recall hearing some comments about the jump to the rifling being more critical with the Hornady but am not sure what the issue is. I've also heard that the style of ogive used in the different bullets has some impact on how to load the Hornady bullets.

Any guidance would be appreciated!
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I found the same thing too, so I stick with Sierras or Nosler J4 Competition. I just couldn't get the Hornady's to shoot.

I performed a test and loaded 20rds with Sierra and 20 rds with Nosler (the same powder charge, brass and seating depths). I fired 3 groups. The first was the Sierras, second was the Noslers - both 10rds each, and found that the group size and placement on the target was the same. I took the remaining 20rds (10 of each) and mixed them up, then fired a 20rd group. The result was 1 ragged hole. YMMV.

I'm trying to find some Nosler 175's to perform the same test.
 
i have found that hornady bullets arent the greatest quality that i heard they used to be, i tryed them too, didnt like them and tryed sierra and stayed with them, i weighed each bullet some were almost an oz different then what they were supposed to be.
 
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