New Hornady 30cal Amax 208gr is out!!!

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Just checked Midway USA to confirm that this bullet has indeed been released. Of course, there is nothing on the Hornady website.

208gr 30cal Amax with a listed BC of 0.648 and a sectional density of .313.

Might just be the ideal heavy weight for the 308 TR/Palma shooters. I am looking forward to getting some to load in my 300RUM for LR shooting. Should be able to see 3100fps.

My guess is that the price per box will be around $30. Listed as the same price as the 178gr Amax molied. Dirt cheap for such performance.

An awesome bullet for us 30cal LR shooters. I am expecting great results from the LR hunters this fall.

Jerry
 
prosper, the 10 twist will work just fine.

LRC, there is one review on the midwayusa site. Someone has tested these bullets in a TRG 300WM. Got it around 2950fps while shooting in the 3's.

Hope Wholesale has some. Would love to see how much faster I can get them over the 220 gr MK's I am presently shooting in my RUM (3000fps). I am thinking 3100 to 3150fps.

Jerry
 
1 in 10 twist rifling will handle up to and included 220Sierra HPBT MatchKING...
 
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The 10 twist will stabilize the mighty 240gr MK as well.

The 308 WILL drive these bad boys with adequate velocity to be effective out to 1000yds. They don't need to go super fast as they don't really want to slow down. The wind drift reduction is actually surprising when comparing the usual 175gr MK at 2700/2800fps.

The only one that should still stay in the game are the 155gr Scenar and Berger. The amax should as well but I don't read about them. Enough shooters are going 3000fps to show it is no fluke. A few brave souls are even going 3100fps. Don't try this at home boys and girls....

As much as I think Hornady was thinking of us big boomer shooters, they weren't. The real market is in the F(TR) and High Power groups.

F(TR) is growing huge amounts and quite a number have decided that heavies out of the 308 is the way to go. OUCH in my opinion.

Anyways, they are able to get the 200/210gr VLD's upwards of 2600fps. Don't ask cause I have no idea what they are burning. YIKES and OUCH.

With a weight of 208gr and a BC that rivals HP bullet weighing more, it will be a success. Will see reports shortly I am sure.

The days of the HP match bullet is ending. There is only so much you can do to improve the BC using this tech. With the need to control the nose shape, its a big time waster and lowers the effective BC.

The limiting factor for closing up that nose is directly related to the jacket thickness. I am pretty sure that jackets can't get any thinner and still maintain super long bullets.

Poly tipped bullets aren't saddled with any of these issues and are very consistant (if manf properly of course).

The writing is on the wall when you see the likes of Mr Tubbs switching to a poly tip bullet and gaining significant BC improvements in his 6mm bullet.

Same will go for the conventional tangent ogive. Just not doing it at LR anymore. Secant ogive is the way to go and variations on this theme are doing extremely well.

There might be a new colour dominating events like Camp Perry and the F class nats this year.
Jerry
 
Question for you Jerry?

How does Lapua get such a high BC on their 155gr Scenar bullets when compared to the same weight Hornady A-max? It would appear that they are still ahead of the game using the profile that they have established for this bullet.

Why don't they adopt that profile for all of their heavier bullets in the 30cal line??

Thanks
 
The Lapua 155gr is definitely an oddball. Way higher BC then any other bullet in its class. I know the Amax were orig redesigned to make them stubbier because of manf problems. Not sure why they haven't redesigned it again for the better??????

I can only guess that building bullets like this Lapua is tricky as every VLD bullet in all cals, etc follow a similar planform and have similar BC's for bullet weight.

The big difference is in the use of Secant vs Tangent Ogive. That seems to make a sig difference at LR and increases BC somewhat. The FB tangent is still the shape of choice for short range stuff. There are some LR shooters using this shape but nothing conclusive yet.

I have found poly tipped bullets to fly better then their print BC. Probably their pointy nose is helping them achieve better ballistics. That tip with the Secant ogive allows several AMax bullets to fly exceptionally well. The 75/80gr 22cal, 162gr 7mm and this new 208gr 30 cal Amax are prime examples.

Their 6.5 used to have the highest BC of any similar bullet but was made stubbier years ago to much weeping. The 6mm 105gr is in the ballpark of other similar bullets. The other 30 cals do very well but are not stellar in BC. Why these don't get redesigned is beyond me.

Will wait to see what happens with their 338 offering. Their 'new' HP design is horrid.

A new product is being offered to squish the HP smaller to try and do the same thing. Too new to know for sure how it will work.

As more manf figure out how to use the poly tip, I see it taking over. Consistency with the potential for lower drag are all good things.

Jerry
 
I have a friend that bought my old Savage LA in 308 that wants to try to get the 208 moving around 2500 (loaded long) and try them out to 1000meters
 
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