Post by elkman1310 on Jun 18, 2019 9:05:43 GMT -5
As a long range competition shooter I am always looking to improve my groups and scores at 1,000 yards. bullet quality is extremely important at that distance. I have tried the new greatest thing from Hornady in the past and they have always been a disappointment at 1,000 yards. They always seem to check out good but they never deliver on paper.
I bought a box of new A-Tip 6mm 110gr and a box of 6.5 153gr A-Tip for my 6.5/284's I have. They come packaged really well an they supply a cleaning bag to wipe off any lube left on the bullets mine were pretty clean. I just rolled some on a paper towel.
Getting down to the meat and potatoes of measuring these bullets the 6mm bullets are small in diameter measuring .24285 which should work well in a .236 bore they maybe to loose for a .237 bore if it is on the big side. The AOL of my bullets measured 1.309 got tired of measuring them after 25 being all the same (that is pretty darn important for constant BC) weights checked very good most were 109.95 to 110gr that was also very good for a production bullet.
The ogive on these bullets is dead on no odd balls here that's what your paying for sequence all packaging so at first chance they checked out really good the real test will be just how good they will shoot. Since they have a AOL of 1.309 Hornady says you need a 7.75 twist or faster to stabilize these bullets Since my Mullerworks barrels are a 7.75 I should be good to go an looking at Berger's twist calculator they should be fully stabilized'
The 6.5 153 gr bullet checks out the same as the 6mm the Ogive is dead on. The AOL 1.502 is also dead on The bearing surface is .26395 which is fine the weights did vary a little more than the 6mm did but you could actually take these bullets and load them for a match with out doing any checking that's what their goal was do more shooting and less time at the reloading bench checking each bullet. I will still do that just for piece of mine but it will definitely make the job easier Hornady says these long bullets will stabilize in a 1-8 twist looking at the Berger chart pushing these 153gr bullets at 2950fps at 1,000 ft elevation they are supposed to be fully stabilized time will tell my one barrel is a 1-8 and the other is a 1-7 so they should work in one of them. They do make a 135gr which would be way better suited for the 6.5 Creed case.
The price of these bullets is a lot higher than any of their other production bullets but what their supply is worth the money if your a competitive shooter and the big question is just how well they really will shoot at 1,000 yards. the weather around here sucks rain and more rain so I don't know when I will get a chance to shoot them at 1,000 yards I will probably test them both at 100 just to check pressures with the loads I have been using.
I bought these bullets from Powder Valley $64.00 per 100 best price I have seen most places are charging full list is $64.00 a lot for a box of 100 match bullets not really 50 Aero Max bullets cost $117.00