AusVarmint

hi guys,

for some reason i bought some 6.5mm hornady 120gr a-max then realised they were not hunting bullets. my bad.

the hornady site says

Rapid, explosive expansion with limited penetration.
Recommended muzzle velocity range: 2000+ fps.
These bullets are not recommended for hunting.

I would have thought rapid expansion would be pretty good on light game like cats and foxes,

Has anyone tried them?

Cheers Johnty

They'll kill everything you have listed there.

I know Hornady do not consider them a Hunting projectile BUT they work relly really well out of my 6.5x47L.

Use them you will be impressed.

thanks for the reply kinkinback and missed.

what load are you running them with your 6.5x47l missed?

Firty nein grains of 2208 please ado the proper thing and start low and work up.

MISSED wrote:start low and work up.

always do thanks missed

I've used the 75g Amax thru the 5.6x57 when tagging some roos, very effective

Have you seen the NZ site Ballistic Studies, he has done a lot of testing with different bullets to determine what you can expect from each bullet on different types of game and he loves the A Max's for a long range hunting bullet of soft skin game. From what he say's they tend to fragment but into large pieces so they tend to kill quite well for a match round.

If you could post a link, that would ne awesome. Thanks sometimes shooter

Ummm not that tech savy the address is www.ballisticstudies.com

sometime shooter wrote:Have you seen the NZ site Ballistic Studies, he has done a lot of testing with different bullets to determine what you can expect from each bullet on different types of game and he loves the A Max's for a long range hunting bullet of soft skin game. From what he say's they tend to fragment but into large pieces so they tend to kill quite well for a match round.

there is actually 1 or 2 videos of him annealing the bullets.

i think its the amax he does with a candle and berger in a tin of water (pair submersed)

Have never looked at those vids

I can highly recommend that site! All the info I've gathered from him has been spot on.

I've heard A-max's are quite popular on medium game over in the states.

He tends to be more gathered towards medium sized game and up rather than varmints which is fine. I generally tend to check what he thinks of projectiles before I change or try something new.