Anybody try out the new Hornady 208 gr. AMax yet

[abyssdncr]

Saw these bullets while poking around on Midway. Wideners has them for $24 per hundred and with the price of Sierras these days, they might be a viable alternative to the 220 gr. Matchkings...

Figure I'll at least get a box or two; anybody try them out yet?

[Ron458]

I picked up a box myself. Waiting for my SBR to be aproved befor I head out. Ron

[cav_scout_tj]

Originally Posted by abyssdncr

Saw these bullets while poking around on Midway. Wideners has them for $24 per hundred and with the price of Sierras these days, they might be a viable alternative to the 220 gr. Matchkings...

Figure I'll at least get a box or two; anybody try them out yet?

Hey thanks for the tip about Wideners. I been eying them for a while as well. They were out of stock at midway for a long time. Need to put together some more play money.

I had good luck with the 178's, I had some on hand. Also read reports of good luck hunting with the 155's.

[Spook]

I shot them recently out of a 300WSM 1K yd rifle.....not the best accuracy but they should work OK at short ranges.

[abyssdncr]

I was ordering some stuff from Midway anyway over the weekend, so I grabbed a couple boxes to try. The bullet is longer than the case...

Thought you all might find a photo interesting:

[Cornholio]

Thanks for the pic. Are you neck turning your brass? Which tool are you using?

[abyssdncr]

Originally Posted by Cornholio

Are you neck turning your brass? Which tool are you using?

I'm playing around with it right now. One of the gent's in my local club donated a forster neck turning tool with a .30 cal pilot. I was a little disappointed that my sized brass wouldn't fit on the pilot, so I was fiddling with fired brass and that happened to be the one I grabbed.

It's interesting with the cases formed from .223, the neck tension in the fired cases is almost identical to a Stoney Point OAL gage case. Maybe I should be turning them all...?

[Pitt300]

Interceptor - did you chrono any of your 9.2 g H110 loads?
What was your land length in the M1S upper?

Just loaded some 208s myself.
9.4/9.6/9.8g of VV N110 - Subsonic I hope
11.6g VV N110 Supersonic to check accuracy.
I may have figured out part of the problem w/these pills.
They are long skinny buggers & they actually land in my M1S @ 2.418" & I would normally allow 0.010" jump so I would like for them to be @ 2.408" COAL.
HOWEVER, they will NOT fit in the mag unless I push them down to around 2.262" COAL (the 11.6g won't go that short due to powder-2.268" but I can still force them into my modified MagPuls & they seem to work if I don't fully load the mag).
For me a jump of 2.408"-2.262"=0.146" seems like almost 15 times what I would like for accuracy.
I'll shoot Sunday w/chrono & report back.
Bad time to be shooting subs as it's supposed to be 103* on Sunday.
What the hell.
If we don't try, we'll never know. Just hope my spread bridges the transonic barrier.
Will advise.

[interceptor]

I've no more of the 208's left to play with. Loaded all, have about 70 left, plan to let buddies shoot them as it seems everyone wants to shoot a supressed gun.

Bought some 220 SMK's and AA1680, I'll play with that next. This M1S upper... I've got nothing good to say about it so far. Might end up being a very short play toy.

I've gotta admit, I'm not one for load development. I really need to copy what someone else has already done and fine tune for my needs.

[Pitt300]

Shot 208s today & @ 100*+ & 29% humidity @ 100 yards -
4 shot groups from 16" M1S upper w/762SD can:
These all need about +11" of elevation to hit bull @ 100 as compared to 125g Supersonic POI.
9.4G-1103.1 fps 2.296" group
9.6g-1106.3 fps 1.594"
9.8g-1118.7 fps 2.493"
None of the above sounded supersonic

I'm surprised there wasn't more Vel difference from 9.4g to 9.8g

For accuracy thought I would load some supersonics & see how they shot:
11.6g-1278 fps 1.487" & it hit 8" low of regular 125g supersonic loads
Not bad.

Definately cheaper than 220g SMKs & I'don't think a hog will know the difference.
If BC is 0.648 (I wonder if this is correct BC for this bullet @ subsonic velocities?) then energy @ 100 yards should be about 527 or close to a 357Sig @ the muzzle.