Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters My Dad is dead but he was right...HORNADY ONLY!

I've been thinking about my Dad lately. He died 3 years ago on opening of Texas deer season. He was 82 and had hunted since 1956. His original and only rifle for a while was an Enfield sporterized 30-06. He used Sierra's in the beginning but he found them too soft for his liking. He read all he could and decided to try the 150gr Interlokt. Worked like a charm.

He used that bullet until he built a 7x57 by hand and then decided the 139gr Interlokt would be the perfect mate...and it was. He killed his second truck load of deer with that gun and combination. Sometime around his early 50's he built a nice .308 mannlicher on a '98 action...and used the 150gr again in Hornady guise. Shot his 3rd truckload of deer w/that .308 and I stupidly sold it to a forum member from the Metroplex. By the way...if you are that member I'd like to buy it back.

When my Dad turned 60 he built his last rifle on a Mauser action in 257Ackley Improved. He never hesitated...a Hornady 117gr 25 caliber Interlockt got the nod. His last 10-12 years he kept killing large west Texas/ pan handle whitetails until his health declined to the point he could no longer make the trip. He use to tease me about shooting BT's but it was all in fun. I know if he was still here today he would be shooting the Hornady's in whatever caliber and killing those whitetails stone cold dead. powdr
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hard to argue with success..

Best of the non-premiums!

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When the Balllistic Tips hit the market, I got caught up in the hype. Today I have gone back to good old Hornady's on all except .243 and 7-08. There I still use BTs.

I could hunt the rest of my life with Hornady bullets. I'm a little partial to them, because they just plain work..

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Most of my reloading has been with hornady bullets. I've shot a lot of deer with them and never had a failure. Not sure why I even bother with any of the premiums other than it provides more load development as Hornady bullets seem to shoot well with most any powder charge.

Guys my Dad would sit down at the bench, load 3 shells and shoot them all in about 10-15 seconds. He would holler at me to bring him the target. As always, there would a nice round group hovering over the bulls eye. powdr

All Hornady 165 grain spire points in a 30-06...













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Y'all stop making sense! This is crazy talk.

I've loaded 165gr Hornadys in the '06 and .308 since I started reloading, and haven't seen a reason to switch. My brothers, friends, and I are not in the same league as a lot of you regarding numbers of animals killed, but 25yrs of positive results can't be overlooked. 100 grainers in .25 caliber rifles, 129 in 6.5s, 130s in.270, and 139 in 7mm all work like a charm. If it ain't broke, no sense fixing it.

Using nothing but Hornadys for most hunting makes perfect sense and is completely logical. None of of would be the worse off if we did it.


That said, we are just talking about it, we aren't actually doing it!

Hornady?

I don't get it.

Why would anyone load those overly soft separating at high speed cheap junk bullets?

They are just too predictable - deadly!

Jim

I have killed more Big Game Animals with Hornady Bullets than any other in my Life Time . I still use use the Interbond in some of my Big Game Rifles and use the V-max for most of my Varmint Hunting .

Surprisingly my last 3 deer died to Hornady bullets, 117gr, 250gr and 170gr.

I hate to be the voice of dissent here, but I've seen several outright failures from Hornadys. Several SSTs essentially grenading by hitting ribs on broadside deer, and Interlocks coming apart with really minimal penetration (twice this last fall). Most of them work, but Hornady is not infallible.

You couldn't pay me to use an SST.

Another -1 on SSTs�

Liking the Interlock a bunch

Couldnt get the Interbond to shoot...

The Hornady GMX bullet is excellent provided your target is as big as a barn door.

dave