Purchased a box on Hornady Superformance 139 SST ammo in 7mm-08 last week. The very first round would not fire. I recocked the the firing mechanism three time and the primer did not fire. I checked the round after waiting a few minutes. The primer showed normal indention form firing pin. The rest of the ammo fired perfectly but group sizes were average. This ammo fired thru 20" bbl T/C Venture compact averaged grouping 1.6" at 100 yards. The rifle does better with other factory ammo. This ammo will NOT go hunting with me due to misfire.
I have hand loaded SST bullets for 270 winchester and 243 remington. Never had a problem with performance on deer. I may reload using SST bullets again but no more factory Hornady Superformance ammo for me.
