Originally Posted by beretzs
Originally Posted by TheKid
Originally Posted by beretzs
Originally Posted by TheKid
Went to feed cows this evening and added a data point.

Caught this big rooter sneaking out of a brushy draw into the milo stubble and gave him a couple 55 Hornady BTHPs. First one hit him square on the shoulder broadside. Second was back in the guts when he ran. Third one missed and the fourth landed in the hindquarter.

First round wrecked the entire shoulder, vaporized the scapula and had a 2 1/2” hole behind it. The one in the guts went in and was lost, no exit. The one through the hams left a 1/2” hole through both hams and exited. All of this to more or less confirm my suspicions based on a few samples in the past that shows them to be erratic. I have a bunch of them and they shoot great but from here on I think I’ll stick to SPs or tipped bullets when buying Hornady.
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Nice work. Seems like the 62’s you mentioned might be about perfect for a plain Jane SP.

I think I’m going to order some to find out. Wish I could get less than 500 at a whack but they’ll get used.


I’ve got about a 1000 of the 62 grain bonded bullets I got from Rocky Mountain Reloading years ago. I think they’re Fusions? I just loaded 400 of them for my brother and figured they’re a decent do anything sorta bullet as well. They weren’t TMK accurate but they were still good. I didn’t spend a bunch of time messing with loads though either.


That's where I got mine. They kill well in a 223 and are even more impressive in the 22-250 AI