Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles Hornady A-Max for Deer???

before Hornady produced the TAP they had a huge test involving auto glass drywall ect ect. A buddy who is an instructor at the academy has "The Red Book" which is a huge summary of the TAP results.
"THE" .308 Tap load was actually a 178 AMAX but i guess so many departments used 308win and had 1-12" twists that Hornady went with the 168 gr.
I handload the 178's in LC 74 BR-2 and TAC to about 2450 in a 20"
They are deadly.


The 155 gr AMAX consistently offers nearly perfect terminal performance characteristics--ideal penetration, good fragmentation, and perfectly placed large temporary cavity. All of the .308 AMAX bullets we are aware of fired in OIS incidents to date have remained in the suspects' torsos; damage on autopsy has been quite impressive and exactly as predicted based on lab analysis. The 110 gr AMAX has a shallower penetration depth with a rounded temporary stretch cavity, while the 168 gr and 178 gr AMAX have deeper penetration than the 155 AMAX, with a more oval, narrower temporary stretch cavity.