What bullet is used in Hornady Superformance?
30-06 Springfield 150 gr SST® Superformance® Superformance® uses progressive propellants that take your favorite V-MAX,® NTX,® SST,® CX,™ and InterLock,® bullets to levels of performance that are simply unattainable with conventional ammunition.
Are Hornady SST bullets accurate?
Flat shooting and deadly accurate, it’s an ideal bullet for whitetails, as well as most North American game animals from antelope to moose and similar-sized African plains game. The SST® creates a devastatingly large wound channel.
What is the difference between the Hornady SST and GMX bullet?
The SST has lead in it and will expand drastically. The GMX has no lead it is solid copper and will with stand a lot more inpact than an SST the GMX is made for bigger tougher animals and when it expand it folds in to peddles kind of like a barnes bullet does.
Is the Hornady SST a bonded bullet?
Re: Hornady Interbond vs SST The IB is bonded and retains 90%+ of its weight after impact. The SST is very similar to the Nosler Ballistic Tip and retains around 60% of its weight after impact. Different bullets for different applications.
What calibers use superformance powder?
Superformance delivers striking velocities in cartridges like the 22-250 Remington, 243 Winchester and 300 Winchester Short Magnum. Targeted velocities are well in excess of 100 fps over the best published handloads and even larger gains over factory ammunition!
What is superformance powder good for?
The powder, Superformance by Hodgdon, not only claims to increase velocity, but lowers recoil and improves accuracy.
What does SST mean on ammo?
Hornady® SST® Bullets (Super Shock Tip) are premium hunting bullets designed to shoot flat and hit hard. The bullet’s polymer tip increases the ballistic coefficient for flatter trajectory, and the tip pushes back into the lead core upon impact to initiate rapid expansion, even at long rage.
Who makes SST bullets?
The Super Shock Tip (SST) is a bullet style created by Hornady and is used in a variety of their rifle rounds. All of the most common centerfire calibers, from . 243 to . 308, are offered with the SST bullet.
What is the best Hornady bullet for deer?
Hornady’s Precision Hunter and ELD-X bullet is a similar loading that I’ve also used a good bit on whitetails, hogs, and antelope, at ranges of 50 to 300 yards in 6.5 CM, and it’s an excellent game bullet. The Nosler Partition is one of the original “premium” bullets, and though it’s designed for bigger stuff, my .
Is the Hornady SST bullet good for elk?
That being said the 154 gr sst is all I shoot out my tikka for elk. I have no complaints about this round on elk. I’ve shot the sst’s along with my brother and no issues whatsoever. As Ross and Jon said, shoot what shoots best—-both will work.
Which Hornady bullet is best for deer?
Hornady’s Precision Hunter and ELD-X bullet is a similar loading that I’ve also used a good bit on whitetails, hogs, and antelope, at ranges of 50 to 300 yards in 6.5 CM, and it’s an excellent game bullet.
What type of powder is superformance?
Superformance powder is a smooth metering spherical powder that flows freely through a powder measure. Warning About Smokeless Powder: Do not exceed the loads displayed in the reloaders guide. Never mix any two powders regardless of type, brand, or source.