Experience with Hornady V-Max bullets

[searcher]

Curious....pls define "pretty amazing" in terms of 5 round group size.

I'm looking for well under half moa at 100 yd and holding under moa to 800 yds. (my usual max distance) on steel.

I'm not looking at exploding gopher heads in my definition of "pretty amazing."

If I were shooting at 800 yards and wanting super accuracy, I'd not use a V-Max of any type. I'd use a quality target bullet. But - regarding "amazing", my .17 hornet shoots the little 20 and 25 V-maxes into under 1/4" MOA, as does my bolt gun .223's. The A/R's are more like 1/3 MOA. Same with the .20 Practical shooting 32's and 40's. My 6 Br will shoot the 75 V-Max into the low 2's. I think that is pretty darned good for varmint bullets out of varmint rifles (though my 6 BR is a target-type rig). The smallest group ever was with the 58 out of my .243 which was under 1/10th", though my 6BR wouldn't shoot the 87 very well at all. At 800 yards, I'd want heavier bullets with a higher BC. Since the posting person was talking 300 yards - it is quite a stretch to use the same bullets at the distances you shoot. Since all the V-Maxes I shoot ARE at varmints, mainly squirrel heads and such - that IS my definition of amazing for that purpose. If I'm talking target shooting - and when shooting at 800 yards, I don't use V-Maxes in anything. Even within 300 yards (such as bench rest shooting, I never use V-Maxes when shooting for extreme accuracy such as in matches, etc. A lot of the smaller caliber bullets are capable of holding sub-MOA out to 800 yards. It is just a matter of one's ability to shoot the bullet in the conditions at hand. And compared to heavier, higher BC bullets, they are disadvantaged when the conditions are anything but ideal.

 

[Capt. Oblivious]

Curious....pls define "pretty amazing" in terms of 5 round group size.

I'm looking for well under half moa at 100 yd and holding under moa to 800 yds. (my usual max distance) on steel.

I'm not looking at exploding gopher heads in my definition of "pretty amazing."

I have cleaned a 1000y Fclass target with 87gr V-maxes in a vanilla 243, they are very accurate

 

[Stugots]

I use them in a .204 Ruger and my 3 - .223's (all with 26" barrels) to Great effectiveness on Prairie Dogs. Extremely accurate in all 4 rifles with handloads.

 

[searcher]

I have cleaned a 1000y Fclass target with 87gr V-maxes in a vanilla 243, they are very accurate

I'm going to try those in my .243, as my 6 BR (8 TW) would not shoot them. Good to know what they are capable of.

 

[Ccrider]

I'm going to try those in my .243, as my 6 BR (8 TW) would not shoot them. Good to know what they are capable of.

I shot the 87vmaxs out of a 10 TW. They were impressively accurate.

 

[Shifty6br]

This is just my personal use...

I like the vmax for hunting, so they get fed to my night setups and a few other gas guns that normally don't see ranges beyond 300 or so...they are accurate at those distances and are darn volatile on target, don't care much for the eld line.

Everything else far and beyond gets fed Bergers.