Nosler 107gr. Custom Competition vs Hornady 105 AMax

[Gary Wiant]

I'm getting ready to start loading some bullets for my soon to be finished 6 Dasher, I'll be using this gun for mainly groundhog hunting & a little target shooting has anyone compared these 2 bullets?

Accuracy is my main concern, over knockdown power.

Thanks

 

[AckleymanII]

only consider the a max for hunting, forget the nosler comp as it is going to act like a full metal jacket

 

[Gary Wiant]

Even for ground hog hunting? I would figure it wouldn't take much to kill a ground hog, I figured the percussion of the bullet hitting it would tear it up pretty good on its own but I don't want to have the ground hog suffer either.

 

[AckleymanII]

there are a lot of bullets that just zip right through a ground hog. I have shot them and could not even tell that they had been hit.

Stick with bullets meant to expand to eliminate crawlers. Amax do well, 87g V max is another great one. I have wanted to try a 95g ?Sierra Tipped match king.

 

[JLT]

I agree with what Ackleyman said. The AMax will expand reliably at any reasonable range. The Nosler, not so much.

 

[Gary Wiant]

Ok thanks that's what I'll use then.

I'm a big fan of Hornady any how, but a local gun shop has a great deal on Custom Competition in bulk and I was looking to save some money.

 

[Shaggy357]

Accuracy and explosiveness is about the same using the 105 V-Max, 105 Nosler, and 107 Nosler in my fast twist 6BR. Not much experience beyond 500 yards with this gun, except on targets.....so cannot comment explosiveness beyond that....but accuracy is there....

 

[Dgd6mm]

If the 105 Amax makes you feel good for Varmint hunting use them. If you can buy the 107 Nosler Custom Competition at a great deal then build them for target shooting if you like.

Don Dunlap

 

[Gary Wiant]

I can get 1000 107 custom competition bullets for about $145. I just don't know if I'll do that much target to make it worth having 1000 laying around. I was hoping the hollow pointment ( as small as they are) would expand a little on groundhogs

 

[Dgd6mm]

If I could buy them for that, then I'd be shooting them. I don't believe you'll find the Amax that cheap.

 

[mac86951]

I'd be more concerned with pass-thru / ricochet with the nosler CCs.

 

[tunered]

I do believe the 105 amax has been discontinued.

 

[Gary Wiant]

Where did you see that?

 

[BradY]

I shot the nosler 69gr custom comp in a 22brx varmint gun and they were devastating. Light jackets compared to sierras. They fragmented at the front and the back of the bullet mushroomed and shed its jacket when I shot them into a pile of compressed cloth. I know that isn't a varmint body but terminal performance on red fox was fine.

 

[Gary Wiant]

Thank you I shoot the 69gr. Custom Competition out of my 223 wylde & 5.56 Ranch but I wasn't sure if the thicker jacket on the 6mm would keep it from mushrooming

 

[wiuprof]

I do believe the 105 amax has been discontinued.

Yes, the new 10th Edition Hornady manual shows nearly all of the A-Max line is discontinued.
Apparently they were replaced by the new ELD-M line of bullets with the new tip. For some reason the manual
shows a couple of 30 caliber A-Max bullets as still available.
Joe

 

[Dgd6mm]

I do believe the 105 amax has been discontinued.

I called Hornaday and they told me that over the phone.


Don Dunlap

 

[Gary Wiant]

So if this is true like it seems to be what is my next best option?
Custom Competition, Bergers or will the ELD - M still be my choice? Looking around the 105gr. Area.

 

[mic2377]

I would do some of your own testing before you write off the Nosler CC. At least in 22 and 30 cal they have pretty thin jackets and expand well. The 6 mm may or may not do the same thing. Other than that I would look at the ELD-M.

I will say that when the Amax used to be available, it was devastating... Shot some hogs with the 168 Amax loaded to a sedate 2500 fps, and the exits were fist-sized...

 

[Mark W]

I didn't realize the 105 Amax had been discontinued as it was available for a while after some other calibers were long gone.

The Amax was a good bullet at a good price. IMO, it was only killed as an effort to sell the ELD at a higher profit margin. I for one am not buying it! I'll be shooting Sierras and spending the extra for Bergers.