Comments on: New A-Tip Match Bullets from Hornady Have Aluminum Tips

By: Robert Felinski

Robert Felinski — Wed, 08 May 2019 10:47:26 +0000

Q1.
Are this bullets tangent, secant or hybrid? The new Sierras declare 1,5 degree passage from ogive to flat.
Q2.
Studying ballistics (H. Vaughan scientist )I had impression that center of pressure is moving forward in flight, then increasing overturning moment and losing dynamic stability (while static stability increases).
Above Hornady’s personel Joe Thielen, said “This longer tip is a key component that helps move the center of gravity of the bullet rearward, thus enhancing in-flight stability and reducing dispersion.”
It is contradictory to my knowledge and understanding. If you replace light polimer tip with heavier aluminium, the center gravity moves forward, isn’t it ? Secondly it is right to move it forward not reward (as he said), as aerodynamic force acting on bullet in flight increases as the angle of attack is increasing as bullet flies more steep (angle to streams of air), right ? If you move CG forward the arm between CG and Pressure Center is decreasing, reducing overturning moment, what is good.

Those gents who are interested, please read Harold’s Vaughans “Rifle Accuracy Facts”.

To Hornadies: In the next development of your bullets please replace aluminium tips with heavier material steel, tungsten, or others and also drill a substantial hole in rear part of bullet and plug it with light material (f.i.aluminium). It will move CG as much as you wish.

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 04 May 2019 02:15:07 +0000

Price gouging at it’s finest. Shame on you Hornady!!

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 02 May 2019 05:16:23 +0000

Hornady went a long way from being cost effective at sub .30$ for a .264 bullet to .75$+
Let’s just call this as it is… a way to find people who are willing to pay extra premium on the price.

By: Midnightmedic

Midnightmedic — Thu, 02 May 2019 03:00:51 +0000

Hornady has come full circle in the last 25 years. The first 162gr 7mm A-max bullets in 1995 had aluminum tips. Great accuracy if your seating stem didn’t pull off the tip

By: jimmy dean

jimmy dean — Wed, 01 May 2019 17:44:34 +0000

http://forum.accurateshooter.com/threads/winchester-silvertip-exposed.3978226/

By: jimmy dean

jimmy dean — Wed, 01 May 2019 17:44:09 +0000

This was just posted and shows they are not like Silvertips at all.

By: ELR Researcher

ELR Researcher — Tue, 30 Apr 2019 20:35:58 +0000

So they big time downsized the 750 gr. .50 cal A-Max, at $2.35 each (https://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/product/productId/6574) to a 250 gr. .30 cal at $.80 each. On the basis of weight, those prices are almost exactly equal.

A 250 gr .308…double Wow!

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Tue, 30 Apr 2019 17:15:06 +0000

The first thing i thought of when i seen this article was bullet cam. You guys remember that one

By: Darrell W

Darrell W — Tue, 30 Apr 2019 14:20:52 +0000

Bill K hit it right. I have always liked the Winchester Silvertips and this is just a gussied up version. Same stuff just a different pile.

By: Chris Jordan

Chris Jordan — Tue, 30 Apr 2019 11:22:27 +0000

Not sure who Hornady is trying to market these bullets to at these prices. The listed BCs aren’t much higher than pointed Sierras or Bergers at half the price…