Has anybody loaded any Hornady SXSP bullets for a AR 15?

varmit_master

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Hi has anybody tried these bullets out of a Ar. If so how did they do. Will they work on a coyote a 50gr or a 55gr. I have shot them out of my 22 250 the 50gr and they work great on armadlio's and crows. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif If you have used them in a Ar what load did you go by VM /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
I shoot the 55's all the time and have shot a load of the 50's in the past. Not from an AR however.

The box used to contain an advisory not to excee 3300 fps and seems like there may have been a suggestion that a fast twist might not be good thing too. Has to do with the thin skin of the bullet.

I'd check with Hornady and see what they say, unless of course your AR is not a fast twist. If all else fails, try a few.
 
Yes, I do. In keeping thing simple I use the same loading of H322 at 24.5 grains, cci 400 small rifle primers and 50 grain SXSP's that I worked up for my Savage Md 11 in my AR. The only difference is that I use LC 02 brass so if I loose a few out of the semiauto action I have plenty to replace them with. They shoot very well out of the Shaw 1/9 twist 20"barrel. If I can hold the round forarm still enough MOA is easily obtainable. I haven't chronied them out of the AR but in the Savage they leave the 22" 1 in 9 barrel at 3253 FPS. A half MOA center to center has been printed using 5 shots a 100 yard a number of times with this combination. In testing if the SXSP's are pushed any faster then the jacket started to shred and many times the back stop wasn't even touched. The velocity acheived now is the highest I could use with out this problem. As long as the leg bones are missed the coyote will die and usually right there. Sometimes they will exit and other times they grenade completely in the chest cavity with spectacular internal damage. I started using them out of an old 222 and had such success that I stayed with them for the 223. Good bullet but if it weren't so populated in this area I think I would use a heavier, stiffer bullet. Even so not a coyote I've hit with them has ever been lost to date.
 
Hi i have shot paper and crows with them the 50gr. I am using Varget out of my 22 250 and 36.5grs and a 50gr SXSP bullet and they work great. That is out of my rem 700 my friend shoots them out of his Savage 10 22 250 37.5grs of Varget 50gr bullet. I know that we are pushing them OVER 3300 fps. I know the bullets will hold up. I thought about loading some for my Bushmaster V-Match 20 inch rifle . Becasue i bought a bunch of the cheap and i think they would do a good job on a coyote out of the 223 rifle. I am thinking of using the powder Varget or AA 2015 powder. VM /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused1.gif
 
Thanks Curt if you had tried them and they blow up before they got to the target in your Bushmaster then i wont reload any for mine. thanks again VM
 


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