Hornady A-MAX 75 gr .224 bullets

[sierra77mk]

I load Sierra and Nosler 77's all the time to 2.255-2.260"

I assume the hornady's are ok to this length too, but before I buy 600 of them, can you heavy bullet shooters confirm that the A-MAX 75's are mag length tolerant?

[GentlemanJim]

I have not used the Amax

But I shoot lots of Hornady 75gr bthp match with very good results

Jim

[trickpony]

I believe the 75 gr. A-Max bullets are not able to be loaded to mag length. I single load them, never tried loading them to mag length and have been told by many people that shoot Highpower that the A-Max cannot be loaded to mag length.

[smokshwn]

At mag length the case mouth is above the front of the driving band. I love the 75 gr BTHP. Load them to mag length and they rock.

[David Sinko]

I don't know about the 75 gr. A-Max but I cut the tips off the 80 gr. A-Max and they feed just fine through my magazines. Accuracy is not exactly spectacular but then again I'm using a 1:9 twist which isn't supposed to work at all.

Dave Sinko

[Dan Sierpina]

Both the 75 and 80 grain A-Max bullets are designed for single loading, slow fire stages of Highpower. The 75 BTHP is meant to be loaded to magazine length, as is the Sierra 77 Match King.

[RiggerJJ]

saw this thread and was wondering about 308 - don't mean to hijack...

308 Win 155gn Hornady A-Max, are they also designed for single round loading???

jj

[Dan Sierpina]

saw this thread and was wondering about 308 - don't mean to hijack...

308 Win 155gn Hornady A-Max, are they also designed for single round loading???

jj

JJ,

They shouldn't be. They should be just fine in a .308 magazine.

The .224 A-Max bullets are extremely long, and would extend past the shoulder probably .250" or more. The loaded ammo I have with those bullets are almost 2.500 OAL.

[raz-0]

saw this thread and was wondering about 308 - don't mean to hijack...

308 Win 155gn Hornady A-Max, are they also designed for single round loading???

jj

You can load them to NATO OAL without issues, so I would assume the fit just fine. They definitely fit in my CZ550 magazines. 

[shooter545]

They won't work at magazine length. Load them long for single shot and they are deadly accurate, but can't do the bang, bang, bang thing with them. I bought some and found that out. I shot some real nice groups but it was REAL slow, not that was bad but not what I was after. Went to 75 BTHP and got same results but worked in the magazine. YEA!

I think that they would work well for the 600 yard slow fire stage of Service Rifle but that is not what I shoot.

Hope that helps.

[AlamoShooter]

Hornady says Not to do it in their data, But Loaded long as single shot out of my Varmint gun they did great.