Hornady A-MAX 105 grain

[fede]

Hi Guys,
Any experience shooting Hornady .243 (6mm) 105 gr. A-Max from a 1-9.25 twist rate barrell? The ballistic coheficient is really atractive (.500) and I think would do a good job on Deer.
Thank you.
Fede ???

[chestsprings]

I have used it to punch paper at 100, & 200 yds.

in my rifle, McGowan barrel, Rem-6mm shoots pretty good.

the barrel is a 1:9

[savage rookie]

top of the twist range in my experience; buddy's 6mm 40x (1-9") shoots the 105s (and 107 smks) very well, however, my 6mm VLS fails to stabilze either of those bullets with its 1-9.25" twist.

[aorelup]

I worked some sub 1-inch loads with it for my daughter's Savage youth rifle. Hopefully we'll be able to give you some info on terminal ballistics by the end of this month.

[Elkbane]

Don't know about that twist rate, but my 1:8 twist (I think) Mc Gowen likes them very well....

Load is 40.5 gr H4831sc in Lapua brass with Fed210m primers - 105AMAX loaded 10 though off the lands, 2 thou neck tension. It's not a speed demon, but pretty consistent accuracy.

I tried jamming them in the lands but kept getting good 3 shot groups(one hole) with 2 flyers (not real bad flyers, but out of group) - I don&#39;t think I was using enough neck tension to keep them jammed when I closed the bolt and was ending up with all just touching lands. Rather than mess with changing neck tension, I tried seating them out a bit and the groups closed up. I shot 2 3-shot groups yesterday that looked to be <.4" (didn&#39;t measure them) at 200 yds while load testing .......

Haven&#39;t shot anything but paper with it yet..
Elkbane

[DGD6MM]

I built some with Retumbo shot them in a 9.25 twist out to 600 yards, very accurate.