Hornady Superformance.

[H&Hhunter]

I put some Hornandy 165GR SST Superformance across my magneto speed a while back. The rifle is a Winchester Extreme weather SS with a 22" barrel. I was shocked at the Velocity I got. It did just as advertised an average velocity of 2950 FPS. That is screaming out of a 22" barrel. This stuff is for real.

My rifle wears a Mc Millian edge stock and is a super handy, light weight mountain/saddle rifle. I think with this ammo just turned it into my go to sheep, goat and general high country rifle. I had a buddy of mine who reps for Hornandy send me some 165 gr GMX we'll see how it does. Not that you need these kinds of velocity to make a .30-06 do what it does but it does increase the usability of the old 06 by a bit.

 

[jmr40]

I tried a few boxes of it in 308 and 30-06 right after it came out. Unless I'm mistaken they initially advertised that load at 3000 fps. About 2950 is what I got too, but with poor accuracy in my 30-06. Mine is an older SS Classic also in a McMillan with 22" barrel. My hand loads will shoot 165 gr loads to 2925 fps so I never really fooled with it. It might be worth trying another box. They did have a recall on some of the early runs and I didn't find out about it until after I had already shot all of mine. It may have been part of the recall and account for the poor accuracy.

The 150 gr 308 loads are advertised at 3000 fps. I was only able to get 2950 from my 308, also a 22" rifle, but accuracy was very good. Considering about 2890 fps is where I get the best accuracy from my 308 hand loads I'd seriously consider using them in my 308. While not quite up to advertised speeds, it is still better than I can get with hand loads and with comparable accuracy. But once again, my hand loads are cheaper, and 2890 is fast enough so I never bought anymore.

But the ammo is reasonably priced and for a non hand loader a good choice.

 

[Geno]

H&H:

Yes, Hornady's SuperFormance is excellent. I used the SuperFormance 130 grain SSTs in my M70 Super Grade; one shot-one kill at about 202ish yards. The Weatherby Mark V, in .300 Win Mag is extremely accurate with the SuperFormance 165 grain GMXs. Again, one shot; one kill at about 250ish yards. Velocities are accurate. Lastly, I use the SuperFormance 35 grain bullets in my M70 Stealth, .22-250 Rem. The velocity is 4,460 FPS. All three rifles perform very accurately with that ammo.

Geno

 

[T.R.]

Every few years or so, we head west for pronghorn antelope hunting. For this long range shooting I hunt with my Remington in .243 and the ammo must be fast and accurate. I've had good luck with Black Hills ammo but recently bought a couple boxes of Hornady SUPER. Its just as accurate at the 250 yard mark and should be deadly well beyond this distance. I give this Hornady ammo the thumb's up!

TR