Hornady A-Tip

[passinggas33]

I’m not very ballistic savvy by any means, but when I look at the offerings from Hornady is there a reason why the A-tip isn’t discussed more? I see lots about the Eld-x and Eld-m for long range shooting. But the a-tip has an even higher ballistic coefficient than the rest of them. Help me understand why somebody wouldn’t chose that bullet in say a 6 CM?

 

[wind gypsy]

People do for shooting steel and punching paper. I don’t use them hunting because of reports of erratic terminal performance.

 

[Northpark]

Unproven terminal performance on game maybe? Cost? They are a little pricey compared to the ELD line. I haven’t played with them yet mostly due to a lack of time but was thinking of trying some 166gr in my 7-08ai for coues deer.

 

[SloppyJ]

Plenty of mention on the web of inconsistent terminal performance. And frankly, they're super expensive, almost double, when compared to the other popular choices when it comes to hunting.

 

[passinggas33]

This is all good info. I haven’t searched too hard and it didn’t come up with much here on Rokslide so I didn’t know much about them. It sounds like with the cost, the juice might not be worth the squeeze.

 

[Schmo]

For targets, they’re great. Erratic performance on game though.

 

[PNWGATOR]

NOT recommended for hunting!!!

Terminal performance is inconsistently inconsistent.

Hornady A-Tip Match Bullets

https://www.hornady.com/bullets/a-tip-match

rokslide.com

 

[InkedElkSlayer]

I shoot the 153gr A-tip out of a 6.5CM. Incredibly accurate and pretty expensive. I built the rifle for deer, but we’ve killed some elk as well. 5 elk and 6 deer… So not a huge sample. I’ve had good performance, but yeah, have heard about inconsistency.

I have had good experience with the bullet, but I’m not married to it. I am a Berger fan in my 30 calibers and I have been debating about trying the 140, 144, and/or the 156 for my 6.5.

If you’re starting from scratch, me personally, I’d try a Berger Hybrid first and see how your setup shoots it.