Better shooting through engineering. I believe it was Hornady that discovered that their
poly tips were melting in flight (radar data showed BC deteriorating in flight) and the went
to a polysulfide (high temp polymer) tip. Sounds like the next step up, looks like aluminum
alloy tip. Now that they can check how the projectile ACTUALLY flies with radar data, they
can do more to make it do what they want.
Cool!
Looks like a variation on the A-max that they have had for a while.
Holy cow, I just checked the BCs.......230gr .30 cal is 0.823. Since increasing BC is the ONLY
real input which helps wind drift significantly, and wind is THE uncontrolled variable in
LR shooting, this is definitely in the direction of goodness. Now, how much of a powder
chamber do you need behind a 230 or 250 gr .30 cal to get it up to 2800 or 3000 fps?
A LOT. .300 Win mag tops out at about 2700 fps with 230 gr. .30-378 will push a 220 to
3150 or so, so should do it if you can get one barreled with a 1:7 twist or whatever it takes
to stabilize these torpedoes.
Bill