Hollow Point ammunition

ithacaartist · 10-11-2013, 05:09 PM

I think the Hornady round might be the right shape to follow the route into battery, but I'd wonder about the bullet's weight/charge relationship. It's usually recommended that +P, +P+, NATO, and other "hot" loads be avoided to reduce the risk of damaging the action/breaking something. Is this hollow point a high velocity round? I'd postpone the experiment till we hear more. Someone , I hope, with a more definitive answer should chime in here, so be patient...

rhuff · 10-14-2013, 05:31 PM

The load data for hollow point ammo is calculated to allow the bullet to expand when it strikes an object. Different HP bullets require different velocities to achieve this end. Therefore, they are usually loaded a bit hotter than FMJ bullets.

They do not have to be loaded to those level IF you don't need/want expansion of the bullet. I just loaded some Hornady XTP(HP) .309in bullets to 30 luger brass, and used my FMJ data for the same weight of bullet. they may or may not expand....I don't care, in that these are the ONLY .309in jacketed 92gr bullets that I can find to load.

10-11-2013, 05:09 PM	#1
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,400 Thanks: 7,555 Thanked 2,643 Times in 1,393 Posts	I think the Hornady round might be the right shape to follow the route into battery, but I'd wonder about the bullet's weight/charge relationship. It's usually recommended that +P, +P+, NATO, and other "hot" loads be avoided to reduce the risk of damaging the action/breaking something. Is this hollow point a high velocity round? I'd postpone the experiment till we hear more. Someone , I hope, with a more definitive answer should chime in here, so be patient... __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

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10-14-2013, 05:31 PM	#2
rhuff Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Az. Posts: 2,314 Thanks: 2,746 Thanked 998 Times in 733 Posts	The load data for hollow point ammo is calculated to allow the bullet to expand when it strikes an object. Different HP bullets require different velocities to achieve this end. Therefore, they are usually loaded a bit hotter than FMJ bullets. They do not have to be loaded to those level IF you don't need/want expansion of the bullet. I just loaded some Hornady XTP(HP) .309in bullets to 30 luger brass, and used my FMJ data for the same weight of bullet. they may or may not expand....I don't care, in that these are the ONLY .309in jacketed 92gr bullets that I can find to load.