Thread: Hornady 223 training ammo 55 gr

With the training ammo I managed to get an average speed of 2927 out of about an 20" barrel. The speed spread was about 100fts over 5 shots. Was still shooting 3 shots under 1/2".

Handloaded Hornady 55gn SPs were a good goat killer for me in my old M-Bolt .223. Including a few 200m shots that were:

Phpfttt.... (suppressed)
Thwack
Mheeehhhhhh
Roll down hill dead.

Only stopped using them as I now shoot 65gn SGK in my Sako.

excuse my ignorance chaps but what exactly does Training ammo have over sporting ammunition,or vice versa.

Its cheap and really accurate in a lot of rifles. Great for semis too as its steel cases and no big deal when they get lost in the bush or get damaged during extraction.

its good ammo for the price but my ruger m77 doesnt extract it properly but extracts all other ammo

Originally Posted by doinit

excuse my ignorance chaps but what exactly does Training ammo have over sporting ammunition,or vice versa.

It's just a product name, it's what Hornady call their cheap steel cased .223 ammunition.

Originally Posted by gimp

It's just a product name, it's what Hornady call their cheap steel cased .223 ammunition.

Cheers there gimp,was beginning to wonder. By the way mate what does that shooter weigh all up?

Forum member "the kid" and I shot like 15 hares today with it and it worked pretty spectacularly out to ~200 meters

Hey gimp, What hand guard is that fitted and whats the OD of it.

Don't know what it weighs exactly, it's light though.

It's a Troy Vtac Alpha tube and the OD is about 1.5"

I recovered a projectile out of 1 of the goats I knocked over last weekend.
Distance was approx 180m. Impact was through the front of the neck. Dropped it on the spot.
Found the projectile in the shoulder blade when I cut off one of the front legs.

Those speeds are close to what I've chronyed it at also.
I don't know where they get their box speed from as I can't match it

Originally Posted by Spanners

Those speeds are close to what I've chronyed it at also.
I don't know where they get their box speed from as I can't match it

Have you tried it from a 24" barrel like they quote?

Not that it worries me as my 223 doesn't seem to like it anyway.

Ya was still short on speed. Closer though