Thread: Plastic tips , melt

Hornady , found when using doppler radar , that the BC was changing for the worse at a certain stage , and they found the plastic tips where heating up and melting off , they did not say anything about the Amax they have still been selling to us all .

If this is the case , I would not buy any more Amax's until they change the tips .

Interesting.

go to hornady . com , its a 20 min vid , basically a new hunting version of Amax , with a heat proof tip

Originally Posted by ChrisF

go to hornady . com , its a 20 min vid , basically a new hunting version of Amax , with a heat proof tip

Looks OK, Seems to me to be a "Bonded AMAX" with a flash harry tip. I'll be giving them a whirl

Originally Posted by mikee

Looks OK, Seems to me to be a "Bonded AMAX" with a flash harry tip. I'll be giving them a whirl

When they get here in 2019

Originally Posted by stug

When they get here in 2019

Really, That soon, I would have thought 2025 at the earliest
Should worn out this barrel by then and re-barreled for more unneeded "horsepower"

I just had a count up, I've got like 1200 140gr Amax's
first time I've ever been pissed about that.ha

Yeah ,

I have a lot of now useless 208gr Amaxs and some 285gr as well , I think most people using the vmax will be OK , maybe , as they are used a bit closer than 800yds ?

Originally Posted by ChrisF

Yeah ,

I have a lot of now useless 208gr Amaxs and some 285gr as well , I think most people using the vmax will be OK , maybe , as they are used a bit closer than 800yds ?

i will take these "useless" projectiles, that people have been using for killing all sorts for years and will continue to do so, off your hands. Thanks

Originally Posted by ChrisF

Yeah ,

I have a lot of now useless 208gr Amaxs and some 285gr as well , I think most people using the vmax will be OK , maybe , as they are used a bit closer than 800yds ?

Dude, I can't work out whether you are the most sarcastic and funny person on this forum or just plain dumb as fuck???

Help a brother out. Is this post for real?

Originally Posted by Proudkiwi

Dude, I can't work out whether you are the most sarcastic and funny person on this forum or just plain dumb as fuck???

Help a brother out. Is this post for real?

Lets hope its not for real lol. Amaxs like people have been saying have killed for years without a problem. Of cause they not all of a sudden useless, work just like they should and have done for years. If they doing a improvement on the tips, all good, even better for the guys that use them but theres not a issue here. Has anyone thought its not some spin doctor from hornady creating a new market to increase ammo sales when everyone trades in their ""useless"" projectiles lol

Hmmm I have recovered both TMK and AMAX tips intact and not melted on a number of occasions.

Originally Posted by Dr. Watson

Hmmm I have recovered both TMK and AMAX tips intact and not melted on a number of occasions.

You obviously aren't shooting them far enough or fast enough

Current Amaxs are not useless, we already know about the decay in BC, drop charts and Ballistic Calculators all over NZ contain verified data that works.

Deer are still rolling and being sent to the chiller, so keep harvesting !!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by 7mmsaum

Current Amaxs are not useless, we already know about the decay in BC, drop charts and Ballistic Calculators all over NZ contain verified data that works.

Deer are still rolling and being sent to the chiller, so keep harvesting !!!!!!!!!!

Exactly! The speal on the tip deforming and altering the bc could well be the case, but honestly what a load of marketing whoha, Hornady knows their bullets are quite a bit cheaper than some of the opposition, and what a great way of justifying ramping the price up. As soon as i heard them talking about how complex the new bullets are to make, i thought "here we go i'm starting to feel like im being conditioned for a reaming on price here".

The whole video reeks of typical yankie infomercial.