Sierra Bullets just released the details for several new bullets!
Just announced, Sierra Bullets has just released info on several new bullets, including a couple new rifle bullets, one of which is from their dominant MatchKing Line. Also just announced is the new 30 cal Varminter Bullet with massive expansion for preditor hunting. Read on for more details on each individual new bullet from Sierra! Also, keep checking back, as we’ll continue to update this post as they release new info on bullets for 2015 and 2016
Sierra Bullets New 183 Grain 7mm MatchKing Bullet
Sierra Bullets is proud to introduce a new addition to the legendary MatchKing® line. Shooters around the world will appreciate the accuracy and extreme long range performance of our new 7mm 183 grain HPBT (#1983). A sleek 27 caliber elongated ogive and a final meplat reducing operation (pointing) provide an increased ballistic coefficient for optimal wind resistance and velocity retention. To ensure precise bullet to bore alignment, a unique bearing surface to ogive junction uses the same 1.5 degree angle commonly found in match rifle chamber throats. This bullet requires a twist rate of 1:8” or faster to stabilize.
Going the Distance:
MatchKing 7mm Bullet
– The newest addition to the already legendary MatchKing line is this 7mm, 183 grain hollow point, boat tail bruiser of a bullet. Ballistic Coefficient:
0.707 @ 2300 FPS & ABOVE
0.713 BETWEEN 1720 FPS & 2300 FPS
0.690 @ 1720 FPS & BELOW
The graphic to the right speaks for itself. This bullet will begin shipping in November of 2015. Click Here to See More!
Sierra Bullets New 30 Caliber Varminter Bullet
Sierra Bullets is proud to introduce a new addition the Varminter™ line. Our new 30 caliber 135 gr HP (#2124) was created specifically for explosive expansion and instant kills on larger varmints and predators. This light weight, thin-jacketed hollow point bullet is devastatingly effective, but requires velocities to remain under 3,200 FPS. For 300 Blackout and reduced recoil loads, this new offering adds another excellent hunting bullet option.
Explosive Expansion
Varminter 30 Caliber Bullet
– Use your 300 Blackout for predator takedowns like never before with unparalleled expansion and performance. Ballistic Coefficient:
0.275 @ 2350 FPS & ABOVE
0.290 BETWEEN 2350 FPS & 1900 FPS
0.308 @ 1900 FPS & BELOW
ELD-X and ELD Match Bullets Just Announced from Hornady Manufacturing! Through the use of Doppler technology, Hornady Manufacturing stumbled upon a very subtle anomaly with their bullets at high velocities. Through this discovery, they birthed two new bullets that will ensure the satisfaction of shooters, and hunters the world over. Introducing the ELD-X (Extremely Low Drag – eXpanded) and the ELD Match Bullets from Hornady. Read on below for more info, technical specs, and a great video from Hornady about their amazing discovery, and how it was put to great use.
ELD-X and Hunting:
ELD-X Bullets Offered-
The ELD-X™ bullet is a technologically advanced, match accurate, ALL-RANGE hunting bullet featuring highest-in-class ballistic coefficients and consistent, controlled expansion at ALL practical hunting distances. – Hornady Click Here to learn more about what sets ELD-X Bullets apart from the rest!
6.5mm ELD-X
.264 Diameter
143 Grains
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7mm ELD-X
.284 Diameter
162 Grains
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7mm ELD-X
.284 Diameter
175 Grains
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30 Caliber ELD-X
.308 Diameter
178 Grains
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30 Caliber ELD-X
.308 Diameter
200 Grains
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30 Caliber ELD-X
.308 Diameter
212 Grains
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30 Caliber ELD-X
.308 Diameter
220 Grains
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The Beginning
In 2012, Hornady engineers were tasked with creating a new bullet. The main goal was to have a hunting bullet that worked well at all practical distances. Plenty of bullets work well from 0-400 yards, few work well beyond that and none work well at both conventional and extended range. While “extended range” means different things to different people, and taking game at longer distances is a debated topic, there’s a growing segment of hunters who are using technological advances in electronics, optics, rifles and ammunition to extend their range. What’s been lacking has been projectiles that offer the accuracy AND terminal performance appropriate for extended range hunting. A common trend has been to use match bullets at extended range because they have thinner copper-jackets that are perceived to expand easier at distance when the bullet has shed a lot of velocity.Creating a bullet that performs well at extended range would have been relatively easy. In true Hornady fashion, there was no interest in doing what was easy. The decision was to make an “all range” bullet that performs at both conventional (0-400 yards) and extended (400+) range.Crucial ingredients were identified and deemed necessary for an all range hunting bullet:Match accurate: The bullet had to have the accuracy and consistency of a match bullet. This means a balanced bullet that has a precision swaged lead core and a jacket with the utmost concentricity. High Ballistic Coefficients: The more aerodynamic the bullet, the more velocity and energy it carries down range. It also will suffer less wind drift and drop than a bullet of lesser aerodynamic design.Performance and expansion across the full velocity spectrum: This bullet had to have controlled expansion at both conventional and extended range. Simply having a bullet that will tumble, yaw, blow up or pencil through is not acceptable. The bullet had to expand/mushroom at extended range (low velocity) and not over-expand or blow up at conventional (high velocity) range.
Precision Hunter and the ELD-X Bullet: Accuracy and consistency is the foundation of Hornady® Precision Hunter™ factory loaded ammunition. Great care has been given by Hornady® engineers to develop superior match accurate hunting loads that allow the ELD-X™ bullet to achieve its maximum ballistic potential. Propellants used in the Precision Hunter™ ammunition line are clean burning, consistent capacity and minimal run out. Propellant and primer combinations are carefully selected to provide the most consistent shot to shot results possible regardless of temperature. This attention to detail provides the highest levels of accuracy and performance uniformity for the most demanding and diverse hunting situations.
Featuring the radically superior ELD-X™ bullet with patent-pending Heat Shield™ tip, Precision Hunter™ is the ideal load for ANY hunting situation because of its effective terminal performance at ALL practical ranges. -HornadyClick Here to view all the loaded ammunition using the ELD-X Bullets. We will have them in stock soon!
Extremely Low Drag Match: ELD Match Bullets Offered-
ELD Match bullets are technologically advanced, enhanced accuracy target bullets featuring Heat Shield tips with the PERFECT MEPLAT (tip point) combined with numerous design features that deliver the highest-in-class ballistic coefficients, superior accuracy and extreme consistency from bullet-to-bullet, lot-to-lot. – Hornady Click Here to learn more about why the Perfect Meplat matters!
6.5mm ELD
.264 Diameter
140 Grains
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7mm ELD
.284 Diameter
162 Grains
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30 Caliber ELD
.308 Diameter
208 Grains
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338 Caliber ELD
.308 Diameter
285 Grains
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