Hornady ammo is garbage

More "hard primer" issues?

I hunt with a man who had the 7-08 ammo snap on his grandson when a buck stepped out.
Overheard a man in a restaurant with same story. I had to ask him the brand. Hornady 7-08.

I had a superformance bullet fragment on impact on a deer I shot at 120 yards last week with 35 whelen. Didn't mushroom like it was advertised.

Years back my cousin had some hornady 7 Rem Mag that wouldn't fire. I witnessed it myself. I've never had trouble with their ammo though.

I've never had an issue with them not going off but I have had some really shitty terminal performance from hornady. Levevolution, interlock, sst and xtp have all done bad for me. I just dont buy any hornady anymore.

I've always really liked Federal rifle ammo, whilst despising Federal shotgun ammo go figure.

Same for my HMR

My 300blk loves Hornady VMax. 3 shots 3 dead deer. None running more than 50 yards

I shoot nothing but Hornady superperformance 150gr SST's in both my Tikka T3 and Savage model 99 (both .308 WCF). Every deer shot with them is dead. Have never had any issue and terminal ballistics were very good. They haven't always gone down but they don't go far and they all left a blood trail. Last year went after Nilgai swapped to Hornady superperformance 165gr GMX's specifically for that hunt. Everybody was telling me to be ready because they are tough to put down. I was told I would need follow up shots, etc. After stalking for two days shot a bull at about 100 yards. He dropped when hit. Never got back up. Bullet went completely through him. After field dressing he weighed 380 lb. I can only tell you what my experience has been and I have never experienced any failures to fire or issues with terminal ballistics. From the bench the 150gr SST's shoot 1" groups from my Tikka.

My experience has been like kengel2’s.

That said I’m shooting the 143’s like the other guys in my B-14 Ridge lights out. We’ll see how it performs in a day or two.