I recently purchased the Leupold CDS dial system for my 17HMR so I wanted to get a better read on the FPS of the ammo I planned to use. (Pdogs, Bunnies & Paper).
I was curious how much variation existed between different lots of Hornady VMAX and I was a bit surprised. I also threw in some Federal for the heck of it. In general, the older Hornady ammo (Red & White Label) performed much slower some of the newer lots. Both of those lots were under 2600 FPS. On the other side, a couple of newer lots of the Hornady VMAX posted ~2700+ FPS.
The newest lot, (Bottom & Blue) was purchased this week and averaged in the middle (2626).
Anybody else see lot variations as high/low as this?
I was curious how much variation existed between different lots of Hornady VMAX and I was a bit surprised. I also threw in some Federal for the heck of it. In general, the older Hornady ammo (Red & White Label) performed much slower some of the newer lots. Both of those lots were under 2600 FPS. On the other side, a couple of newer lots of the Hornady VMAX posted ~2700+ FPS.
The newest lot, (Bottom & Blue) was purchased this week and averaged in the middle (2626).
Anybody else see lot variations as high/low as this?