Hornady 120 AMax and 8208

[P-P]

Who's got pet loads for Hornady 120 grain A-Max with 8208 powder?

C.O.A.L., powder charge, etc, with expected velocities.


Thanks!

[stokesrj]

The 120 A-max doesn't do well in a Grendel, not nearly as well as the 123 A-Max. After trying in vane to develop acceptable loads I finally gave up and use all my 120 A-max bullets in my 6.5 Creedmoor for short course work. My advice is, don't waste your time, move to the 123 A-Max.
Bob

[txgunner00]

Welcome. I can't top Bob's advice- not many folks can. He has more experience shooting than most of this board combined.

[P-P]

Okay... sadly that's what I thought would be common answer.
The only problem is that I have 100 of the bullets and don't have anything else to feed them to, so I hate to just chuck them.

[Variable]

Don't chuck them.LOL They are emergency storage for using in fireforming--- should brass ever come up short in the future. Then you could use them with a mild load to turn 7.62x39 brass into Grendel fodder in a pinch.

[ricsmall]

I second variable! dont throw them away. youll use them one day. and welcome to the horde

[RangerRick]

You can seat them deep enough to shoot, you just have to cut the powder charge back a little.

You won't get optimum velocity, but they will be fine for working on your shooting skills at shorter ranges. You'll just have to re-zero a little when you switch to another bullet.

RR

[A.D.D. AR]

P-P I had a bunch of 120gr A maxes before you could get the 123gr A-maxes. The 120's do have a wierd ogive- so it's best to measure them in YOUR chamber- I used the Hornady col gauge tool
and did some c.o.l. tests and powder tests- ended up at 2.185'' for my rifle (grendel chamber) and 30.9gr BLC2. I made hits out to 700 yards with them, and I'm hardly an "experienced" shooter.
I shot these in the fall in Iowa (around 50 degrees IIRC). I haven't tried to work up a summer load yet- Yes, I pretty much switched over to the 123gr A maxes, but don't count out the 120 grainers!
Just take your time and find the "sweet spot" col for them in your rifle. 95gr V maxes were the same way for me, too.
-mike

[Richard]

Before the 123 A-Max was released I had shot some of the 120 A-Max bullets in a Sabre Defence rifle with a 16" barrel.
This load will work good enough to get rid of them and maybe a little better. I used TAC powder though, 28.2 gr. Ovall length, 2.255", this was with Lapua 7.62 X 39 brass, fire forming, I shot 5 shot groups that were right at 1 1/16" . With a little work I think they will shoot around 1" at 100yds. Hope this helps.

[Mutt]

They'll shoot better than Wolf. And, the wolf MPT aint all that bad.