Hornady
Hornady Manufacturing Company is an American manufacturer of ammunition and handloading components, based in Grand Island, Nebraska.
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| Private | |
| Industry | Ammunition |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Founder | Joyce Hornady |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Ammunition, handloading equipment and supplies. |
| Owner | Steve Hornady |
Number of employees | 200+ (April 2009) |
| Website | www |
| Footnotes / references Largest independent producer of bullets in the world | |
History
The company was founded by Joyce Hornady (1907–1981) who started in the munitions business in the early 1940s when he teamed up with Vernon Speer to make bullet jackets from spent brass rimfire cases. After World War II, Hornady began buying up surplus manufacturing equipment from the US government—such as Waterbury-Farrell transfer presses, which are still in use by the company today. In 1964, Hornady began manufacturing rifle and pistol ammunition.
The company is currently run by Joyce Hornady's son, Steve Hornady, who took over after his father's death in a plane crash on January 15, 1981.[1] The Piper Aztec, with Hornady at the controls flying in heavy fog, crashed into Lake Pontchartrain while on final approach to New Orleans Lakefront Airport.[2]
Pacific Tool Company
Steve Hornady worked for Pacific Tool Company from 1960 to 1971, from the time the company moved from California to Nebraska until Pacific Tool was bought by Hornady. Pacific's DL-366 was their final progressive press and Hornady's first, and it is still manufactured by Hornady as the 366 Auto.[3]
Products
Hornady makes target shooting and hunting rounds as well as self-defense loads. In 1990, the Hornady XTP (which stands for Extreme Terminal Performance) won the industry's Product Award of Merit 1990 from the National Association of Federal Licensed Dealers. The company was the primary developer of the .17 HMR and .17 HM2 rimfire cartridges, increasingly popular for small game and vermin hunting. Hornady has worked closely with firearms maker Sturm, Ruger on the development of the new line of Ruger cartridges including the .480 Ruger, .204 Ruger, and .375 Ruger.[4][5][6]
The company developed the LEVERevolution ammunition, which uses a spitzer bullet with a soft elastomer tip to give better aerodynamic performance than flatter bullets, while eliminating the risk of a shock driving the pointed polymer tip of a bullet in a lever action rifle's tube magazine into the primer of the cartridge in front, causing an explosion.[7]
Hornady manufactures a range of handloading components including cartridge cases, bullets, and shotgun shell components, as well as handloading equipment and data.
At the beginning of 2012, Hornady brought out a "Zombie Max" bullet, apparently due to the growing interest in "Zombie Shooting" in America.[8]
Hornady released the Vintage Match ammunition to replicate the original military performance specifications unique to wartime rifles such as the Mauser, Lee–Enfield, Mosin–Nagant, Swedish Mauser or others chambered in 6.5×55mm, .303 British, 7.62×54mmR, 7.92×57mm Mauser and .30-06.[9]
300 Precision Rifle Cartridge
The American ammunition manufacturer Hornady got the 300 Precision Rifle Cartridge SAAMI-standardized in 2018.[10][11] In 2019 it got C.I.P.-standardized as the 300 PRC.[12] The .375 Ruger cartridge has functioned as the parent case for the 300 Precision Rifle Cartridge (300 PRC), which is essentially a necked-down version of the .375 Ruger. The .375 Ruger cartridge case was used by Hornady as the basis for a new extra long range cartridge since it had the capability to operate with high chamber pressures which, combined with a neck and barrel throat optimized for loading relatively long and heavy .308 diameter very-low-drag bullets without the need to seat the bullets deeply recessed into the case result in adequate muzzle velocities from magnum sized bolt action rifles. Rifles chambered for the 300 Precision Rifle Cartridge must be capable of handling 3.70 in (93.98 mm) overall length cartridges.[13][14]
2020 Ammo of the Year: Hornady 300 PRC
by American Hunter Staff - Saturday, May 2, 2020
Now in its 19th year, readers count on American Hunter’s Golden Bullseye Awards to denote excellence. Indeed, these days many companies knowingly strive to hit the mark—to produce innovative products that catch our attention. After all, any product worthy of our gold standard must meet or exceed American Hunter’s expectations of innovation—and they absolutely must provide hunters with value for their money.
2020 Ammunition Product of the Year: Hornady 300 PRC
The Hornady 300 Precision Rifle Cartridge (PRC) is, along with its little brother, the 6.5 PRC, part of a paradigm shift in centerfire-cartridge design, one brought about by an increasingly improved understanding of internal and external ballistics, and the use of Doppler radar. As a .30-caliber magnum it is not only capable of killing big game, but also other .30-caliber magnums.
Based on a .375 Ruger, its cartridge overall length of 3.7 inches fits existing long actions and allows long and/or heavy-for-caliber bullets to be seated farther out from its case body as compared to other .30-caliber magnums, so it may accommodate not only traditional bullets but trendy, long-range designs. Its head diameter of .532 inch (same as a .300 Win. Mag.) fits within a standard magnum bolt face, unlike the .300 Norma or .338 Lapua. Its beltless case headspaces off a 30-degree shoulder for optimal chamber alignment. And unlike other .30-caliber magnums that headspace on, and are thus supported only at, a rear belt, the .300 PRC is supported fore and aft so the bullet fired from its case leaps to the rifling of the barrel with more precision.
Hornady factory loadings use two modern, long-range bullets; both are heavy for caliber. We like the 212-grain ELD-X, made for hunting. It wears a G1 ballistic coefficient of .673, exits a 24-inch barrel at 2860 fps and generates 3,850 ft.-lbs. muzzle energy. At that speed, at 1,000 yards velocity is still 1551 fps; energy is 1,132 ft.-lbs. Wow. This thing’ll perform magic so long as the shooter does his part. For more information, visit hornady.com.
IN THIS ARTICLE HORNADY 300 PRC 300 PRC PRECISION RIFLE CARTRIDGE HORNADY AMMO OF THE YEAR 2020 AMMO OF THE YEAR NEW AMMO 2020 NEW AMMO BEST AMMO NEW CARTRIDGES HUNTING AMMO AMMUNITION AMMO 2020 GOLDEN BULLSEYE AWARDS GOLDEN BULLSEYE AWARDS AMERICAN HUNTER
References
- Zwoll, Wayne van (2011). Shooter's Bible Guide to Rifle Ballistics. Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated. pp. 184–185. ISBN 978-1-62087-285-7.
- "A twin-engine plane carrying three people on a flight from Nebraska crashed into Lake Pontchartrain in heavy fog Thursday while on approach to New Orleans Lakefront Airport". www.upi.com/archives. January 15, 1981. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
- Tamage, Ken (2011). Handloader's Digest: The World's Greatest Handloading Book. Iola, Wisconsin: Gun Digest Books. p. 166. ISBN 978-1-4402-2451-5.
- Barnes, Frank C. (22 September 2009). Cartridges of the World: A Complete and Illustrated Reference for Over 1500 Cartridges. Iola, Wisconsin: Gun Digest Books. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-4402-1330-4.
- Ramage, Ken (19 November 2008). Guns Illustrated 2009. Iola, Wisconsin: F+W Media, Inc. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-89689-673-4.
- Massaro, Philip P. (11 September 2014). Gun Digest Shooter's Guide to Reloading. Iola, Wisconsin: F+W Media. p. 225. ISBN 978-1-4402-3998-4.
- Taffin, John (February 2007), "Seven revolution: it's not your grandpa's .30-.30", Guns Magazine
- fieldsportschannel, fieldsportschannel. "How to shoot zombies with real bullets". fieldsportschannel.tv. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-04-26. Retrieved 2017-04-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- SAAMI Drawing 300 Precision Rifle Cartridge (300 PRC)
- "It's Official — SAAMI Approves Hornady 6.5 PRC and 300 PRC". bulletin.accurateshooter.com. August 13, 2018. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
- C.I.P. TDCC (Tables of Dimensions of Cartridges and Chambers) 300 PRC
- von Benedikt, Joseph (2019-01-09). ".300 PRC vs. Other .30-Caliber Magnums". Shooting Times. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
- Beckstrand, Tom (2019-03-12). ".300 PRC Review: Everything You Need to Know". Guns and Ammo. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
External links
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Longest confirmed combat sniper-shot kill Hornady .50 A-MAX 2017 3,540 m (3,871 yd) using Canadian long-range sniper weapon (LRSW) |
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