{"id":13587,"date":"2016-06-29T20:38:30","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T20:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/?p=13587"},"modified":"2016-06-30T22:14:34","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T22:14:34","slug":"varmint-blackout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/varmint-blackout\/","title":{"rendered":"Varmint Blackout"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’ve been working on a neat project for the .300 Blackout. Varmint loads.\u00a0This gave me an opportunity to put my new Hornady<\/a> Iron Press<\/a> to work too.<\/p>\n

Using a New Ultra Light Arms Model 20 Short<\/a>, topped off with Leupold’s new VX-3i<\/a> as a test platform, I dropped 19.30 grains of H 110 behind a 110 grain Hornady V-Max bullet<\/a>, ahead of a Federal Small Rifle primer. Muzzle velocity out of the 20 inch barrel was 2396 fps and the resulting average of three, five-shot groups was 1.19 inches.<\/p>\n

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I’ll take it and, for what its worth, this is also a great self-defense load. I tested in 10% gelatin and the bullet will penetrate 13 inches and expand to double diameter. So, with the 110 V-Max you get a multi-purpose load and the load data provided duplicates the ballistics of the factory 110 V-Max load from Hornady. It was 100% reliable in an AR too. A full run down of all the .300 Blackout varmint loads I worked up will appear in the Varmint Special Edition\u00a0from Wolfe Publishing<\/a> in 2017.<\/p>\n

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By the way, if you’ve not seen the Hornady Iron Press<\/a> yet I suggest you check it out. You can read my full review in the October issue of NRA’s Shooting Illustrated<\/a>, which is now a member publication you can opt for when you join the NRA. If you are already receiving American Hunter<\/a> or American Rifleman<\/a> you can switch over to Shooting illustrated at any time.<\/p>\n

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I’ve been working on a neat project for the .300 Blackout. Varmint loads.\u00a0This gave me an opportunity to put my new Hornady Iron Press to work too. Using a New Ultra Light Arms Model 20 Short, topped off with Leupold’s new VX-3i as a test platform, I dropped 19.30 grains of H 110 behind a 110 grain Hornady V-Max bullet, ahead of …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2522,2500],"tags":[193,2695,2696,136],"class_list":["post-13587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hunt","category-shooting","tag-300-blackout","tag-hornady-iron-press","tag-hornady-v-max","tag-new-ultra-light-arms"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5hujZ-3x9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13094,"url":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/swarovskis-z3-4-12-x-50-bt-scope\/","url_meta":{"origin":13587,"position":0},"title":"Swarovski’s Z3 4-12 X 50 BT Scope","author":"gunwriter","date":"March 18, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Last year, for Field & Stream magazine, I reviewed several riflescopes that were suited for hunting at extended ranges. 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