wildfowler.250 Posted June 4, 2010 Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 My local gunshop has a few of the blue tips in stock and I was just wondering if they were as accaurate and as explosive as the other hornady red tips? is £100/£110 for 500 an ok price or would you call that steep? Thanks for looking and all opinions are greatly appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted June 4, 2010 Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 yup they shoot exactly the same in mine and price isn't bad, after all thats a lot of dead rabbits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfowler.250 Posted June 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 Thanks for the quick reply Al4x you'd think it would ve a lot of dead rabbits I'm guessing they are just as explosive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted June 4, 2010 Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 Yup, about the same as the red tips but not as explosive as the remingtons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfowler.250 Posted June 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 I Think I must have had a dud batch of remingtons, I've had quite a few ricochets and failure for the bullets to expand,(no exit wound on small rabbits at 75 yards ) out of say a 150 odd bullets I purchased... They didn't group well either! Do you think this was just bad luck on my part? Last time I checked they were £11 a box so worth another try? ATB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doggone Posted June 4, 2010 Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 I Think I must have had a dud batch of remingtons, I've had quite a few ricochets and failure for the bullets to expand,(no exit wound on small rabbits at 75 yards ) out of say a 150 odd bullets I purchased... They didn't group well either! Do you think this was just bad luck on my part? Last time I checked they were £11 a box so worth another try? ATB Usually when there is no exit wound, it means that the bullet has totally disintegrated and doesn't have enough mass to force it's way right through the animal, the insides are turned to pulp though when this happens. I don't have a .17 but I'm speaking from my experiences with a 22/250 and foxes. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ace32 Posted June 4, 2010 Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 where are you at,£11 a box is a canny price,better than the robbing ***** in the co durham area,£15 a box some a bit more,blue or red tip,= lead earing=dead bunny,ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albob Posted June 4, 2010 Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 (edited) I Think I must have had a dud batch of remingtons, I've had quite a few ricochets and failure for the bullets to expand,(no exit wound on small rabbits at 75 yards ) out of say a 150 odd bullets I purchased... They didn't group well either! Do you think this was just bad luck on my part? Last time I checked they were £11 a box so worth another try? ATB i had problems with remmys and federal,both the same thing..click..nothing,extracted the case and then found the bullet head was stuck in the rifling,changed to federals and the same thing happened...no primer it seems as the powder was dry and not wet. i have got the blue tips(at £10 for 50)..shoot okay in my cz. al Edited June 4, 2010 by albob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay222 Posted June 4, 2010 Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 ive found no difference in use from hornady blue tips and remingtons i just buy whatevers in stock at the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted June 4, 2010 Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 My CZ 452 Silhouette HMR was a little ammo fussy when new, just a bit, but it likes almost everything now. The Hornady Red were always its favourite and I was skeptical about the Blue, but I have not found any difference in performance compared to the red. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfowler.250 Posted June 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 i had problems with remmys and federal,both the same thing..click..nothing,extracted the case and then found the bullet head was stuck in the rifling,changed to federals and the same thing happened...no primer it seems as the powder was dry and not wet. i have got the blue tips(at £10 for 50)..shoot okay in my cz. al Funny that I also had one, lined up the rabbit and 'click'. Thought I had forgotten to chamber a round but then the gun ejected a live round?! And the following 2 shots after that were ricochets! The Hornady Red were always its favourite and I was skeptical about the Blue, but I have not found any difference in performance compared to the red. That was my exact thoughts aswell...thought I might be buying more duds I think I will give them a go. Do you notice a drop in price between buying 500 and 1000? Everywhere I ask I get told the price is the same? Thanks for the input! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Elvis Posted June 5, 2010 Report Share Posted June 5, 2010 the blues are fine, no change in poa from the remingtons, definitively do less damage than the remmies but if your shooting rabbts that a good thing!! Ive used several hundred of them without a problem. what you say about the remmies is interesting, i have found them more likley to go straight through most bunnies until you are a decent distance away. and they do occasionally richochet. That said Raja clavata was using hornadys the other evening and got a richochet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted June 5, 2010 Report Share Posted June 5, 2010 Funny that I also had one, lined up the rabbit and 'click'. Thought I had forgotten to chamber a round but then the gun ejected a live round?! And the following 2 shots after that were ricochets! That was my exact thoughts aswell...thought I might be buying more duds I think I will give them a go. Do you notice a drop in price between buying 500 and 1000? Everywhere I ask I get told the price is the same? Thanks for the input! Wave money under their nose and push your luck.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lez325 Posted June 5, 2010 Report Share Posted June 5, 2010 £10 a box of 50? Sportsman Guns down here are asking £16 a box for Hornady V Max red tipped - daylight robbery The local RFD has caught onto this and now he charges £15 a box - from a previous £12 a box Les Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Elvis Posted June 5, 2010 Report Share Posted June 5, 2010 The local RFD has caught onto this and now he charges £15 a box - from a previous £12 a box **** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albob Posted June 5, 2010 Report Share Posted June 5, 2010 £10 a box of 50? Sportsman Guns down here are asking £16 a box for Hornady V Max red tipped - daylight robbery The local RFD has caught onto this and now he charges £15 a box - from a previous £12 a box Les yep and they still are at that price. i was told they should be £15,which to me did not add up as,remingtons are only £13.45 a box of 50(federals about the same)..can you smell what i can smell. they are bluetippped for a reason,to show they are they cheaper options..(to me anyway). al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevethevanman Posted June 5, 2010 Report Share Posted June 5, 2010 I was told the blue tip were a discount thing hornady were doing, I bought 300 at £8 a box once But sadly, it is back to the usual £12.50 - £13.00 per box Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfowler.250 Posted June 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 I tried one box of the blue tipped (£12.99 for 50...what a cheap option ) and they grouped fine and they did a fine job of the rabbits I was hitting I'll just stick with them as I don't see any difference between those and the remingtons. Btw...£15 for a box of winchesters?! Didn't realise the bullets were made of silver and not just the tip!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 Interestingly on the blue tipped scenario I'm finishing quite an old batch and the tips are definitely an off colour red pretty much looking mixed between red and blue. They work fine and i've some blue tips which having tried a few shoot the same in my gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfowler.250 Posted June 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 I think the colour is purple the blues aren't at all bad. I've just about finished my last remmies; the fifty that I'm using atm are far more destructive than the other 3 boxes I got at the same time I think there's a lot to be said for stocking up on the cheapest BT's out there and sticking with them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garygreengrass Posted June 10, 2010 Report Share Posted June 10, 2010 My local gunshop has a few of the blue tips in stock and I was just wondering if they were as accaurate and as explosive as the other hornady red tips? is £100/£110 for 500 an ok price or would you call that steep? Thanks for looking and all opinions are greatly appreciated! I just had 500 blue tipped hornady for £111, the last lot I had were blue tips and I did not find no differance to the red tips?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfowler.250 Posted June 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2010 Same as my local shop...but one guy had decided to give me a discount down to £111, popped in a day later and a different guy said £130 for 500 blue tipped...I know which one I'll be asking next time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted June 10, 2010 Report Share Posted June 10, 2010 The colour of the tip, be it red or blue, makes no difference to the power of the buleet. The blue tips were merely used because there was a surplus of them. They were originally used for 17HMR Mach2. As for 'explosive power' it's the hydrostatic shock that causes the damage to the intended target, even if the bullet tip was pink striped! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfowler.250 Posted June 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2010 I thought it was the tip compressing on impact causes a build up of air pressure in the hollow of the bullet which causes the thin jacket of the bullet to fragment? Please correct if this is way off I think you should get multicoloured packets just to keep it interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyflier Posted June 11, 2010 Report Share Posted June 11, 2010 (edited) "I thought it was the tip compressing on impact causes a build up of air pressure in the hollow of the bullet which causes the thin jacket of the bullet to fragment?" So Hornady tell me Sounds good Edited June 11, 2010 by hyflier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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