10-03-2012, 12:29 PM
LR1955 Wrote:However, no commercial outfit will make money off of selling loaded ammo with a 120 Sierra as the bullet is not a "VLD". That part is marketing and I can't blame the manufacturers. No matter how good that bullet may be, if the ammo isn't marketed as a 'VLD', it won't sell.
LR1955
I don't know about that Gene, in the .223, the Sierra 77 SMK is not VLD and is by far the most popular High Power bullet out there. Black Hills, Atlanta Arms and Federal Gold Medal Match loads use it and they sell very strong. Also Hornady 75 BTHP, same story, not VLD and both the bullet and factory loads using it go by the millions. The reason is, they shoot out of most guns really well. That's what I'm looking for here, but for the Grendel. In my guns the 123 A-Max shoots better than the 120 SMK, however, that doesn't mean it does in most guns.
Do you have a 120 SMK load that you would propose that we include in this test?
Bob
