Hornady Rimfire Ammo & Ammunition | Bullets

A rimfire is a firearm cartridge; the firing pin strikes the base's rim. Once the cartridge's rim has been struck and the bullet discharged, the cartridge cannot be reloaded because the firing pin impact has deformed the head. The rim of the rimfire cartridge is essentially an extended and widened percussion cap that contains the priming compound. The cartridge case itself includes the propellant powder and the bullet.

Who makes Hornady Rimfire ammo?

Hornady has its headquarters based in Grand Island, Nebraska. They have been a part of the community since the 1940s, when they were first founded. Hornady makes rimfire ammunition called the Varmint Express. The Hornady Varmint Express offers varmint and small game hunters high-speed rimfire cartridges. Loaded with either the V-MAX or NTX ammo, these loads deliver tack-driving accuracy and dramatic expansion on impact.

The Hornady V-MAX bullet type is a specialized varmint bullet that offers straight-line trajectories, enhanced accuracy, dramatic expansion, and explosive fragmentation at a wide range of distances and velocities. The V-MAX varmint bullet has a polymer tip, and streamlined design results in flat trajectories. The concentricity of the match-grade AMP bullet jacket provides maximum accuracy at all ranges and explosive expansion, even at velocities as low as 1600 fps.

Hornady 22 WMR ammunition delivers top-of-the-line performance. It has provided industry-leading accuracy and deadly performance with "mist"-ified varmints for years. The Hornady V-MAX, or alternative metal NTX bullet, Hornady rimfire ammunition is perfect for plinking or varmint hunting because of its light recoil and high velocity. It's like a .22 Long Rifle with a turbocharged engine.

The NTX has a non-lead core made with a frangible copper alloy that features a small space between it and the shaft of the hard polymer tip, just like the V-MAX. This specially designed cavity allows the copper-colored polymer tip and shaft to increase energy upon impact with the target before driving into the bullet's core with increased force, initiating near-instant expansion and explosive fragmentation. Match grade AMP bullet jackets provide maximum accuracy at all ranges.

The brass in both the V-MAX and NTX ammo has reliable feeding, corrosion resistance, proper hardness, and the ability to withstand maximum chamber pressures.

What is the Hornady 17 HMR ammo?

.17 Hornady Magnum Rimfire, commonly known as the .17 HMR, is a rimfire rifle cartridge developed by the ammunition company Hornady in 2002. It was developed by necking down a .22 Magnum case to take a .17 caliber (4.5 mm) projectile. Necking down means reducing the diameter of a cartridge case at its neck, allowing a smaller diameter bullet to be fired from it. This is frequently done to increase the velocity of the projectile. It is commonly loaded with a 17 grain (1.1 g) projectile; it can deliver muzzle velocities over m/s (2,650 ft/s).

Is Hornady still producing ammo?

Hornady Ammunition is still going strong! Hornady produces rimfire ammunition, rifle ammunition, and handgun ammo in their Nebraska factory.

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