Hornady A-Tip Bullets Increase BC With Machined, Aluminum Tips

By Tactical Life

Hornady recently announced the release of a new match-grade bullet for long-range shooting, the A-Tip. The A-Tip comes from the Hornady Ballistic Development Group (BDG). Hornady describes the BDG as a specialty research and design group within the company.

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The BDG utilized company experience with the ELD-X and ELD Match lines. Further, high-speed cameras and even Doppler radar was employed to develop the A-Tip line of bullets. The resulting bullet comes as a long, uniform projectile with a precision-machined aluminum tip, according to Hornday.

“We wanted to incorporate aluminum tips in a full line of match bullets for years because we can make longer tips than we can with polymer materials,” said Joe Thielen, Assistant Director of Engineering. “This longer tip is a key component that helps move the center of gravity of the bullet rearward, thus enhancing in-flight stability and reducing dispersion. The problem has always been the cost to produce a tip like this, but we’ve developed a cost-effective process for manufacturing these aluminum tips while staying affordable for serious match shooters.”

Hornady machines the longer aluminum tips to be caliber-specific. Combined with the company’s AMP bullet …Read the Rest

Source:: Tactical Life