HRNDY SF 17HRN 20GR V-MAX 25/250

Description

Hornady’s Superformance Varmint line in .17 Hornet is built for hunters and shooters who need a flat-shooting, low-recoil centerfire option for small varmints at ranges out to 300 yards. The cartridge sits in a useful niche: it generates significantly less noise and recoil than the .223 Remington while sharing a comparable trajectory, which matters when you are working a field all day or hunting where report is a concern.

The 20-grain V-MAX bullet is a polymer-tipped projectile designed to initiate rapid, controlled expansion on impact, producing the kind of immediate terminal effect that varmint hunters require. The polymer tip also improves the bullet’s ballistic coefficient relative to a flat or hollow point of the same weight, helping it hold velocity and resist wind drift at longer distances.

Superformance propellant is the engineering story behind this load. Hornady formulates it to extract additional velocity from the cartridge without increasing pressure beyond safe limits, delivering meaningful gains over conventionally loaded ammunition from the same barrel length. The result is a muzzle velocity of 3,650 fps, which at 20 grains translates to a flat arc that reduces the need for hold-over correction in field conditions. Brass cases are boxer-primed, so the brass can be reloaded for those who handload the .17 Hornet. Boxes contain 25 rounds.