Thread: Speer vs hornady 223

Originally Posted by Hunty1

I see the last lot of Belmont 55gr 223 ammo has gone to a Speer 55gr SP, folks noticed any difference in performance? My experience with speer pills in the past has been they have been very soft. So maybe good varmint round but maybe not as good as the hornady for bigger stuff? Any real world experience out there?

I got a few thousand of these for wallaby shooting, just turned up before xmas, no stickers on mine but even from the previous lot I thought they may have changed projectiles, they seem to work ok, not as rapid kills as the hornady from my experience, sometimes if you hit centre mass they bounce away then tumble over a few seconds later, don't recall this being as common with the hornady proj. Taken a few deer with them also and seem to do the business with decent placement, usually head or neck where possible. One shoulder shot but ended up with a lot of meat damage