I seen this being shot before (wouldn't waste my own money on it) and it struggled to hold between 2" to 4" at 100 yards.

I've witnessed this from lads using it in varying calibers such as 30-06, .308, .300 wm, etc. All crap. It really is the essence of bad ammo. One chap in particular was using it at the HCAP. He could not pass the grouping stage and eventually we sourced him some proper .308 stuff, re-zeroed his rifle and he passed it first go round. He got ragged holes from the good stuff, from the 4"+ he was getting with PPU.

Can only speak to my own experience and everyone i've seen use them has had issues. Some more severe than others. This obviously crosses a range of different guns, but what they are i don't recall.

From the shooting i've seen i'll stand by my account for this simple reason. Proper grouping tests.

A minimum of 4, 5 shot, groups were fired with timed shots and the exact same conditions. Such as time between shots, time between groups, weather, wind, etc. The distance was measured and confirmed, and i've seen this done on multiple firearms in multiple calibers.

Some lads shot 2 or 3 shots and if they clip or group they call it a success. Hornady Superformance is good for 2 maybe three shots and then it goes to crap. I have personally done this in .243, and .308 and gotten the same crap results. Others swear by it, but they usually fire a maximum of 2 shots and stop shooting as their style of shooting (hunting) only requires the first or second shot to be good.

I realise and accept that some rifles will perform better than others, and it's not down to quality of rifle as i've seen Sauer and Sako rifles refuse to group with ammo that runs through a CZ excellently. However even lads that get decent results with the PPU have told me they use it for 100 yard linking only and would turn to a better class of ammo for proper target shooting or their hunting needs.

Just explaining why i stand by what i say so much. Many lads have heard it's bad, and some have heard it's good and base their opinion on what they've heard. I do it on what i've seen.

Much like the Superformance, that i touched on above. At €42+ per box it's not cheap and frankly their a terrible round and from both Hornady and a country that is lawsuit friendly i'm surprised at Hornady letting them be sold as they are. Most rounds have the stated speed on the box. Hornady have their SST stuff in .308 (150 gr) at around 2,900 (IIRC). The Chrono says this is the average, high, speed. However Superformance is marketed as 3,000fps, but through testing nearly 20 rounds with a chrono at 100 yards the average is 3,181 with highs of 3,208.

To put that into perspective io reload for F-Class. We use ..308 handloaded ammo that runs very hot and fast to give the best out of the bullet. I struggle to make my 155 gr bullets reach 3,200fps let alone surpass it. Even then i would not consider giving my ammo to another F-Class shooter let alone some lad with a hunting rifle. I know different propellants can provide higher speeds, but usually with higher pressures and at the figures i'm getting they are on the verge of safe.

Lastly they are the only rounds i've have stiff bolt lifts and primer cratering with. For factory ammo it's shocking it's sold as it is. Also it's just not that good. It pisses through any animal it's shot at so i stopped using it for game. Any more than 2 shots and it'll climb and drop without any sort of predictability.

The PPU stuff you could, to some extent, make allowances for as it's 50 - 75% cheaper than most other stuff. However i wwuld never use ammo that is inconsistent no matter the price. What possible use can it be? Target wokr - no good, hunting - how could you pull the trigger thinking will it hit or not.