The Hornady .204 20 Cal 40 Grain V-Max Bullets 100 Pack (Hornady item 22006) provides component reloading projectiles engineered for high-velocity varmint hunting and precision shooting. Featuring a sharp polymer tip seated over a swaged lead core cavity, this boat-tail projectile delivers flat trajectories and violent terminal fragmentation upon impact. The match-grade Advanced Manufacturing Process (AMP) gilding metal jacket ensures near-zero wall-thickness runout for consistent benchrest accuracy downrange.

Key Features

• Rapid Fragmentation Design: The polymer tip drives back into the hollow cavity of the lead core on contact, initiating explosive expansion down to impact velocities of 1,600 fps.
• Aerodynamic Boat-Tail Profile: Combines a streamlined polymer tip and boat tail to yield a 0.275 G1 ballistic coefficient for reduced wind drift and extended velocity retention.
• AMP Bullet Jacket: Advanced Manufacturing Process jacket technology provides uniform concentricity and structural integrity across operating muzzle velocities between 2,000 fps and 4,200 fps.
• Component Loading Versatility: Sized for standard centerfire reloading applications, primarily the .204 Ruger, as well as wildcat chamberings including .20 Tactical and .20 Practical.

Product Specifications

• Calibre / Bullet Diameter: .20 Calibre / 0.204 in (5.18 mm)
• Bullet Weight: 40 grains (approx. 2.59 g)
• Bullet Style: Polymer-tipped boat tail (V-MAX)
• Ballistic Coefficient (G1): 0.275
• Sectional Density: 0.137
• Overall Length: 0.752 in (19.10 mm)
• Minimum Expansion Velocity: 1,600 fps (approx. 488 m/s)
• Recommended Velocity Envelope: 2,000 fps to 4,200 fps
• Minimum Barrel Twist Rate: 1:12" or faster
• Package Quantity: 100 component projectiles per box

Who is the Hornady .204 40 Grain V-Max for?

• Varmint and predator hunters — requires the 0.275 G1 ballistic coefficient and rapid fragmentation mechanism of this rifle projectile to humanely anchor foxes, feral cats, and wild dogs at extended ranges.
• Handloaders reloading .204 Ruger centerfire cartridges — uses a standard 0.204 in diameter and 40 grains weight optimized for rifles featuring a 1:12" barrel twist rate or faster.

Less suitable for: Rifles with barrel twist rates slower than 1:12" (such as 1:13" or 1:14"), targets struck below the 1,600 fps expansion threshold, or medium-to-large game such as deer, feral pigs, and goats; these hunting scenarios require a heavier, controlled-expansion bonded or monolithic hunting bullet.