The Hornady .22 Cal .224 77 gr HPBT AeroMatch (Model: 227771) is a match-grade rifle projectile component engineered for precision reloading, competitive marksmanship, and volume target disciplines. Designed with a traditional tangent-ogive profile, this hollow point boat tail bullet serves as a drop-in component that aligns with standard industry load data, seating dies, and magazine-length overall lengths (COAL) of 2.260 inches without requiring modifications to existing handloading setups.

Key Features

• Aerodynamic Profile: Combines a streamlined boat-tail base with an open hollow-point tip to reduce in-flight drag and maintain stability out to 600–800 metres.
• Drop-In Loading Compatibility: Tangent-ogive geometry permits direct substitution into established 77 gr handload data and ballistic solver profiles.
• Integrated Cannelure: Features a factory cannelure to support case-mouth crimping, preventing bullet setback during feeding in semi-automatic or bolt-action actions under recoil.
• Batch Consistency: Sourced from small sequential manufacturing runs to maintain uniform weight and dimensions across the 500-count pack.

Product Specifications

• Calibre: .22 Calibre
• Bullet Diameter: .224 inches
• Bullet Weight: 77 grains (approximately 4.99 grams)
• Bullet Type: Hollow Point Boat Tail (HPBT) with cannelure
• Ballistic Coefficient (G1): 0.355
• Sectional Density: 0.219
• Quantity: 500 projectiles per box
• Gross Packaging Weight: Approximately 89 oz (~2.52 kg)
• Minimum Barrel Twist Rate: 1:9" (stabilises in 1:9", 1:8", and 1:7" twists)
• Chamber Compatibility: .223 Remington, 5.56×45mm NATO, .224 Valkyrie, and .22 Creedmoor

Who is the Hornady .224 77 Grain HPBT AeroMatch Bullets 500 Pack for?

• High Power service rifle competitors — requires standard magazine-length 2.260-inch seating while using the 77 grains bullet weight and 0.355 G1 ballistic coefficient to resist wind drift across supersonic service rifle stages out to 600 metres.
• Precision rifle competitors shooting PRS or NRL disciplines — leverages the consistent tangent-ogive profile and 0.355 G1 ballistic coefficient of this .224 inches calibre projectile to reliably engage mid-range steel targets up to 800 metres.
• High-volume handloaders using .223 Remington or 5.56 NATO platforms — benefits from the 500 quantity sequential production batch and cannelured design, allowing bulk reloading with consistent crimping without needing to rework existing 77 grains load data.

Less suitable for: Rifles with barrel twist rates slower than 1:9" (such as 1:12" or 1:14"), which will fail to stabilise this 77-grain projectile and require lighter 40–55 grain flat-base bullets; game hunting applications, where the non-expanding match hollow-point design lacks controlled expansion and calls for expanding soft-point or polymer-tipped hunting bullets; and target engagements beyond 800–1,000 metres, where higher-BC secant-ogive match projectiles are better suited to maintain supersonic stability.