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I ended up buying a couple boxes of the 75 grain to test out. I really like the 73 grains, but I'm not a reloader and they're becoming scarce at the moment, so if the 75 can perform just as well or better then awesome -- I was shooting "clover" groups sub-MOA with the 73 grains, so we'll see.
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Both bullets are solid sub-MOA performers when hand-loaded and fired from an AR-15. My barrels showed a preference for the 75 grain bullet. The 10-shot group pictured below was fired using a hand-load of 75 grain bullet fired from a distance of 100 yards. It has an extreme spread of 0.55”.
The Hornady factory loaded 75 grain Match ammunition had an extreme spread of 0.89” for a 10-shot group fired at 100 yards.
A hand-load with a minimal work-up for the 73 grain bullet had a 10-shot group extreme spread of 0.82” at 100 yards.
The Hornady factory load using the 73 grain ELD match had an extreme spread of 1.2" for a 10-shot group at 100 yards.
For comparison, a 10-shot group of the Hornady 73 grain Critical Defense factory load fired from the same barrel had an extreme spread of 0.74” at 100 yards.
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