How accurate are these ?

Probably better than most FMJs, but not usually as good as a typical soft point or hollow point in my experience.
 
Expect about 3/4 moa as about the best the bullet can do. I haven't tried them out of a bolt action rifle... But with sierra game kings I have achieved .3 moa out of a couple of ARs
 
I find them to be the best bulk bullets I can buy. The winchester ones I got from another company were terrible. I could roll them on a table and see the wobble. I shoot them out of my 22-250 and have seen groups as good as other bullets. Still can't beat a 52 HPBT.
 
Hornady 55 grain BT FMJ will pass for military M193,
But they shoot MUCH better.
I get between 5/8" and 3/4" groups through a NM barrel,
3/4" and 1" groups in most common barrels.
(Depends on how my eyesight is that day.)

If its just a paper punching day, these are what I drag out.
They feed really well in AR/other auto loaders,
Don't usually need a ton of crimp since they are pretty well uniform in size,
And the weight doesn't wonder around like other bulk bullets you can get for the same money.
Not that small weight differences matter too much @ 100 yards punching paper,
But its good to know you can reach out farther if you want to...

I find them VERY concentric, like another poster said, you can find cheaper,
But between diameter size differences, non-concentric, up to 2-1/2 grains up or down in weight,
I pay the $2 to $4 extra per 1,000 and get Hornady.
Three less things to check and/or worry about!

If you decide to go with something other than FMJ (varmint hunting?)
Switch to 55 grain V-Max (ballistic tip) and you will be pleasantly surprised.
Other than bullet seating depth, no other changes and they shoot great!

More expensive than FMJ, but for hunting/terminal performance, its hard to beat that V-Max round.
 
It is harder to form a jacket into a point for an FMJ accurately than it is to form a jacket into a bullet base accurately, plus the latter makes the base more uniformly square, which is essential to good accuracy. Harry Pope once commented that "the base steers the bullet", and it is far more significant in its impact than the nose is. That's the reason open tisp tend to shoot better and is the reason match bullets are hollow points. Sierra was mostly responsible for that to coming about in the 1950's and 1960's.

As commented, the Hornady FMJ does quite well, despite the inherent process limitations. I've never been able to drill the 1/4-3/8 inch cloverleafs with them that I can get from hollow tips, but they shoot under an inch very reliably.
 
In my testing, they were one of the best 55 gr FMJs on the market.

I actually ran quite a few of them through my .220 Swift (more than planned), because they printed pretty little 'bug hole' groups. (And, at the time, I had no other .224" cartridges to load.)
 
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