Hornady Manufacturing Company is an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
manufacturer of
ammunitionAmmunition, often informally referred to as ammo, is a generic term derived from the French language la munition which embraced all material used for war , but which in time came to refer specifically to gunpowder and artillery. The collective term for all types of ammunition is munitions...
and
handloadingHandloading or reloading is the process of loading firearm cartridges or shotgun shells by assembling the individual components , rather than purchasing completely-assembled, factory-loaded cartridges...
components, based in
Grand Island, NebraskaGrand Island is a city in and the county seat of Hall County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 42,940 at the 2000 census, with an estimated 44,802 in July, 2007....
.
The company was founded by Joyce Hornady in 1949 and is currently run by his son Steve Hornady who took over after his father's death in a plane crash in 1981. Next in line to run is Steve's son Jason Hornady.
Hornady makes target shooting and hunting rounds as well as high quality self-defense loads.
Hornady Manufacturing Company is an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
manufacturer of
ammunitionAmmunition, often informally referred to as ammo, is a generic term derived from the French language la munition which embraced all material used for war , but which in time came to refer specifically to gunpowder and artillery. The collective term for all types of ammunition is munitions...
and
handloadingHandloading or reloading is the process of loading firearm cartridges or shotgun shells by assembling the individual components , rather than purchasing completely-assembled, factory-loaded cartridges...
components, based in
Grand Island, NebraskaGrand Island is a city in and the county seat of Hall County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 42,940 at the 2000 census, with an estimated 44,802 in July, 2007....
.
The company was founded by Joyce Hornady in 1949 and is currently run by his son Steve Hornady who took over after his father's death in a plane crash in 1981. Next in line to run is Steve's son Jason Hornady.
Hornady makes target shooting and hunting rounds as well as high quality self-defense loads. In 1990, the Hornady XTP (which stands for Extreme Terminal Performance) won the industry's Product Award of Merit 1990 from the National Association of Federal Licensed Dealers. More recently the company was notable as the developer of the
.17 HMR.17 Hornady Magnum Rimfire, commonly known as the .17 HMR, is a rimfire rifle cartridge descended from the .22 Magnum. It was developed by necking down the .22 Magnum case to take a .17 caliber bullet...
and
.17 HM2The .17 Hornady Mach 2, or .17 HM2, is a rimfire cartridge introduced in 2004 by the ammunition manufacturer Hornady, following the successful launch in 2002 of the .17 HMR...
rimfire cartridges, increasingly popular for small game and varmint hunting. Hornady has also worked with
firearmA firearm is a device which projects either single or multiple projectiles at high velocity through a controlled explosion. The firing is achieved by the gases produced through rapid, confined burning of a propellant. This process of rapid burning is technically known as deflagration...
s maker
Sturm, RugerSturm, Ruger & Company, Incorporated is a Fairfield, Connecticut-based firearm manufacturing company, better known by the shortened name Ruger. Sturm, Ruger produces bolt-action, semi-automatic, full-automatic, and single-shot rifles; shotguns; semi-automatic pistols; and single-action and...
on the development of the new line of Ruger cartridges including the
.480 RugerThe .480 Ruger is a revolver cartridge, introduced in 2003 by Sturm, Ruger and Hornady. This was the first new cartridge introduced by Ruger, and was at time of introduction the largest diameter production revolver cartridge, at . It was quickly followed in 2004 by the .204 Ruger, the fastest...
,
.204 RugerThe .204 Ruger is a centerfire rifle cartridge developed in 2004 by Hornady and Ruger. At the time of its introduction, the .204 Ruger was the highest velocity commercially produced cartridge when loaded with factory ammunition, and the only cartridge produced commercially for bullets of .20...
, and
.375 RugerThe .375 Ruger is an unbelted, standard-length rifle cartridge designed for large game. Case capacity is slightly greater than the .375 H&H Magnum yielding very similar performance. Hornady published results for the .375 using a bullet are 2840 ft/s .-Overview:The .375 Ruger was designed to be a...
.
Hornady also manufactures a range of handloading components including
cartridgeA cartridge, also called a round, packages the bullet, gunpowder and primer into a single metallic case precisely made to fit the firing chamber of a firearm. The primer is a small charge of impact-sensitive chemical that may be located at the center of the case head or at its rim ....
cases,
bulletA bullet is a projectile propelled by a firearm, sling, or air gun. A bullet does not contain explosives, but damages the intended target by its impact or penetration...
s, and
shotgun shellA shotgun shell is a self-contained cartridge loaded with shot or a slug designed to be fired from a shotgun. Most shotgun shells are designed to be fired from a smoothbore barrel, but with the recent gain in popularity of dedicated shotguns with rifled barrels for firing slugs, there are many...
components, as well as handloading equipment and data.
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