I suspect Hornady designed this bullet to work well with the plethora of typical 50 cal ML’s out in the hands of hunters.
These MlL’s would not be your “magnum” type, but rather the average inline that folks shoot ~100gr powder out of.
My ML is the Rem 700 UML, which is atypical, and not as common. It’ll push this bullet quite fast for its weight. Perhaps even faster than the bullet is designed for. However, my primary purpose for this bullet is deer. It does T take much to kill a whitetail deer. I will see how well it works this fall. I expect some of my shots will be rather close, so that will be informative.
If I recall correctly, the Hornady engineer involved with the development of this bullet shot an antelope at 340 yds or so with I think a T/C Encore. Bullet running about ~2000 fps or so, if I’m not mistaken.
What I like about this bullet is the fact it give 50 cal ML’s a bullet choice that greatly enhances the guns capabilities at distance if one chooses to do so.