Hornady bullets

[DG870]

154 grain 7mm Interbond from a 7mm Magnum. Hornady quit making the Interbond line of bullets during COVID because it required additional steps to bond the core to the jacket. They were concentrating on producing the bullets with the greatest demand.

The Interbond was distinctly different than the Interlock. I wish they would bring the Interbond back - it was a fantastic bullet.

 

[mdwest]

There are no original DGX and DGS bullets. These bullets were formerly called Interlock or Interbond and their design has nothing in common with the current DGX and DGS bullets from Hornady.

It is well known that the Interlock and later the Interbond bullets from Hornady did not always work as intended, but unfortunately, they are often confused with the new DGX and DGS bullets.

That is incorrect. The original DGX was released in 2007. They performed poorly. A couple of lots even got recalled in 2017.

They redesigned and re-released DGX in 2018. The redesign supposedly improved the bonding.

Google is your friend on this one.. plenty of information on this ranging from hornadys own website to American Rifleman and several other publications… you can also dig through old threads on AH

 

[BonUm16]

There are no original DGX and DGS bullets. These bullets were formerly called Interlock or Interbond and their design has nothing in common with the current DGX and DGS bullets from Hornady.

It is well known that the Interlock and later the Interbond bullets from Hornady did not always work as intended, but unfortunately, they are often confused with the new DGX and DGS bullets.

Original DGX intro 2007

DGX Bonded intro 2018

Note the different product numbers.

 

[Huntsouth]

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I don’t think there is anything wrong with Hornady quality today but they don’t focus on bonded bullets. Aside from DGX they offer no bonded bullets and nearly every competitor does. The DGX is bonded but has some design features that aren’t as strong as some preferred options like Swift A Frame or trophy bonded bear claw for dangerous game. Shooting a whitetail deer behind the shoulder is very different than shooting a wildebeest or gemsbok on the shoulder and that’s very different than shooting a Cape buffalo on the shoulder. Bonded bullets designed to retain mass and penetrate make a difference on larger game. The bullet performance on game matters more than paper target accuracy.

However Hornady’s CX bullet should be comparable to Barnes and other monolithic bullets on the market.

I just finished a Safari in Mozambique. I used Hornady DGX in .375 H&H, 300 grain. They performed very well. My second buffalo went down from a single heart shot after ~50 yds. No complaints.

 

[uplander01]

I wouldn't hesitate to use the newer DGX or DGS bonded series on big game.

 

[grand veneur]

I wouldn't hesitate to use the newer DGX or DGS bonded series on big game.

In my opinion many of us would use them, especially if they are an improved version of the original DGX and DGS bullets, which I did not know. I shot several Buffaloes with the Interlock bullets and then with the Interbond bullets from Hornady. I did not realize that DGX bullets were already on the market in 2007. Besides, I still had a sufficient supply of Interbond bullets, which I continued to use. After that, I switched to the PP SN bullets from Woodleigh. I never had any problems with all this bullets as long as the bullets was well placed. I did fire everything with the cartridge 460 Weatherby Magnum, which may have compensated for some, but that should not be considered negative. I was accused from side of some members of choosing the cartridge 460 Weatherby Magnum to compensate for the theoretically poor effectiveness of my bullets from Hornady, which is complete nonsense. I did not know at that time that these bullets would be judged so negatively in the future.