The Hornady VMAX varmint bullet is engineered with a combination of proven materials and innovative design, resulting in a streamlined profile that sets a new standard for specialized varmint ammunition. Its polymer tip and streamlined design ensure flat trajectories, while the match-grade AMP bullet jacket offers exceptional concentricity for maximum accuracy across all ranges. This bullet delivers dramatic expansion and explosive fragmentation, even at velocities as low as 1600 fps, making it the industry's leading choice for varmint hunting. The V-Max achieves its explosive terminal performance through a hollow cavity located between the shaft of the tip and the bullet's body The swaging technique enables the accurate shaping of the lead core to envelop the tip, creating a cavity beneath the tip's stem The tip accumulates energy prior to impacting the core, resulting in significant fragmentation of both the core and jacket Precise boat tail and flat base designs offer exceptional in-flight stability, making them ideal for long range shooting when the appropriate base design is used Hornady achieves a high ballistic coefficient by integrating a sharp, pointed polymer tip with an optimized aerodynamic profile The v-max design further enhances in-flight stability by offering the maximum bearing surface