22 mag 30 grain vs 33 grain vs clay @ 100 yds

Added: 2026-05-10

[00:00:54]Hello everyone and welcome back. In today's video, we'll be comparing the.22 Mag 33 grain AccuTip by Remington to the 30 grain V-Max from Hornady.

[00:01:06]We'll try to find out how they compare when it comes to delivering downrange energy by shooting at 10 pound blocks of clay at 100 yards.

[00:01:16]We will also be chronographing them and before it's all said and done, we will be punching some paper.

[00:01:25]Since our main focus will be on the 33 grain AccuTip and the 30 grain V-Max, you may be wondering why you were also being shown footage of a 35 grain V-Max.22 Hornet from Hornady being fired at the beginning of this video.

[00:01:41]The short answer is to make you aware that there will be a follow-up to this video in which we will be shooting the 35 grain Hornet alongside the pair of.22 Mag rounds being featured in this video.

[00:01:54]I realize, of course, that the Hornet round is centerfire, but if we look closely at the bullets themselves, it becomes very apparent that they are all the same type, and that they are short, stubby, and have a flat base.

[00:02:08]From left to right, we have the 33-grain, the 30-grain, and the 35-grain.

[00:02:14]From this overhead angle, we can see the length differences, as subtle as they may be.

[00:02:20]As soon as the follow-up video is released, I will be placing a link for it in the description below.

[00:02:27]The rifle for today's video will be the Bergara B-14R with a 20-in carbon fiber barrel.

[00:02:33]The scope is the Athlon Ares ETR 4 1/2 by 30 by 56.

[00:02:39]The trigger has been upgraded to a TriggerTech Diamond that breaks at 1 lb.

[00:02:44]And without any further delay, it's time to go to work.

[00:02:49]We'll be shooting at this 10-lb block of clay from 100 yd with a.22 Mag 30-grain V-Max from Hornady.

[00:02:55]We'll start with the trigger cam view, and then finish up with this angle right here.

[00:04:00]>> Well, I'm walking up right now to the 10-lb block of clay that was just hit at a distance of 100 yards with a Hornady 30-grain V-Max.

[00:04:11]It looks like we might see some daylight through this one.

[00:04:15]We are seeing some daylight.

[00:04:18]There is definitely water in the uh block of clay.

[00:04:24]So, that would mean that uh we had an exit of some sort. So, I don't know if that bullet really had enough velocity at this point to completely open up or not.

[00:04:33]We'll cut the block of clay open in a moment to figure out what exactly happened with that bullet.

[00:04:41]What kind of performance it had or didn't have at this point.

[00:04:45]Let me pick up this water jug. Looks like there's something in there at the bottom.

[00:04:50]Let's go ahead and just open them up.

[00:04:55]It looks like we are seeing some uh some type of bullet fragments in there.

[00:05:00]So, it looks like the bullet did open up to some degree or another.

[00:05:04]We'll investigate that in a moment.

[00:05:07]Well, I poured out the remains of that 30-grain V-Max.22 Mag from uh water jug number one.

[00:05:13]This is what we have left.

[00:05:15]Might weigh 15 grains, maybe 20 grains tops, probably.

[00:05:20]I'll weigh it when I get home and uh let you know.

[00:05:24]Well, here is that 10-lb block of clay that was just hit at 100 yards using.22 Mag, more specifically that Hornady 30-grain V-Max.

[00:05:34]I have cut them in half.

[00:05:36]Let's take the lid off and see what we can learn on the inside.

[00:05:40]One moment here.

[00:05:43]Okay.

[00:05:45]All right. So, there is your uh entrance side right here.

[00:05:50]Exit side right there.

[00:05:52]So, pretty good uh wound cavity on the inside.

[00:05:56]This little plastic piece right here is from the uh V-Max.

[00:06:02]So, it looks like that bullet definitely still performed even at 100 yd.

[00:06:07]Even with loss of velocity, had enough velocity to still open up, that's for sure.

[00:06:13]I don't know if there's any bullet left on the inside of this.

[00:06:17]I don't really see any. Maybe just small small fragments is all.

[00:06:25]We'll be shooting at this 10-lb block of clay from 100 yd with a.22 mag 33-grain AccuTip from Remington.

[00:06:32]Once again, we'll begin with the trigger cam view and then finish up with this angle right here.

[00:07:35]Well, I'm walking up right now to the 10-lb block of clay that was just hit from 100 yd using.22 mag.

[00:07:43]More specifically, it was the Remington 33 grain AccuTip.

[00:07:48]We'll take a closer look and see what happened.

[00:07:51]We hit him pretty close to dead center, just a little bit to the left of the sticker.

[00:07:56]A lot of energy tried to escape right out the face. A little more tried to escape out the top.

[00:08:04]More tried to escape on the side.

[00:08:07]This bullet did punch through, or at least some of it did.

[00:08:10]In In fact, let's turn this way.

[00:08:13]Here is the exit on the back side.

[00:08:17]Here is your entrance into the water jug that was right behind the clay.

[00:08:23]We'll open him up and see what we can see on the inside.

[00:08:28]Let me see if I can find this bullet here.

[00:08:30]There it is.

[00:08:32]There's a bullet, or at least a jacket.

[00:08:33]There's something in there, that's for sure.

[00:08:36]We'll cut that block of clay open in a moment.

[00:08:40]And we'll see what happened on the inside.

[00:08:43]In other developments, I kind of figured that I wasn't going to be able to hit the sticker on that particular shot anyway.

[00:08:49]And that's because my very last warm-up shot when zeroing the rifle managed to put it right there on the money.

[00:08:58]I'm only allowed to have so much good luck in a day. So, once that happened, I kind of figured the next shot might be close to dead center, but it wasn't going to be on the sticker.

[00:09:08]I did pour out that bullet from the first water jug in line. Here is your Remington AccuTip bullet.

[00:09:14]I don't know how much that weighs.

[00:09:16]It started off as 33 grains. Probably weighs, I don't know, 10 11 grains.

[00:09:21]I'll weigh it when I get home and uh let you know.

[00:09:24]All right, here is your 10-lb block of clay that was just hit from 100 yards using that.22 mag Remington 33 grain AccuTip. I have cut him in half to the best of my ability.

[00:09:35]Let's take the lid off and see what happened on the inside.

[00:09:43]So, as you can see a pretty generous wound cavity on the inside there.

[00:09:47]I mean, I can almost fit my hand in the top half alone.

[00:09:52]And there is your uh There's your exit right there.

[00:09:58]Leading off the chronographing today will be the 30-grain V-Max from Hornady.

[00:10:03]I'll be taking a seven-shot average, calling out the numbers as they happened, and then provide the averages in a moment.

[00:10:11]2248 2243 2201 2280 2275 2268 2274 Here are the averages. The muzzle velocity was 2256 ft/s.

[00:10:35]The muzzle energy was 339 ft-lb.

[00:10:39]The extreme spread was 79 ft/s.

[00:10:42]The standard deviation was 27.87 ft/s.

[00:10:47]And the ballistic coefficient of.095.

[00:10:51]You're now looking at the 100-yd numbers.

[00:10:54]Based on the muzzle energy numbers, we can estimate that the 30-grain V-Max arrived with a velocity of 1495 ft/s and delivered 149 ft-lb.

[00:11:06]Up next is the 33-grain AccuTip from Remington. I will once again be taking a seven-shot average, calling out the numbers as they happened, and then provide the averages in a moment.

[00:11:18]2070 2073 2051 2074 2078 2082 2066 Here are the averages.

[00:11:38]The muzzle velocity was 2071 feet per second.

[00:11:42]The muzzle energy was 314 foot-pounds.

[00:11:46]The extreme spread was 31 feet per second while the standard deviation was 10.06 feet per second and a ballistic coefficient of 0.137.

[00:11:57]You're now looking at the 100-yard numbers.

[00:12:00]Based on the muzzle energy numbers, we can estimate that the 33-grain AccuTip arrived with a velocity of 1582 feet per second and delivered 176 foot-pounds.

[00:12:13]Next, we'll be shooting two groups of the 30-grain V-Max followed by two groups of the 33-grain AccuTip.

[00:12:20]We'll start by aiming at the target on the left and the targets are 75 yards out.

[00:13:11]And here is group number two of the 30-grain V-Max.

[00:14:01]>> And here is group number one of the 33 grain AccuTip aiming at the target on the left.

[00:14:53]And here is group number two of the 33 grain AccuTip.

[00:15:43]>> Well, my final thoughts are going to be delayed until after I release part two, but there is something worth leaving with you.

[00:15:51]Please look closely at the recovered 33-grain AccuTip. Notice that it weighs 19.8 grains.

[00:15:58]This will have some real significance as we go into the follow-up video.

[00:16:03]I'm still curious to see if these rounds will reliably expand at 100 yards. They certainly functioned well today when they hit clay.

[00:16:11]But would the results be similar if tested on water jugs?

[00:16:16]In the follow-up video, you can expect some trigger cam footage not only from the.22 Mag, but also from the.22 Hornet.

[00:16:25]I would like to thank you for taking the time to watch this video. I would love to hear your thoughts on what you just now saw.

[00:16:31]Or even if it has been a while since you commented, and you just wanted to reach out and say hello, I'd love to hear from you.