What are Hornady FTX bullets used for?

Hornady® FTX® bullets revolutionized lever gun ballistics, creating a new level of performance for these popular firearms. Lever gun enthusiasts can now harness the accuracy, power and long-range performance of a tipped bullet that’s safe to load in tubular magazines.

What are FTX rounds?

The Flex Tip eXpanding (FTX) bullet developed for Critical Defense ammunition looks like a traditional Jacketed Hollow Point (JHP) bullet whose cavity has been filled with a polymer plug.

What does FTX stand for Hornady?

Flex Tip technology is the name Hornady has given to the bullet design in their FTX line of ammunition. This ammo line covers a wide range of calibers and name brands, and is a replacement for the old hollow points used for home defense and concealed carry weapons.

Is Hornady FTX good for hunting?

One thing is for sure, Hornady FTX bullets are totally deer capable and they extend your range with a lever gun. Hornady is even applying these Flex Tips to other cartridges like the . 300 Blackout because they enhance expansion at low velocity.

How does FTX bullet work?

The FTX bullet also has a locking ring that holds the bullet together until impact for maximum weight and penetration, and a shape that allows a higher velocity than many other bullets. Upon impact, the soft tip causes the FTX bullet to expand consistently into equal-size fragments.

What are Vmax bullets?

V-MAX Features This increases accuracy compared to a round nose or hollow point, increases the ballistic coefficient, and ensures expansion on impact. You can think of this like a hollow point plugged with plastic – when that plastic hits something, it’s forced into the base of the bullet, causing explosive expansion.

What is the newest Nosler reloading Manual?

Product Description. The Nosler Reloading Guide #9 consists of load data for 101 rifle and handgun cartridges with hundreds of new powder additions throughout the book creating a comprehensive data set for today’s reloader.

Are Hornady FTX bullets any good?

Is Hornady FTX bonded?

Hornady does make a bonded version of the FTX, but they don’t offer it in a factory 450 BM load.

What is a FTX bullet?

Extend the range of your lever gun. Hornady ® FTX ® bullets revolutionized lever gun ballistics, creating a new level of performance for these popular firearms. Lever gun enthusiasts can now harness the accuracy, power and long-range performance of a tipped bullet that’s safe to load in tubular magazines.

What is the muzzle velocity of the Hornady XTP bullet?

Sounds like a good varmint load, certainly way too fast for the 140gr FTX on anything bigger, Hornady lists it as a pistol bullet with a maximum muzzle velocity of 1600fps, data goes to 1650fps in their 357mag rifle data, they don’t list it for use in the 14″ TC Contender 357 Max data, just the 140gr XTP and bigger.

What is a flex tip® bullet?

Hornady® offers the same Flex Tip® technology for handguns that revolutionized lever guns. Typical hollow point pistol bullets deliver good performance at modest velocities, but have a tendency to expand too quickly and sacrifice penetration at the higher velocities achieved with lever action guns.

Which reloading bullets does Hornady use?

Hornady FTX (Flex Tip) Series Reloading Bullets-Hornady has taken their Flex Tip Expanding bullet they use in their LEVERevolution and made it available in a projectile only.