Hornady FTX

[muzz]

How’s the Hornady FTX bullet in 250 grain for elk?

 

[txhunter58]

I have not used them but I think that is too light of a bullet for elk. A copper monolith bullet like a Barnes in 250 maybe but not the FTX

 

[diablo]

Good advice from TX. I agree. I’d go with 300 grain minimum if you’re not using a solid copper. I’ve killed a number of bulls and other big animals with a 300 gr bonded shockwave and have never been blown away by the terminal performance.

 

[Runnoft]

The group I hunt with uses them exclusively. We’ve harvested 25+ elk with the 250 FTX. We don’t shoot long distances and make sure of shot placement. We’re using the MMP 3 pedal EZ sabot over 100 grains by volume of BH209. We’ve never lost an elk to one.
We used to use the Barnes muzzle-loader bullets with great success too. In our muzzys the FTX seems a little more accurate and way easier on the budget.
We never had good terminal success with power belts.

 

[txhunter58]

“We don’t shoot long distances and make sure of shot placement”

pretty much any bullet will do the job with those restrictions. I once shot a cow at 120 yards at a steep uphill angle. I pulled it a little far forward and it went thru the bone just above the elbow. I was using the 350 gr hornady fpb. It broke the bone and went thru the heart. She went 20 yards.

I like a little insurance when something happens that is not quite ideal.