Lee 9 said:
Hornady FTX 250gr SST ML # 45202 is for muzzle loading
Hornady FTX 250gr #45201 is for the Bushmaster
I cut them in half and checked them out The only difference I could fine other than box and name and part # was that the # 45201 has lead thats a bit harder. Lee
I killed two PA deer last year with the Bushmaster 250 grn. FTX and Harvester sabots and BH209--very accurate, but did not appear to get great expansion. Exit wounds were small. I did have two dead deer though so I realize I should not complain too much
This year I have killed three deer with the T/C 250 grn. Shock Wave with the yellow tips. This bullet is made by Hornady, but does not seem to be as hard as the new FTX's. On two doe I had big, ragged exits 1-2" in diameter and great blood trails. On a heavy, mature buck I did not get an exit at 80 yards, but it was a high shoulder bang-flop.
Lee9--that is very interesting that you cross sectioned the Hornady bullets and found the FTX harder than the SST. Have you tried the T/C Shock Wave and how did you test for the hardness of the lead? The jackets were the same?
Here's a thread from last year about people--myself included--thinking the then new Hornady Flex Tips were "harder" bullets.
http://www.modernmuzzleloader.com/phpBB ... oe&start=0