Hornady FTX 325 - Ballistic Gel Results

[LarryBud]

Hornady FTX .458 325 grain Two Bullets shot at 50 yards into 10% ballistic gel. Impact speed was 1217and 1238 FPS.

I’m impressed.

 

[ronlaughlin]

Hey that looks good. Wish you could try the Fury .452 300g LT

 

[LarryBud]

I froze the gel to be remelted and used again. I'd like to try other bullets. The brick looks to be good for about 4-5 shots before it's blown apart.

 

[BuckDoeHunter]

Very Nice!

 

[jsteurrys]

How is the accuracy with this bullet?

 

[LarryBud]

How is the accuracy with this bullet?

They have a reputation for being very accurate and shoot MOA for me. I thought they needed more speed but they the results speak for themself. I'm afraid it will peter out at long ranges with a BC of .23. Anything under 200 yards would be in big trouble.

 

[dbowling]

Thats great I have 800 of them to hunt with/shoot..they shoot great out of my .52 Knight with 110gr BH209.

 

[Potato boy]

They also shoot great out of my Knight 50 with orange crush sabot. I tested them in a gravel bank. They expanded and for the most part held together. I was impressed

 

[Idaholewis]

Hornady FTX .458 325 grain Two Bullets shot at 50 yards into 10% ballistic gel. Impact speed was 1217and 1238 FPS.

I’m impressed.

AWESOME Performance!! This is as good as it gets in my opinion

 

[dwm]

I have had great accuracy and performance out of the 52 knight with this bullet with 110 grains 777

 

[GM54-120]

2190fps and retained 254gr


Virtually identical to what B&M got in their rifle.

 

[LarryBud]

One must admit that the same results at 2175 and 1217 fps is pretty impressive. They have a winner here.

 

[GM54-120]

When the Barnes O was in short supply and horribly overpriced many guys started using the 325gr FTX instead in their MLIIs. They did just fine. Hornady loads them to around a claimed 2200fps in the 450 Marlin ammo and 1950fps in 45/70. Should be a good match for quite a few MLs and upper end loads.

 

[BuckDoeHunter]

2050 fps in 45-70 LeverRevolution, very accurate in my Marlin 1895

 

[52Bore]

Looks great.
Were you able to measure its penetration length in the gelatin?
Of all the bullets Ron has tested, this is not one - to compare.
Thanks for showing..

 

[LarryBud]

Looks great.
Were you able to measure its penetration length in the gelatin?
Of all the bullets Ron has tested, this is not one - to compare.
Thanks for showing..

My gel brick was 23” deep. ( all my fridge could Handel ) I had it pushed back to a stack of paper brochures. Each of the Bullets the that opened ( all but the Fury’s ) were found at the back the the gel brick but they didn’t have enough push to even dent the brochures. I may have had to dig the SST out a little short of the back The FTXs may have gone a little deeper but ran out of room.

 

[bamawoodsman]

Great test. That ftx looks good. I’ve shot different bullets into water and I wondered how they would do in ballistic gel. Here’s a 300 grain .500 ftx i shot into water jugs at 100 yards. Muzzle velocity was probably between 1600 and 1700 fps

 

[da new guy]

Hornady uses a 250gr. FTX for their .450 Bushmaster load. It was super accurate for me but they did not hold up when hitting deer within 50 yards.

 

[bamawoodsman]

Thats good to know . That’s real world testing. What muzzle velocity were the 250 ftx s being shot at?

 

[ENCORE50A]

Hornady uses a 250gr. FTX for their .450 Bushmaster load. It was super accurate for me but they did not hold up when hitting deer within 50 yards.

There are an awful lot of Bushmaster shooters that have had the same issue.

bamawoodsman........... generally somewhere around 2,200fps, although some reloaders have jumped them up considerably.