140 FTX

[yukondog]

I was in bass pro shop yesterday and wile in the reloading section [bad thing, I'm so weak] picked up some hornady .357 140 gr. FTX bullets just to try.Has anybody reloaded and if so can you share the load info?And has anyone hunted with these? Results, bullet expantion?

[handi243]

I was interested in them for my 357 max i contacted hornady because i had a question about max velocity with the 140 ftx. The tech told me that 1900 fps is the max impact vel. for them so i have not tried them yet.

[yukondog]

I talked to the tech. at hornady also, and he told me about the same thing about max vel., for the max I think I'll keep it at 180 gr. it seems to shoot these pretty good.

[crossfire]

Try the Beartooth 180gr WLN+P-GC in your Maximum. It seats a lot shallower than most other 180gr bullets to "maximize" (excuse the pun) your powder capacity. 22.0-24.0gr of IMR 4227 should get your attention. I also suggest a CCI #450 primer.
The 140gr FTX will probably self destruct at Maximum velocities out of a rifle. It almost does from an 8" barrel SuperMag. Hornady designed it for approx. 1850 fps out of a 16" barrel lever-action.

(The Maximum recipe is circa 1984 silhouette data using a Saeco #351 cast @ 190gr.)

[cwlongshot]

I bought a box when they where first offered... haven't found a loading the Maxis like. But haven't tried too hard.

But a word of caution about shooting big game with it at maximum or even Mag from a rifle barrel... Not gonna be your best choice and will come apart above 2K FPS... But for small to mid sized varmints they could be "fun"

I have a nice load for them in my Marlin lever, so pretty much just shoot them outta it... (Max load on H110 and a CCI 550...)

CW

[yukondog]

Not really my first choise for deer round, think I'll stick to tried and true 180 xtp's, got these on a whim probably just use them for paper and varmints.