225gr FTX on deer

[valvesinmyhead]

Do any of you guys use the 44 mag Hornady 225gr FTX for deer. How do they perform? Will be shooting these out of a rifle.

[Mohawk]

  It should work fine. And any standard 240gr works fine too, hollow or soft point.

[Mikey]

valves...:  They should work fine in your rifle depending on the velocity they are loaded them to; if they are too fast they may expand prematurely.  You can always contact Hornady for their input.  HTH.

[valvesinmyhead]

Sighted my Dad's Henry in yesterday with the FTXs. At 100yds with open sights best group was 3". Worst was 5".
Hornady states 1410fps from a 7 1/2" pistol. I added 400fps for the longer barrel.


Name: 44 Mag 225gr FTX Rifle 100yds
Ballistic Coeff: 0.180
Bullet Weight: 225
Velocity: 1800
Target Distance: 100
Scope Height: 1.500
Temperature: 70
Altitude: 500

Ballistic Data
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  Range  Elevation  Velocity   Energy     ETA         Drop      Max Y  10mph Wind Deflect
  0 yds   -1.50 in  1800 fps  1619 fpe  0.000 sec    0.00 in  -1.50 in    0.00 in
 25 yds    0.08 in  1707 fps  1456 fpe  0.043 sec    0.35 in  -0.51 in    0.27 in
 50 yds    0.90 in  1618 fps  1307 fpe  0.089 sec    1.46 in  -0.22 in    0.92 in
 75 yds    0.91 in  1532 fps  1172 fpe  0.136 sec    3.38 in   0.30 in    1.93 in
100 yds   -0.00 in  1450 fps  1050 fpe  0.186 sec    6.22 in   1.08 in    3.40 in
125 yds   -1.97 in  1375 fps   944 fpe  0.239 sec   10.12 in   2.18 in    5.45 in
150 yds   -5.10 in  1305 fps   851 fpe  0.296 sec   15.19 in   3.64 in    8.01 in
175 yds   -9.47 in  1241 fps   769 fpe  0.354 sec   21.48 in   5.50 in   11.02 in
200 yds  -15.28 in  1184 fps   700 fpe  0.416 sec   29.23 in   7.82 in   14.59 in

[teddy12b]

I think you should be ok.  THe flex tips are designed to be used in rifles (hence the flex tip) so I would assume that they are ment to handle the rifle velocities.  I don't think you can go wrong with those bullets.  The 44mag is great in a rifle.