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Testing Hornady's new CX bullet
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<blockquote data-quote="Moose47" data-source="post: 2534814" data-attributes="member: 116196"><p>Wow guys, as usual lots of great information about the new CX bullets. I have finally found some 180 gr CXs for my 300 Win Mag and 300 WBY and will begin to reload them as soon as they arrive.</p><p>A little background about me ! I have lived and hunted in Alaska for the past 40+ years. Myself and hunting partner's are meat hunters not trophy hunters. my goal has been clean kills with least amount of meat damage possible.</p><p>My bullet of choice has been the Barnes copper line which has great expansion qualities along with good clean killing power. From what I have read the problem with Copper bullets is they need more velocity to expand than lead bullets which can limit your rifle caliber choice.</p><p>So here's my thought on the GMX vs CX bullets and the problem Hornady ran into. You may have noticed that Hornady dropped the GMX line like a hot potato with little to no explanation. For me it seems simple that Hornady got feed back from the field that the GMX will not expand enough due to a lack of velocity and or the bullet material was too hard, end of story.</p><p>So the new CX bullet will be another attempt by Hornady to compete in the copper bullet market which could grow in demand if more states put pressure on the use of lead bullets. With that said my un professional opinion is that to shoot or hunt with copper bullets you need a minimum of 1800 to 2000 FPS on impact to achieve good expansion and a clean kill. To achieve this you need a high velocity rifle and for sure you must be aware of your ballistics at the longer ranges you may shoot at. For example if you hunt with a 308 with a 180gr bullet you may want to limit your range to 200 to 300 yards if not less to get the needed expansion for a clean kill.</p><p>Thanks again for all the great comments, my powder choice will be RL 26 which can achieve fantastic velocity improvements for the magnums.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Moose47, post: 2534814, member: 116196"] Wow guys, as usual lots of great information about the new CX bullets. I have finally found some 180 gr CXs for my 300 Win Mag and 300 WBY and will begin to reload them as soon as they arrive. A little background about me ! I have lived and hunted in Alaska for the past 40+ years. Myself and hunting partner's are meat hunters not trophy hunters. my goal has been clean kills with least amount of meat damage possible. My bullet of choice has been the Barnes copper line which has great expansion qualities along with good clean killing power. From what I have read the problem with Copper bullets is they need more velocity to expand than lead bullets which can limit your rifle caliber choice. So here's my thought on the GMX vs CX bullets and the problem Hornady ran into. You may have noticed that Hornady dropped the GMX line like a hot potato with little to no explanation. For me it seems simple that Hornady got feed back from the field that the GMX will not expand enough due to a lack of velocity and or the bullet material was too hard, end of story. So the new CX bullet will be another attempt by Hornady to compete in the copper bullet market which could grow in demand if more states put pressure on the use of lead bullets. With that said my un professional opinion is that to shoot or hunt with copper bullets you need a minimum of 1800 to 2000 FPS on impact to achieve good expansion and a clean kill. To achieve this you need a high velocity rifle and for sure you must be aware of your ballistics at the longer ranges you may shoot at. For example if you hunt with a 308 with a 180gr bullet you may want to limit your range to 200 to 300 yards if not less to get the needed expansion for a clean kill. Thanks again for all the great comments, my powder choice will be RL 26 which can achieve fantastic velocity improvements for the magnums. [/QUOTE]
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