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<blockquote data-quote="bozoben" data-source="post: 2244630" data-attributes="member: 93139"><p>Here's some info for you.</p><p></p><p>I have a 338 rum and during the last shortage I was looking for reloading components. I bought a pile of bullets of the 200 gr ftx because that's all I could find at the time. I did not properly research them before I bought them.</p><p></p><p>The FTX bullets have a soft rubber tip that are made to be loaded into tube magazines and shot out of lever guns at far lower velocities (2500 fps ish). Out of a lapua or RUM you can get to 3300+ without trying very hard. I got great velocities and great accuracy (with 94 gr retumbo) but for hunting bullets they are far from ideal.</p><p></p><p>I was shooting about 3320 fps and blasted a mule deer buck at 437 yards. Broadside. Bullet entered behind the shoulder through the ribs and did not stay together long enough to get to the ribs on the other side. Completely disintegrated in about 8 inches. This is just one example of several failures. Shot a cow elk and believe it or not, it didn't make it through the shoulder.</p><p></p><p></p><p>If you're shooting paper and steel, cool.</p><p>If you plan to shoot animals, maybe think twice about the terminal performance of this bullet at lapua velocities. </p><p></p><p>Just something to keep in mind when using a bullet designed for other applications.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bozoben, post: 2244630, member: 93139"] Here's some info for you. I have a 338 rum and during the last shortage I was looking for reloading components. I bought a pile of bullets of the 200 gr ftx because that's all I could find at the time. I did not properly research them before I bought them. The FTX bullets have a soft rubber tip that are made to be loaded into tube magazines and shot out of lever guns at far lower velocities (2500 fps ish). Out of a lapua or RUM you can get to 3300+ without trying very hard. I got great velocities and great accuracy (with 94 gr retumbo) but for hunting bullets they are far from ideal. I was shooting about 3320 fps and blasted a mule deer buck at 437 yards. Broadside. Bullet entered behind the shoulder through the ribs and did not stay together long enough to get to the ribs on the other side. Completely disintegrated in about 8 inches. This is just one example of several failures. Shot a cow elk and believe it or not, it didn't make it through the shoulder. If you're shooting paper and steel, cool. If you plan to shoot animals, maybe think twice about the terminal performance of this bullet at lapua velocities. Just something to keep in mind when using a bullet designed for other applications. [/QUOTE]
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