Okay Thumper fans. Time to get to the bottom of something that’s begun to concern me about the Hornady Factory ammo that people have been using the last few years to harvest game. So this post is sort of a survey.
To participate in this survey, I am asking for the following information. I want facts. Not speculations. Here’s what I’m asking. I want polite professional responses.
IMPORTANT RULE.
This is survey applies ONLY to Hornady Custom or Hornady Black Factory Ammunition. Absolutely NO handload accounts. They will be deleted.
Only hunters who harvested
Game with the 450 Bushmaster Factory Ammunition are to respond. No other comments will be accepted. No exceptions. Third party accounts of a hunt will not be accepted and those comments will also be deleted. I am going to ask that the peanut gallery please just refrain from commenting on other peoples posts. If you as the actually hunter using the 450 Bushmaster have shot more than one animal, please include all animals in one post. Just use your shoot date to identify each animal all in one post. Here’s what we need to know.
Copy and paste these questions in your reply and answer them to the best of your ability.
1. Date of kill.
2. Hornady Black or Custom?
3. AR 15, Bolt Action or single shot?
4. Barrel length and twist rate.
5. Distance to target. (Approximate will be okay if you’re not sure).
6. Type of animal and approximate weight. Feel free to post a picture.
7. Did you recover the animal successfully?
8. Where did bullet impact and what organs and bones were affected?
9. Did the bullet pass through?
10. Did the bullet remain in the carcass and did you recover the bullet and fragments? Post picture if possible.
11. Did you suffer any loss of edible meat?
12. How far did the animal run after being shot?
13. What kind of blood trail did you have?
14. In your opinion, what are the strong points of the 250 Grain FTX?
15. In your opinion, what are the weak points of the 250 Grain FTX?
It’s very important that we know the platform of the rifle and the barrel length and twist rate. Please copy and paste these questions in your post and answer them to the best of your ability. Please keep personal emotions out of your responses. Remember that we are to be professional here and there should be only facts in these answers.
If you choose, you may copy and paste this in an email and you can send your responses to TexasSheepdawg@gmail.com
I will compile all this information throughout the rest of the winter through Feb 1st 2018. Then I will pull it all together and post results.
And Hornady will be getting a copy.
Alright? Let’s do this.