Thread: GMX

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Up close damage would be similar to other cup and core projectiles?

Shouldn't be as the accubond won't break apart at all from experience.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Up close damage would be similar to other cup and core projectiles?

not cup and core, bonded so designed to hold together, not as good at saving meet as full cooper though

Why save meat? That just means it takes longer before you can hunt again

Originally Posted by Toby

Why save meat? That just means it takes longer before you can hunt again

Yea na, that has never been an issue ever.....venison painted my house

I showed the recovered projectile to a high flyer who said"that's perfect performance ". It probably was, I don't know. My old man basically said I wouldn't touch those fn things again. And said the Ol 303 would have done for for less...I thought that the evening prior when I had to put the poor animal down!
No, the animal was broadside and in a clear spot. Definitely no deflection at all.
At the time I figured the velocity may have been too extreme? But... it was with a ....7mm08.
I haven't recovered any TTSX or TTX either. Interlock yes, accubond yes. In .284 and 308.
For me the meat damage was one thing but seeing deer run like they were. Hell, my .44 drops them on the spot within 70m. I'm no expert, obviously, but I wouldn't touch them, again.


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Originally Posted by Danny

I showed the recovered projectile to a high flyer who said"that's perfect performance ". It probably was, I don't know. My old man basically said I wouldn't touch those fn things again. And said the Ol 303 would have done for for less...I thought that the evening prior when I had to put the poor animal down!
No, the animal was broadside and in a clear spot. Definitely no deflection at all.
At the time I figured the velocity may have been too extreme? But... it was with a ....7mm08.
I haven't recovered any TTSX or TTX either. Interlock yes, accubond yes. In .284 and 308.
For me the meat damage was one thing but seeing deer run like they were. Hell, my .44 drops them on the spot within 70m. I'm no expert, obviously, but I wouldn't touch them, again.


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Well thanks for the honest appraisal, I shal proceed with caution.
The run a bit is quite common with barnes if they are not going fast enough, yep they open but just cut a hole from one side to the other, they need speed to deliver shock and drop em right there.

As I say I have only seen the gmx on game out of a hotrod 6.5 and they work really well, my concern was weather I would get them fast enough to work. Your experience reminds me that bullet type performance is not necessarily transferable accross caliber.

VC,
Have you read this??

http://www.soarraptors.org/Documents...ulletStudy.pdf

Originally Posted by mikee

VC,
Have you read this??

http://www.soarraptors.org/Documents...ulletStudy.pdf

Jeeze they should have just skipped to the very last page.
Even hornady show poor expansion at 2000fps.

Gs custom projectiles go well what I have tried them i as well accurate as and fast

And here

Hornady GMX Bullets and Ammunition

Originally Posted by mikee

And here

Hornady GMX Bullets and Ammunition

Yep seen that. Still puzzeled by the fouling and special cleaning procedures comments? Wtf?

Loaded GMX in my mates 270 with 58gr 2213SC but he hated them because they pencilled thru all his deer. Switched and loaded 130gr Barnes for him.His gun a T3.Loaded same load for another mate in his 270 Marlin and it has 1/2 in grouping at 100m.It really loves them. Good jump on the pill.

Originally Posted by TeRei

Loaded GMX in my mates 270 with 58gr 2213SC but he hated them because they pencilled thru all his deer. Switched and loaded 130gr Barnes for him.His gun a T3.Loaded same load for another mate in his 270 Marlin and it has 1/2 in grouping at 100m.It really loves them. Good jump on the pill.

Any idea how fast they were going and the ranges he was shooting?

Have you considered a 150gn Swift Sirocco II, they seem to work across the velocity range
or these, I think there is a NZ distributor
GS CUSTOM BULLETS - Specifications for use

Really thinking monolithic guys, meat saving.......,amax load dead right there from close to far just too much damage up close.
If I was to go down the accubond/sirrocco route I may as well get cheep and accurate interloc and run at less than max.