Thread: hornady's new CX bullet

finely scored on some of them .139gr .284 i was begin to think they would never come out

Interesting to see how they perform on game, I'm picking no real difference.

tried them with the same loading that i used with the GMX . they fly the same .

Originally Posted by misser

tried them with the same loading that i used with the GMX . they fly the same .

@misser

I’m assuming you’re in Michigan… this is probably a longshot but is there any way that you can demonstrate the expansion on these new Hornady bullets? Maybe shoot some milk jugs full of water? I would be really keen to see how these bullets do a longer range. Say 400 to 500 yards.

Originally Posted by Flyblown

@misser

I’m assuming you’re in Michigan… this is probably a longshot but is there any way that you can demonstrate the expansion on these new Hornady bullets? Maybe shoot some milk jugs full of water? I would be really keen to see how these bullets do a longer range. Say 400 to 500 yards.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfAT...nel=gavintoobe

It’s just the GMX with the “heat shield tip” or a higher temp resistance polymer.

This was a .264 120gr GMX base of the neck 280m

Originally Posted by 300_BLK

It’s just the GMX with the “heat shield tip” or a higher temp resistance polymer.

This was a .264 120gr GMX base of the neck 280m

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Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa that's some serious timber.

Originally Posted by 300CALMAN

Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa that's some serious timber.

+1

Originally Posted by 300CALMAN

Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa that's some serious timber.

Yeah great but questionable....stocked/safari type paid hunting?

Originally Posted by #the creeper

Yeah great but questionable....stocked/safari type paid hunting?

No, was a cull stag.

Originally Posted by 300_BLK

No, was a cull stag.

Originally Posted by 300_BLK

No, was a cull stag.

OK, so it was killed to remove it from a farm?

Originally Posted by 300CALMAN

Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa that's some serious timber.

Probably would have been better next year.

Originally Posted by 300CALMAN

Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa that's some serious timber.

Shoot better than that everyday in the Ruahines…….👍

Originally Posted by 300_BLK

It’s just the GMX with the “heat shield tip” or a higher temp resistance polymer.

No, I wouldn’t agree with that.

From the testing done by fellas in the US, the GMX and CX are performing very differently. The CX looks like it is considerably softer than the GMX and will break up almost like a segmented copper bullet if impact velocity is high. The lower velocity expansion is remarkable.

From what I’ve seen so far I would say that the copper alloy metallurgy of the CX is completely different to the GMX.

The view on the GMX has historically been that it is too hard and double lung shots can frequently have bad outcomes. I don’t think we will be hearing that about the CX so much…



Whilst I hear what the guys are saying about potentially driving this bullet too fast, the problem is a good one to have because here we seem to have a copper monolithic bullet that does not need to be driven at warp speed to deliver clean killing.