Ammo Availability Thread.

[BIGBONVI]

PSA has Hornady in stock

http://palmettostatearmory.com/index.ph ... d-box.html

Be aware, its taking them about 2 weeks to ship anything.

i have been ordering various things from them the last 2 months. 2-3 weeks was the average to ship, but i ordered 3 boxes of 450 on wednesday and got a ship notice this am.

[Nosparks]

TargetsportUSA.com has Hornady FTX 250gr ammo in stock! Free shipping if you buy a case!
http://www.targetsportsusa.com/c-716-45 ... -ammo.aspx
They have a small wait time but its not near as bad as it use to be, 3-5 to process order 2-3 weeks to ship. Thats down from 25 days to process and 3-4 weeks to ship a few weeks ago.

It says SST, which I believe is the same as FTX. They changed the name for some reason but the bullet itself is the same. Some one correct me if Im wrong.

[Texas Sheepdawg]

The FTX is the flex tip, like you see in the 30-30 type loads. Possibly just a Typo.

[Jim in Houston]

The FTX is the flex tip, like you see in the 30-30 type loads. Possibly just a Typo.

The SST is a different bullet. It has a rubber tip like the FTX, but I believe it is made out of a harder composite and is designed to get more penetration before expanding. However, the SST is not made in 45 caliber, so it may well be a typo.

[BillytheKid]

I checked, and according to the Hornady website, the only center fire rifle ammunition currently loaded in FTX is the M1 .30 Carbine.

They have this to say about the SST ammo: "The sharp point of the SST increases its ballistic coefficient, making it faster and flatter shooting. On impact, the tip also initiates controlled expansion at all velocities."

[Nosparks]

CTD seems to have .451-.452 barnes and hornady available, from 200gr to 275 gr. As of 4:45pm 4-14-13
http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/ItemListing.aspx?catid=1295

[Hoot]

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The SST is a different bullet. It has a rubber tip like the FTX, but I believe it is made out of a harder composite and is designed to get more penetration before expanding. However, the SST is not made in 45 caliber, so it may well be a typo.

Not necessarily.

This has been covered before Here. I ate those words about 300 yards BTW. Read on

They can be purchased Here. Those folks are good people to deal with and their prices on other .451/.452 bullets are very good.

I bought some, loaded them and other 300s up, but never wrote the range report because I could not get them to stabilize in my 20" 1:24 barrel at what I felt were safe pressure.

Those of you with tighter chambers, who wish to kick them harder may get the RPM necessary to stabilize and by that I mean, get them to group tight like the 200s, 225s, 250s and 275s. In their defense, I gotta say, I haven't gotten any of the 300gr bullets, be they HotCor, DeepCurl, XTP, or those SST/ML to shoot tight groups like the lighter bullets. For those seeking minute of hog, I don't say minute of deer because they are overkill for deer, anyway, the accuracy I got with them is very adequate for hogs or hard to stop game at the 100 yards I was shooting them at. I'm just an accuracy freak.

Hoot

[lungingturtle2]

Hey guys Palmetto State Arms still has Hornady .450 Bushmaster FTX for $27.99 a box with free shipping over $50.00.

[kottke_35]

PSA still has Hornady ammo available if anyone's interested.

B.

[LegendInMyOwnMind]

No free shipping over $50 from PSA. I just bought 10 boxes of 450 Bushmaster and they charged $15 shipping.