I have a buddy that hunts with a 44 mag lever gun. It is a Ruger 77/44 if it makes any difference. He was shooting factory Hornady leverevolution FTX. It looks like the 240 XTP might be better. Mainly I am curious how the XTP performs hunting compared to the 225 FTX.
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240 grain XTPs have worked fine for me on deer and hogs. Never tied the FTX in 44
Don’t overlook the XTP 180s for the 44mag my neighbor has dropped a few deer out to 200yards with a model 629 with them. I haven’t had a chance to get a deer with mine yet but the 180s shoot well in my Taurus. I understand I’m talking revolvers right now but I would presume performance would be better from a rifle
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240gr XTP is hell on Coyotes. I have no clue about deer. One of the big reasons I shoot the coyotes is to protect the small deer herd living in my property. Lol.
I use a 12 inch T/C Encore pistol barrel and they usually drop in the spot. Big hole going in, bigger hole going out.
Last edited by Brandon Salyer; 08-30-2018 at 04:21 PM. Reason: Typo upon typo.
I have no experience with the ftx, but I have killed many deer and hogs with the 240gr and 300gr xtp out of my ‘94 winchester. They both performed well, but I now stick with the 300gr xtp because it has the edge on the larger hogs, and still works great on deer.Originally Posted by Jritt187
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I second the above comment [emoji6] spot on!
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I third the comment. The 300xtp works well.
The 240xtp does very well on deer I use it in my h&r, a marlin 1894 and in a sabot in my in-line. My nephew uses a 200gr Speer hp in his 1894 and it works equally well
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