NEW FOR 2022!!! Hornady CX 165gr 30cal (308 Win, 30-06, and 300 PRC) ballistic gel testing. WOW!!! 

Holy shit that 300 prc shot!!! Thanks.

Nice work!

Nice work, as always! Please compare this to the Barnes LRX! Best from Norway!

🤠 Ronbo (Montana Mountain Man) - Thank you for your reply! 😁 The Swift A-Frame is a Bonded Version (redesign) of the Nosler Partition! While I believe that the future of bullets is probably going towards the solid copper bullets or some new "non-lead" composite bullet (I bought a couple hundred rounds of Factory Ammunition - Horneday's Superformance 130 grain GMX for my 270 Winchester at $27.50/box about 6 months ago), the Swift A-Frame has served me well over the years! I am really interested to see what it does at lower velocities? I have used the 150 grain 0.277 bullet on elk - the last one being a 330 class 7×7 bull elk! But before I came to my senses about hunting with "Magnum" ("Mangleum") calibers, I became sold on the A-Frame 200 grain 30 caliber (0.308) bullet for my "Stump Thumpers"! It was the only bullet that would shoot well out of my rifles at extreme velocities (only flat based bullets would stabilize, not boat-tail bullets with the barrels rifle twist) and hold upon high impact ft/lbs of energy - 3350 ft/second out of my Lazzeroni Warbird (416 Rigby necked down to a 30 caliber) and approximately 3700 ft/second out of my Thor's Hammer (408 CheyTac necked down to a 30 caliber) for that 200 grain A-Frame bullet! What I "(re)discovered " is that it didn't kill them any faster than my 30-06 Springfield or 270 Winchester, but ruined a whole lot more meat! "Not Acceptable", but not surprising either! Now I preach the "Gospel of Non-magnum calibers", don't take those long range shots anymore, only wait for broadside shots, and don't listen to those "gun writers" and "internet experts" anymore about the "do it all magic/wonder guns"! I know their are no "magic bullets" either, but of all of the bullets I've tried on bigger critters like elk, I haven't yet found a better one than the Swift A-Frame! 🤗

A new table has to be on your Christmas list!

we had a big tomcat that used to come around and beat the hell out of our tomcat, both seasoned outdoor fightin cats but this one was relentless....he'd whoop our cat's ass and eat his food in front of him and whoop his ass again...after discussing it with the owner of the cat 4 different times and them doing nothing about it and costing me 600+ in vet bills, i found my cat almost dead on our back porch....nursed him back, wouldn't let him out to "roam" etc.....caught the neighbor's cat out in our field lurkin around, about 70 yards, and i tagged him with a sst hornady 30-06 ftx....finally he hit the ground after about 3 seconds of air time, didn't move. i'm 6 ft tall and the length of what was left was still draggin on the ground and was thrown to the coyotes that night....nothing was ever said again about either......well done hornady, well done!.....😁

Excellent comedy relief watching the 300 PRC launch large pieces of a big gel block into orbit. Good data. Thank you for the vid. Well done. Happy New Year

The forest is so thick where I live, we rarely get over 300 yard shots. I'll just stick to the lead core bullets for my 308 WIn. Good video.

Can you lay out all the bullets you are able to recover so we can see them side by side. Most curious about the low velocity results .

Ya boy 👍🏽 this is it the one I like. I got all this I'm big 30cal or 308 30-06 or 300💪 nock down power 💪

Another good video. I've seen Hornady's advertising but not sure how it differs from their GMX. Seams like the Lehigh Controlled Chaos and Cutting Edge Maximus work better at low velocities

150 Accubond LR 6.5 test please 🙏

I appreciate all your videos, keep up the excellent work. What is your opinion on fouling with the CX bullet? Thanks in advance.

Oddly, the specs for the 165 grain, 308 Winchester, CX factory loads are identical to the GMX loads of the same weight. Other new CX chamberings have improved B.C.s and expansion qualities, but all indications are that the 308 Winchester's only change is the CX name. That said, maybe it doesn't matter. As I recall, previous GMX bullets performed very well in your tests. Cheers! Btw, if you wanted to reshoot a 1750 fps load to catch it, I wouldn't object. :-) Happy New Year!

I laughed pretty good when the 300prc just made tye first block disappear. I had to rewind a couple times lol

🤠RONBO (Montana Mountain Man) - I need to apologize to you for something I did not clarify when I asked you to test the Swift A-Frame bullets! I don't have any to send to you - I'm all out - or I would have! It has been hard to come by them where I live the last 2 years! Keep up the good work and I catch you on the next video! Ronbo Out! 😁

7:07 - legend has it that block remains in Near-Earth-Orbit to this day

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Nice job Hoss. I'm looking for long range hunting bullets in 308 and 6.5 cm. Other than Berger because of being so hard to find.

🤠 Ronbo (Montana Mountain Man) - I know that 2022 Shot Show is just a few weeks away, so you may see some other new bullets to test? That being said, I know that you have tested the Swift Sirocco, but not the Swift A-Frame? Any reason for that? The A-Frame is my "Go To" elk bullet of choice, but I have yet to see anyone conduct a ballistics gel test on it yet! If your running out of testing ideas, I sure would love to see you try? Thanks for the information that you are sharing - it is very informative and unbiased! Not something you find to often these days! 😁

How far out were shooting the 30-06 with that round im thinking of using them out of my 30-06

First shot looked like it opened up a little slow around the 4-4.5in mark. Second shot at 1747 performed much better. Had not heard of this bullet, is it a re-design or re-brand of the GMX? Also, slightly dissapointed with the BCs. Should be longer and have a better BC for its weight being solid copper. Similar to lehigh, lagging behind against barnes, hammer.

Do you see a big difference in killing power between 308 and 3006?

Can you try the gmx in same caliber and grain weight next time?

Awesome. Make a patreon account! I've got to see if these shoot as well at SMK in my 308.

In Hornady's video discussing it's new CX bullet, they suggested that the minimum velocity for proper expansion should be 2,000 fps (same for GMX). The CX bullet is an improvement over GMX by including the new heat resistant tip that until now was only on the ELD-X and ELD-M bullets; and improved BC by slight change in shape and driving bands which reduces drag. Hornady has put CX bullet data into their 4DOF library, which is a superior way to calculate trajectory over using BC alone. GMX data was never entered into 4DOF. The higher BC of the CX bullet enables it to maintain a higher velocity farther downrange than the GMX. In the video on the CX by Hornady, the staff suggested that for many cartridges, that would mean the effective range would be 500 yards with the CX, vs 400 yards with the GMX (given the 2,000 fps minimum for proper expansion). That is a generalization given the factory loads they will offer. Granted, if you handload or are at higher elevations, you could extend that range. What I want to know is if the CX bullets are easier to find an accurate load. I have read about the GMX, that many people could not get it to group with their rifle. It would be great if the CX has improved accuracy potential.

Better than Barnes I doubt it Hornady is all about hype

u need higher grain loads they are advertised at 1600 fps plus thats why u aint seein the tru effects my 308 muzzle fps avg at 2900

This bullet can still expand at less than 1500 fps velocity? That's truly hard to believe.

Need a new table there chief.

it is lead free cx bulet 308