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Yes, I shoot factory loads and found the Hornady 165 grain GMX rounds to be very accurate out of my rifle. It appears to me that Federal may be dropping the TSX line in their rifle ammo and want something to fall back on. Also, I don't hear much on people using Hornady bullets for larger game.

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My cousin had a funny story with the 165GMX from his Howa 1500 308 Win.

To summarize, this nice buck started showing up at one of his stands just before dark only when it was rainy out. The next week the weather called for rain one eve, so he took off work early, grabbed his slicker and headed to the stand. After getting pelted by rain all eve he thought it was a bust when the big guy showed up a few mins before shooting time expired.

He smoked the buck through both shoulders and when he got down to the buck, he saw that his camera door was open. He thought someone had been jacking with his cam until a closer look:



The buck:



Primos thought it was a funny story and sent him a new camera for free.

He also took another nice 8 with the 165 GMX that same year with the same great results. Both shoulders, in and out with a short trail:

That's great!!!

keeping up with this thread...

for comparison to GMX, another 130 TTSX from the 308 with impact velocity close to 3000

double shoulder broadside exit on 80 lb doe

Hornady 130 GMX 270 Titus (2830 fps) 60 yards or so, full length from behind. This was a less than ideal situation with the deer going fast away, but I hit bones and went a very long way with that bullet. For me, it did an excellent job. I need the space in the smallish can of the custom 270 so I'm going to try the 110 Barnes next. No complaints on the Hornady under those circumstances. Sorry for the tired old picture, getting a lot of mileage...

Some of you guys are getting great accuracy with the GMX's - are you seating them well off the lands like most do with the TSX and TTSX?

BTW, this is a great thread and THANK YOU to all that have shared info.

Yeah I got great results in my 257 AI with Ramshot Hunter:



...and never measured distance to lands, just gave em a REALLY short COAL seated down to just over the last relief grove so yeah, I treated em like TSXs.

I am currently hunt load #2 and have had to wait longer than anticipated for proper test medium due to my 10 yo son accompanying me afield for his first buck!

.050 off the lands in my 270