Any one use the new Hornady FPB.
 

Although I have been successful hunting elk in Colorado using the powerbelt bullets (any bullet will kill an elk at 15 feet) I am wanting a bullet that does not have the reputation of breaking apart. Can't use sabots in colorado. Any one use the Hornady FPB?

Tried them.
Loaded hard (hard to start in the bore) in my rifle and accuracy wasn't that good (not bad, just not as good as some lead bullets or sabots).
Never hunted with them.

I tried the 350 gr last year. They shot good out to 200 yards. with a 100 gr powder . As far as loading hard, give them a good smack to get started and they slide down easy after that. They load about like a lot of conicals. Accuracy for me was excellent. I just picked up 3 packs of the 300 gr yesterday to try. I think you will like them . They are definitely better than powerbelts. Then again what isn't.

I have had excellent results with the FPB 350, with 90 gr I can get groups well under an inch. I do use a sort of unconventional way of loading them or should I say preparing them for loading. Since they are designed for the flared skirt to hold on to the bore and they make them so they will fit some off brands with an out sized bore I flattened a round ball and forced it into the bore of my gun,then measured across the rifling [not the groves] and bored a hole in a 1 inch brass bar that size mounted the bass on a block of wood with the area under the hole cut out and pushed a bunch of FPB through when having a few minutes free time. this keeps the skirt round and with the right tension to the bore.
This is the first target I shot at 100yds with Blackhorn 90 gr after I decided what would work best for me. Also they do mushroom very well and stay together, I have only used them on a feral pig and a small bear so far but was quite satisfied with there terminal result. Lee
PS. I flared the top of the hole in the brass so it would form with out cutting or scraping.

I love them. Very accurate in every gun I've shot them out of. They do have a trick to loading them as someone mentioned. Line them up in the bore then give them a quick smack with the short starter. After that, they just slide right down.

Here's the first ever group I shot with them out of my 700ML.



Give them a try. They will work better than the powerbelts for sure. Another option, and what I use for CO elk, is a 460g Bullshop.

try these out, these wont come apart. www.thorbullets.com the price is cheap when it comes to hunting with them.

MD, are you saying the FPB's come apart inside an elk? Have you experienced this, know someone who has or is it just conjecture? I'm curious cause the FPB's look like they would be a perfect CO elk round but if they are coming apart inside of elk then maybe not....

there are reports of them coming apart in game, TX had one do it but is happy with the performance. I prefer to spend a few $ more and buy a high quality bullet that will NOT come apart. For elk and bigger game, you want the bullet to penetrate, not come apart.

"Now that the FPB bullets have been out there for a couple of seasons, what kind of results have you had on elk. Our party shot 2 elk with them last year and the results were not as good as I had hoped. Both elk were shot with a load of 95gr of BH209.
Elk #1 was a cow that was shot at a range of about 100 yds. The bullet hit at the base of the neck and blew up into small pieces on the neck bone. There was a fist sized hole in the neck on the entrance side and no exit hole. When we cut up the elk, the near side front shoulder was full of small pieces of lead and jacket for several inches close to the impact area. Elk went down immediately, but no part of the bullet appeared to have made it through the neck.
Elk #2 was a 4x5 bull. This elk was shot at a range of 50yds with a high shoulder shot. The bullet put a large hole in the top of the shoulder blate and again appeared to come apart. There were marks in the bottom of the spinal column where several fragments struck it, but nothing big enough to cause the spine much damage. The bigest pieces were found inside the off shoulder and nothing penetrated the far shoulder. The elk went about 100 yds after the shot.
Although both elk were killed, I was hoping for a little better penetration from the bullets. On one elk, the tip was cut off and on the other, the tip was pulled out to comply with Colorado's laws."

Some would say, They died didnt they? Well it comes back to what i said earlier, spend the extra $6 and get a superb conical.

I shot one through the shoulder of a bear and it did not come apart hit the bone to.
MD is just trying to steal threads again.