Hornady announced a new series of offerings in the Varmint Express line that features the NTX bullets. NTX (Non Toxic eXpanding) bullets are lead free bullets designed to meet the ‘no lead’ hunting restrictions of various states. According to Hornady, these loads are California approved.
Instead of a lead core, Hornady uses various metals to form the core of these bullets. The metal material varies from caliber to caliber.
The bullets are “highly frangible,” and are designed to break apart immediately when encountering anything denser than ambient air. The bullets have a V-MAX type polymer tip.
Initial loads will be 15.5 grain bullet in the 17 Mach 2 and 17 HMR, a 25 grain bullet in the .22 WMR, a 30 grain bullet in the .204 Ruger, and a 45 grain bullet in the .223 Remington.
The Varmint Express with NTX cartridges will be available in March 2010.
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