![]() ![]() FTX loading hits two inches low at the muzzle, 4.1 inches high at 100 yards and 19.3 inches low at 300 yards-it makes a BIG hole and has enough terminal energy to take any North American game animal. Even with its “rock-like” trajectory-sighted in at 200 yards, the 250-gr. Kudos to Mossberg for recognizing the utility of this real thumper of a cartridge. SST ML right below his ear and went down like he’d been hit by an 18-wheeler.Īll of which brings me to the subject of this article, Mossberg’s new Patriot Predator rifle chambered in. With ten years of sporting clays experience, I tracked the crosshairs out past the hog’s nose and pulled the trigger. And then there was the “last chance” guy … me. He hit a pine tree in an explosion of red bark. ![]() The next guy in line was the editor of a major national gun magazine who shall remain nameless. Steve Hornady was first up-only fair, since he was picking up the entire tab-but he missed. The dogs got that hog running flat out parallel to a line of three shooters at a range of about 100 feet. I got three hogs on that hunt, ranging from 350- to nearly 500-pounds-all one-shot kills-the biggest being a feral hog that somehow infiltrated the high-fence property. FTX-a superior performer, for sure-at a muzzle velocity of 2,200 f.p.s., with a muzzle energy of 2,686 ft. Since then they’ve replaced it with 250-gr. The ammo on that hunt was loaded with Hornady’s SST ML muzzleloading bullet in the appropriate diameter. 450 Bushmaster-and a variety of Trijicon magnifying optics, while Hornady brought the ammo. New for 2020 is the addition of a set of very nice open sights, the front of which being a bright-red fiber optic and the rear a fully adjustable ramp style.īushmaster suppled the rifles-all their new AR-15 models chambered in. The Patriot Predator’s 16.25-inch barrel helps make for a light, compact and handy package in the brush. I was one of the seven test hunters invited by Steve to attend a European black boar hunt in South Carolina. ![]() Before its public release, Steve Hornady decided it would be a good idea to assemble a group of professional writers/hunters to test the new cartridge on dangerous game. That’s probably because I was one of the very first mortals to shoot it. I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for the. 450 Bushmasterīy: Bill Battles Your compact, suppressor-ready, brush-busting machine ![]()
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