HRNDY LVREVO 35REM 200GR 20/200

Description

Hornady’s LeverEvolution line was built around a specific problem: tubular magazines require flat-nosed or round-nosed bullets to prevent the point of one cartridge from resting against the primer of the one ahead of it under recoil. That constraint historically forced lever-action hunters to accept the modest ballistic coefficients that come with blunt projectiles. The FTX bullet solves this with a flexible polymer tip that compresses harmlessly inside a tubular magazine but functions exactly like a pointed tip in flight, raising the ballistic coefficient and flattening the trajectory compared to what a conventional flat-point load in the same caliber can achieve.

For the .35 Remington specifically, this matters because the cartridge has always been a capable short-range deer and hog round carried in lever-action rifles, but it has traditionally shed energy quickly past 100 yards. The 200-grain FTX load leaves the muzzle at 2,225 fps and carries 2,198 ft-lbs of muzzle energy, giving it considerably more reach than older flat-point loads while remaining appropriate for the platform. Hornady publishes a G1 ballistic coefficient of .300 for this bullet, which is meaningful headroom over a conventional flat-point in this bore diameter.

The FTX bullet is also a controlled-expansion design: the polymer tip drives into the lead core on impact to initiate expansion at velocities where older soft-points might fail to open reliably. That characteristic makes this load useful across the range of distances a .35 Remington lever gun is realistically employed. Brass is boxer-primed and reloadable. Each box contains 20 rounds.