Hornady FTX 160 grain .308 projectiles - Accuracy?

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Pnumatix
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Hornady FTX 160 grain .308 projectiles - Accuracy?

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Just wondering how members here find the projectiles in the title for accuracy. Maybe I'm alone, but I cannot get these things to shoot in either my Marlin 336, or Mossberg 464 30/30's. I even gave in and tried Hornady factory ammo in both guns with worse results than my hand loads.
Both rifles are scoped, and will shoot around 1.5 moa with Fedral Powershok (Blue box) 150 or 170 grain ammo. Both will also shoot around 1.5 moa with my other hand loads using Sierra#2000 150 grain FP.
The Hornady factory FTX 160 group approx 6 to 8 moa. My reloads with the same projectile are around 4 moa.
Anyone else have similar results? Or is there some trick I'm unaware of?
44shooter
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Re: Hornady FTX 160 grain .308 projectiles - Accuracy?

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I don't have any experience with them, but have read reports of very usable accuracy and none nearly as bad as your experience. I think you have found three fine alternatives though. Sometimes you just need cut your loss and move on to something that works.
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Re: Hornady FTX 160 grain .308 projectiles - Accuracy?

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Thanks for the reply. I'll stick to my current handloaded Sierra #2000's for now. I was hoping some had similar issues and found a solution, but it looks like I'm the only one silly enough to try these things.
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