I have never taken game with the FTX bullets, but I tried them out in my Ruger SBHH, and my Alaskan. Neither one likes the FTX as much as the XTP. My SBHH with 240xtp groups very well, and with 300xtp it groups amazingly well, but with the FTX it groups about like a shotgun. (All factory hornady offerings) Handloads may get you dialed in better, but after comparing them in factory offerings, I simply gave up on the FTX . They function just fine in a revolver, but weren't very accurate in mine. I don't have a chrono, so I can't give any info on velocity of the factory loading.