Im consiring the new Hornady FTX ammo in .357 for hunting. Anyone have any experience with this new ammo? and where can I find it in .357.. Basspro doenst have neither does Carters country.

Cheaper than Dirt has it:

http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/52501-65852-2276.html

Personally, I'd recommend a 180gr. hard cast bullet. Federal has their 'CastCore' line, other specialty makers have similar offerings (Buffalo Bore, Cor-Bon, Garrett, etc.) and you can roll your own with the Beartooth Bullets that our sponsor sells.

Good luck with your hunting. I assume you are in Texas with the mention of Carter's Country, so it's deer and hogs?

Flat point hard cast is the very best way to go. Federal, Buffalo Bore, Grizzly Ammo, and Double Tapp all load excelent wide meplat flat point hard cast bullets

I'm with Mike on this one.

You owe it to yourself(and the animal) to use a hardcast,heavier the better, coming outta a .357mag. -----pruhdlr

First of all, what are you hunting? If it is a reasonably sized animal (bigger than a bunny), you would be best served with a heavy hardcast bullet -- flat-nosed of course -- PERIOD! Penetration is king, and that flat-nose does a whole lotta damage!

Well guys, the .357 is a sad hunting cartridge to start with. Expand too fast and it won't go in because boolits are light. Don't expand and the meplat is not large enough unless it is a full wad cutter. It kills OK but every single shot must be perfect, ribs only.
OK for BG's and jackrabbits in my opinion.
Yeah I will get jumped on again with guys that say they killed this and that but it still does not put the caliber near the point where confidence in every shot takes over.
I would use the gun for carry and buy a respectable hunting caliber. Magic bullets will not make it better.
I won't even own one of the silly things when there is so much better today.
I can't wait for the response to this! :D
There are two classes of revolver shooters. The how low can you go crowd and the how high can you go before breaking your wrist or spitting your head open crowd. The .44 is dead center and the starting point.
Others will say the .41 is great but why buy a .357 or a .41 when you can buy a .44 or .45?

Doesn't need to be a full wad cutter a meplat of .3 to .310 works well and is larger than the meplat found on some 44 bullets. The 160 to 180 grainers kill hogs up to 250 poungs quite well in my experience. The problem with a lot of factory loads today that I have Chrono'ed is that the loadings are water down many 158 grainers are at about 1150 FPS, but some are in the 1350 FPS from a 4" barrrel amd at the latter speeds are effective. In my 6" S&W these loads are over 1400 FPS

I know what you mean. Whitworth and I chronographed Hornady .475 loads and they were nothing more then .480's in a longer case.
The .357 will work but I think you have to handload and pick the perfect boolits. Most run of the mill factory loads are not good for much of anything. Some are soft, some explode and others poke tiny holes. I think the .357 is the hardest caliber to find the right boolits for. You have speed but not enough bullet weight. You really need a 180 gr WFN but they won't fit some guns.
Hornady is going for light, fast, pointed bullets for long range but we don't know what they will do in animals. I don't like the light bullet, high velocity stuff.

I agree most of the factory loads are not much in 357 Mag these days in fact some have ballistics only slight better than +P 38s. Buffalo Bore offers an excellent 180 grain hardcast as does Double Tapp (they even offer a 200 grain) as does Federal in the Cast Core loading.