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No meat loss at all. Justin Matthews The buck my wife shot this year with this combo only went about 10 yards with minimal bloodshot. This coupon is on the honor system. The Hammer Hunter line is our long range or high bc line of bullets. I can stack these bullets with my 308 Win. Loaded cases then received a full Lee factory crimp to prevent jump under recoil. The 121 HH shoots great in my .257 Weatherby with H 1000 powder 1:8" twist
Nosler data is pretty hot data and will line up pretty close with the Hammers. Number of Auctions Listed. We can quickly produce virtually any custom caliber and grain your rifle can support. That said, I stopped at 2909 fps ES 3 for obvious reasons - it's got enough grunt to drop anything in a fur coat, if administered properly. My son and I planned a South Texas elk hunt in September and he (13yo) used the 143 HH to drop a huge bull elk from 178 yards. We would be happy to refund your money. Precise and durable. Alternate shooting 180gr TTSX and 181 gr Hammer bullets using the same load (seating depth, powder,etc.) I like the performance combined with minimal meat wasted. Really thinking hard about selling my 300 win buying an 06 and shooting the 166 absolutes as an all around kill everything inside 500 yard gun. Barrel twist is 1:16, not 1:7 as stated earlier. (verified owner) February 21, 2021, Loaded these for my 10 year old daughter in a 243 browning micro medalian L.H .. 1 shot 50 yards ,,, buck went 10 yards ,,, complete pass through.. entrance was in the crease , exit opposite shoulder total devastation,,, awesome bullet, Travelis Russ It took a lot more time with the absolute to find the right powder/charge. Saw him faltering and bolted another round, as I pulled the trigger he dropped . I took it out yesterday and found a 6'7" black bear to test the load out. Well lets just say since discovering Hammer bullets, they are now my out of state loads as well, where lead is allowed. It was a 1/4 moa group. 29.2gr / 2727fps, stdDev 1.5fps, 1.25grp
Hammers do have a sligtly lower BC than any tipped copper bullet. I have other rifles for him to test in the future. As to powder, this was a little more tricky due to REACH compliance in the UK, aggravated by the current shortages. Just a great all around bullet. Loaded these in 338-06 at 2750 using RL15. (verified owner) January 3, 2022. mathew.watkins I get 3 shot groups much smaller than the palm of my hand at 600 yards. These shoot great in my 6.8 western. Problem solved with this hand-load. I normally do not leave reviews for bullets until I have used them on animals but Steve deserves a review on bullet accuracy and customer service. This bullet helped breathe some life back into a family heirloom, and turned it into a formidable meat retrieval weapon. Hammers best hunting bullet out there! This bullet is a great option for the 338 Federal. Largest group shot with that load was 0.38" at 100yrds, typical groups run closer to 0.25" using federal match primers vs remington. .75 inch groups at 2750, the first and only load I tried. Will be hunting with it this week. 3024 FPS
So far the best load is a medium charge that yields 1/2 MOA @ 3200 fps. (verified owner) October 23, 2022, Amazing accuracy loaded up some 131HH for Ruger m77 with 1:9.5 twist had Five rounds touching definitely happy. (verified owner) January 30, 2023. LeverEvolution turns out to be a great powder for the .300 Savage and .308 with this bullet. I have a custom built 340 weatherby with a 28 barrel and I just shot a 4 shot ladder test with these and gained 100fps and significant accuracy. With their relatively high BC and their advertised minimum expansion threshold, that gets me from a 200 yard rifle to a 325 yard gun. I hit 66.2 grain and made the best group so far of my shooting career. And a mule deer that weighed 289lbs. Very accurate and devastating on game. And that was 4 rounds in half grain increments. The 243 win with the 70HH. Rem. With that I'll be definitely buying more. WEIGHT BULLET COL POWDER START CHG VELOCITY MAX CHG VELOCITY 300 HAM'R RELOADING DATA EFFECTIVE SEPT 15, 2020 AND SUPERCEDES ALL PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED DATA 130gr Speer HAM'R HOT-CORE 2.175" Shooters World SOCOM 20.7gr 2150fps 23.0gr 2375fps 130gr Speer HAM'R HOT-CORE 2.175" Accurate 1680 23.6gr 2125fps 26.2gr 2350fps Been shooting the 181s and 166s in my 300 Win Mag and 300 WSM. Average muzzle velocity was 2,908 with 40.0gr of Varget out of the 22" barrel with a Rugged Radiant 7.62 mounted. Im 20-25 th off the lands . A follow up review for above combo. ~100 yard steep quartering away shot and the big boar dropped instantly and quickly began his death moan. After loading and shooting them I was seriously impressed. ruger american predator 6.5cm. They shot at 2800fps . He never knew what hit him! Primer is a little flat but not too bad, may back off a touch. However, my old Sako proved more problematic, which I put down to the 1:11 twist rate and long throat. I thought he would explode but when I walked up to him his head was gone. This bullet absolutely delivers. With a very compressed load of 3031, I can get 2500 fps, and 1 moa groups. 70 HH performs great. Looking forward to seeing the performance on game. One at 850 yards. Keep up the good work. There is an extensive spreadsheet for Absolute Hammer Load Data developed and shared by members on this Forum. My favorite hornet bullet bar none! Copper Bullets ( Legend ) They were readily available and shipped quick. Data for Hammer Hunters is on the Hammertime Forum, but it has not been placed. Took a white tail this fall, bang flop. I'm getting old and I love accurate rifles. Way way less meat damage than the old load with 168gr Berger. I'm running 75 grains of Varget at 3,863 fps with single digit SD and sub 1/2 MOA accuracy. (verified owner) March 10, 2020. Right now I have no RL-15 to try, so I will use this for hunting this year. 57.7 grains N550. FIRST FIVE SHOTS WENT IN A HOLE. December 20, 2021. I bought these to loads in a friends Marlin 30-30. Check for updates and measurements regularly. This is my load data. Had some Reloder 7 laying around and tried it at 23 grains. My X bolt took two whitetails last fall with this. .264 Cal-134g Power Hammer (formerly Shock Hammer), .358 Cal-200g Power Hammer (formerly shock hammer), .338 Cal-205g Power Hammer (formerly Shock Hammer). 40.5 of Varget works wonders also. (verified owner) March 4, 2022. This year with the Biden ammo crisis I ordered a box did a work up Settled on 2850 fps
Shot a 1 3 shot group at 530 yards. I run this little dude 4100-4300fps in 14 twist 22/250s and 220 swifts out to 375 yds kills deer like lighting! I've been around the horn with my rifle trying to find that one sweet pet load and its been a goat-rope until now. Tried the 143's too but these just shot a little better out of my rifle. Allows you to get the best performance from your rifle. A great deer load for most hunters. spec's. If you have a faster or slower twist for a given caliber, contact us and we can discuss a bullet for your needs. The results at long range were incredible. This bullet line is designed to feed through the magazine of factory rifles while still retaining the bearing surface of the bullet forward of the neck. Sorry I dont have the FPS yet. You must log in or register to reply here. I read of several loads on the Hammer Forum and thought I'd try RL26, working up to 56 grains as posted. Its a deer/hog worst nightmare out to 300 yds. I am a complete Hammer fan and will continue my hunting with Hammer Bullets. My 7mm 143gr hammers are longer than my 168gr Bergers with a much lower bc. Next is get her zeroed in and dope chart built. I'm also liking the Hammer bullets. These cavernous hollow points are designed to expand upon contact with a fluid-based medium through hydraulic energy. Looks like these will make a trip to africa in may. . I think Im already where I need to be at around 53 gr . Hammer bullets are the most consistent bullets I've ever sent down range. With a regular LRP. That second deviation number is not a typo, it is 1.5 FPS! A friend of mine in east Texas near Sam Rayburn is making hog heaven very crowded. So I don't have to worry about impact velocity being a limiting factor nor the bullet doing it's job. I thought I'd give it one last try first, and wow! Four does and two bucks. And Im totally confident in their terminal performance on elk. October 28, 2021, These bullets are the real deal. Mule kick and ran 30ft stumbling the whole way. Its not going to kill you to take a little extra time to work a load up, but it could kill you if you dont. Jereme Wesely There is a very comprehensive, up to date list of hammer load data over on the long range hunting site . My nightvis optic just has a standard duplex reticle and I hate "guesstimating" my elevation holds at distance. Steve and company really did the hard work and pointed me in the right direction though. I use standard full length dies that provide good neck tension. I had a very narrow shot window and a very short time window to make it work at about 120 yards. This load puts whitetail to sleep under 200 yards! I can't speak well enough about Steve and Brian. skennedy Environmental conditions can drastically impact firearms, powders, and primers. Sometimes we will swap to another primer. I shoot these in my ruger m77 mark ii 25-06 at 3660 fps and they shoot phenomenal on paper and on game. If your looking for a deer, or hog bullet to run in 22/250, 22 creed, or any whiz bang 22, this one will flat get it done! All others expanded perfectly and did exceptionally damaged before exiting. Even a 300 WM shooter was impressed. Recently purchased these and worked up a load in my wife's 22" Barrett Fieldcraft for an up coming sheep hunt. Flat shooting and hard hitting. We recently took the decision to go lead-free, which I accomplished readily in my moderated Ruger Scout in .308 with a 130gn competitor product travelling at 2936 fps and producing half-MOA groups. Hits very hard, taken 2 Pronghorn and one deer with the 67gr shock hammer. Didnt even crimp them with nosler new brass. All were very fast kills. They have worked great on game also. Will try and update after my Elk hunt on well they work on game, Travis John Smith The length and weight allowed my Ruger No One's 1:12 twist to truly reach its full potential. of 41.7 of Varget under a 99 Hammer Hunter at oal of 2.680. Shot in the same two holes as at 51 grains .hole is just getting bigger . Gerald DILGARD I run these in a Win 94 30-30 with H-LVR at 2505 fps and a little room to go, very accurate as far as m94's go. About the time we think it is the be all end all, we have a rifle that doesn't like it but likes something else. Meat loss almost non existent. Tried 3 different other brands of slugs, and gobs of powders. Only one bullet was recovered from her wildebeest which was a frontal shot. that shot was a miss as he dropped from the first shot as I shot again. So I loaded two rounds at 51 gr just for pressure and speed check . Cannot be combined with other discounts It may not display this or other websites correctly. Oddly I tried the same load with an 85 gr TSX and got about 150 fps less MV with the slightly lighter Barnes bullet. They shot phenomenally well out of my MKV Accumark! (verified owner) November 29, 2020. I'm impressed! I shot out to 540 inside 6 and they hit hard for a 90 gr bullet!! Barbourcreek tests 155 Hammer Hunters in 20% gel Block at 600 yards in a 7 BC Warrior Barbourcreek Long Range Shooting School and Long Range Hunting 24K views 3 years ago Ep. Hammer is doing something right. DeadBlow Hammers are Hammer Hunters that are designed to retain 40%-50% on impact. 30-06 at just over 2900fps. With varget, magnum primers, hornady brass, and magazine length this combination has shot <0.5 MOA at 200 and 530 yds and has killed 4 groundhogs dead in their tracks. My Savage loves it I'm getting 3270 fps from a 22 inch barrel. jim knaub The deer dropped right in it's tracks, without even a kick. I seated to mag length minus a 1/2 thousandth for good measure and wont be changing a thing going forward - one and done load. These shoot sub moa out of my Ridgeline 300 Win Mag like right at .50. My shot came at 237 yards. I couldnt ask for better customer service. 44.5 of RL16 prints tiny groups in every gun I have tried it in. One at 450 yards. Avg group size is .486" @ 3,165 fps out of a budget grade factory 6.5 creedmoor. Very accurate and plenty effective on Scottish red deer. 55.5 gr were nearly in the same hole. I started off with 62gr RL 17 up to 66 when group was around 1.25 inch. Looking forward to testing more loads. Ive gotten 1/4 MOA groups out of both! While having to seat them a little far into the case for my liking (takes up internal space for powder), I am still getting a little more than 100 fps velocity increase over the SMKs. and higher velocities it raises the old 94 lever gun to another level. January 4, 2022. In short, I shot the top one first and could clearly see a single hole through my Zeiss V6 at x15 power - no way! I couldnt be more pleased. Wow was i surprised. Welcome Guest. I held high shoulder. Switched to the 143 grain Hammer's last year for my 280AI. Thought I would give these a try in a 257 Weatherby Mark V that we installed a Lilja barrel on. We can provide a Hammer Bullet to meet the varying needs of each customer. Ordered up these for my .350 legend. Zero bloodshot meat in the 6 large game animals I've taken. Had several that shot half inch until I tried 44gr of 6.5 Staball . This goes right in the same hole for me and when I checked the speed, it keeps coming out at 3200 pretty much on the nose. great bullet. Very little internal damage due to the placement and all pieces of the the bullet exited. Click here to remove banner ads from this forum. As a bonus, it shoots to the same POI as the 200 gr Interlocks, so I can practice with the cheap stuff and use the Hammers when it counts. Bought these to find a deer and elk load that would shoot small groups but still do the job. Will post picture once I figure out how to change the file type. They shoot consistently inside 1 using my final load. If you want to hunt anything bigger than a yote with the smaller 22's within reasonable ranges, this and its boattailed 35gr sister are your best bet for a mono. 6.5mm Diamond Line HPBT Bullets are fabricated with glided metal jackets and bonded cores to ensure the bullet performs with every shot. Took out all the valves off the top of the heart, jellied one small portion of one lung. Hammer Type 44-40 Winchester .430" Wad Punch Hammer Type 44-40 Winchester .430" Wad Punch Be the first to review this product $20.00 In stock Item Number 4440RIFLE Add to Cart Add to Wish List Add to Compare Skip to the end of the images gallery Skip to the beginning of the images gallery Details Bullet Casting Alloys, Tin & Pure Lead; Bullet Casting Flux; Cast Iron Lead Pots; . Very easy load development. I cant wait to see what they do all loaded the same. Description. The Shock Hammers are our line of bullets that we designed for normal range hunting, where bc is inconsequential. Was curious what these might do in my 722 rem. Average Both had DRT results. At 200 yards it is still going about 2800 fps. Im a happy camper. They didn't start to stabilize until over 2900fps in my 1:7 twist. Salt-engraved 20-bore (2in) 'The "Royal" Model' self-opening sidelock ejector gun by Holland & Holland, no. We have quite a few diff primers on hand. How does 3600-3700fps from a 20" hunting rifle sound? Thank you!! I will continue to use these for as long as they keep selling them. (verified owner) August 27, 2020. I know it seems hot, but the load didn't show pressure issues until 30.5grs. Ding! I would give 10 stars if I could. Still need to chrono what's coming out of the tube. But you used load data for the 139gr Hornady Interlock. We are offering a 10% military discount for current and former members of the military. Should bring a lot of opinions. I plan to use it for my wife and daughter as a low recoil antelope hunting round. These bullets are legit. I'm having a hard time finding load data though. Mar 21, 2021 #7 M mtmuley Well-known member Joined Jan 11, 2009 Messages Only two of the deer were spine shot, others were thru the lungs, and they just collapsed. It has identical baring surface so it will load nearly identical with little or no change from previous loading. I loaded them to 3300 FPS, using Nosler load data for 85/90 grain bullets. The vapor trail is awesome. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas with . The rifles both shoot 1/2 inch with current handloads with almost any 130 (or 140gr) in the 270 and the same in the 280AI for 140 and 150gr Sirrocos and slightly worse (3/4 in) with Nosler Accubonds. With RL 26 I reached a very comfortable 3650 fps. But with my starting load I dropped a huge west Texas gemsbok bull. Shot out of savage Steven 284 win 8 twist, 24 barrel going 2980fps at mag length. 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