(verified owner) August 19, 2022. September 16, 2021, Have not killed anything with them, I will give another review when I do, but as for accuracy GTFO my Browning BAR is shooting .25moa with these, If they kill like they shoot, I will probably switch all my rifles to these bullets, Justin Youngblood The additional fps gain with the absolute probably wont make much difference in my case but was fascinating. ballistic tips. Anyone using this coupon that is not a veteran, is a turd. I can use to look at . Then I tried working my way up with TAC and I was just below pressure limits with 44.0 and a regular primer. After skinning the elk we looked at the exit wound and you could see where the nose petals exited. Only meat loss was a small portion of one back strap. The squares below are .5 inch. It is a great killing combo. Easiest bullets I have worked up loads for including custom bullets for my custom benchrest rifles. Make a 6 foot thick sandwich using plywood. You are using an out of date browser. Guys at the range are taking notice and asking questions. Although maybe a little on the heavy side for a 280AI, these shoot .5" at an easy 2850FPS. Looking forward to seeing the performance on game. Firearms and reloading equipment not taken care of can lead to catastrophic failure, danger, and death. Could not be happier with the results. 8 point Maine buck. The hammers hitlike a ton of bricks I was very impressed! Next is get her zeroed in and dope chart built. Edit to my previous review. After an 8 shot ladder test looking for pressure I picked a load and shot a .27" 3 shot group at 100 then a 2.5" 3 shot group at 607 yards. The great guys at Hammer said to try the 200gr ShockHammers. cwollesen44 The speed is def there and I have room to back off and still get better than traditional 30-06 borderline .300 win mag speeds out of a .308 Win the 151 absolute. Steve at Hammer Bullets has been getting requests for load data on Hammer Hunter bullets. (verified owner) December 11, 2022. I chose the 151gn Absolute Hunter, knowing that it would be fully stabilised and yet, on-game performance would be similar to the S2150. I split the difference between some closely weighted loading data for my starter load. All beasts enter the food chain, which thanks to our in-house butcher, are jointed and fully prepared for the kitchen, with all funds going back into our sporting activities. We offer a satisfaction guaranteed or your money back policy. Went to the range to check the FPS on the LeHigh's Maximum Expansion Technology is used to produce projectiles that create the largest wound channels of any bullet you can buy. Avg group size is .486" @ 3,165 fps out of a budget grade factory 6.5 creedmoor. Precise and durable. Stu, Wesley Turner I recovered a petal under the skin on the inner part of the far side leg. Copper Bullets ( Legend ) - Reloading Supplies at GunBroker.com : 973358118 You must Sign In or Register for a GunBroker.com account to take action on this item. Loaded a pressure ladder with Varget, backed off a touch, sighted in a went hunting. With this new sponsorship, the 7mm 184gr F-Open Hybrid Target Bullet was created. So far the best load is a medium charge that yields 1/2 MOA @ 3200 fps. Excellent performance in 24" barrel 30-06. Shooting a Tikka t3. Accuracy is phenomenal! Then tried 43.5 and got bug hole groups from two different rifles, At 3300+ fps these thing will turn a deer's insides to Jello . I've purchased 400.00 worth of these bullets just this month and I'm wondering if I've bought enough. Description. Ivan Bourgeois John Albert Absolute HammerClaw HammerDangerous GameDead Blow HammerHammer HunterJack Hammer Pittman HammerShock Hammer Target Hammer. She took 9 animals on our safari all were single shot kills except for her sable. Ship to: 11284 MT Hwy 83 Bigfork, MT 59911 Specifications: Will purchase again. Only one rib hit on the off side. One petal has not sheared, but otherwise perfect performance and very fast lethality. 6.5 CM 1:8 twist 22 inch barrel and no pressure signs. I get consistent 1/2 groups in the heat of summer or the cool of hunting season. Steve recommended these for my 6.5x300 Bee. If your only shooting out to 400 yds than the BC isnt a huge concern. Thank you!! Id love to attach pictures. We found this bullet in the off side against the humorous. Velocity is beyond comparison. This load puts whitetail to sleep under 200 yards! I just finished a multi-day long-range hunting class and absolutely hammered it. 4 shots the first day into 1" with a ladder of different charges of Varget, and then the second day put 3 shots into a 1/2" at 100 yds with 44.5gr. 1/2 at 100yards. And Im totally confident in their terminal performance on elk. Barrel twist is 1:16, not 1:7 as stated earlier. The Shock Hammersare our line of bullets that we designed for normal range hunting, where bc is inconsequential. Still need to chrono what's coming out of the tube. Tried a large variety of bullets in my 30 nosler. (verified owner) December 2, 2021. this bullet performed wonderfully on the whitetail I shot, punched through some thick brush and still found it's mark and make a clean kill. arreed28 5 Replies; 1821 Views; . will be loading some more of these up just to see how tight of a grouping I can squeeze out of them. I run this one up to 4100fps in a 22/250, 4200fps in a 22 creed. This is kind of a "feel" thing as to how much to back off when you find pressure. 143 Hammer Hunters out of my 7 SAUM (26",1:8 twist). With their relatively high BC and their advertised minimum expansion threshold, that gets me from a 200 yard rifle to a 325 yard gun. Five shot group averages The 151 grain Absolute Hammer worked for me this season by putting a bull elk down in one shot. First shot missed completely low, 2nd hit forward in the chest, 3rd was perfectly through the heart and dropped her. They need to be pushed pretty fast out of a fast twist barrel to stabilize but the western has no problem. Here is my load data for my Abolt 25-06 with 26" McGowan barrel: Ive got quite a few for you. Found a load development under half moa. Average muzzle velocity was 2,908 with 40.0gr of Varget out of the 22" barrel with a Rugged Radiant 7.62 mounted. The entry hole was 7mm and the exit was about 1" The buck made it 30 yards tops. I played with them a while and came up with a great load. Rich start another thread in the rifles forum about barrel break in. Ding! May favorite 6.5 CM bullet for years. Best decision I made was to purchase these. Dropped to the shot. If your looking at these, buy em! How does 3600-3700fps from a 20" hunting rifle sound? A winner, and FINALLY. Took an antelope and a black tail with these out of my 300prc. ADG brass, H1000, Fed215m primers seated to 3.550". In October I took an antelope at 525 yards with a bullet and hit the buck exactly where I was aiming, through the lungs but behind both shoulders to avoid meat loss. This bullet absolutely delivers. You've gained a long term customer. All boom flops, rking453 Showed slight signs of pressure. Moved to 78.5 which shot a .24 group at 100yds. I am lucky for that at these times. I have been a lifetime shooter of another brand of all copper bullets, but I decided to give the 124gr 6.5mm bullets a try out of my new 6.5prc. HH. At 53 gr of N120 the Bullet whats to push back out to COL of 2.582 . He never knew what hit him! 257 Wby with Hammer Bullets Shoots! In the dirt. 44.5 of RL16 prints tiny groups in every gun I have tried it in. Then 50 yards later to my surprise she falls over. October 19, 2022. Very easy to load. I get a typical single entry on chest shots and five exist holes in a cluster about the size of a large orange. Every tool is different so it might not stay true to your tool. Cant wait to drop some bears with these bullets. Also run it in a 22/284 at 3900 fps. 700 ADL stock barrel and action with a 9.125 twist per Rem. IJS, billmcneese62 Didnt even crimp them with nosler new brass. They definitely did not disappoint I was able to get 3/4" moa at 100yrd first time out. Thread starter archerynut21; Start date Mar 25, 2021; Mar 25, 2021 #1 . Set up milk jugs today, and these actually penetrated further than the 196 Hunter at 6 jugs for the 178s vs 5 for the 196s. I shot out to 540 inside 6 and they hit hard for a 90 gr bullet!! Wont buy these bullets again as Ive spent too much time already trying to make these work! with the 262g Hammer Hunter at 100yards. Will try and update after my Elk hunt on well they work on game, Travis John Smith It was found in front of the left hip perfectly mushroomed. 57.5 gr of 4831sc seemed to work the best of the 3 powders I tried. I loaded 10 rounds in that sweet spot load and printed two back to back 1/2" groups and its moving at 3078fps with SD of 5 with ZERO pressure showing. 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. Pressure 0 , recoil was very light . 16inch liberty barrel, 2750fps, temp 45F, And 750ft elevation. Anyone know where data might be? Data for Hammer Hunters is on the Hammertime Forum, but it has not been placed. I have other rifles for him to test in the future. The 35g Hammer Hunter will line up nicely with lead core 35g data, such as Hodgdon. Great bullet so long as your rifle barrel meets the recommended twist rate. Perfect bullet for my needs. Can't wait to further test these little meanies!!! Unlike that B company. 3 in a dime at 100 yrds. Took very little work to achieve 400 yard groups slightly under 2". I got .2 and.3 inch groups at 100 and 200 yards with a few opening to .5. Fired one round of 79 gr. I loaded it @ 4000fps in my 220 Swift ,1-14 twist Remington , my first 5 shot group at 100 yards were one small hole less than dime size , I have shot a couple beavers and one coyote with complete pass throughs for such a small bullet it is very impressive, I will be buying more, If you can shoot and your rifle is capable load development etc most accurate bullet I've ever loaded bug hole groups 50 plus yrs loading experience, MATTHEW DICKEY Shot a 1 3 shot group at 530 yards. Made my first loads out of my .284 win with the 143 hammer hunter. And as slways be safe and keep em in the x ring. Tested several hunting bullets at varying velocities in my 6.5 PRC. with SD of 7.5, and ES of 15. Ive finished load work up with a vanguard 25-06 with the 90s @ 3750 and after some tinkering it shoots one rounded hole at 100. That's going to do a number on anything it hits, I tried 43 gr of Varget and must say I was not impressed. Varget, cci200 primers Lapua brass, sized with fl die and .289 bushing and crimped into first groove up front with lee die. Now I just need to get some 180s for my 300 wsm! To push heavier/longer bullets in many SAUMs/WSMs/PRCs etc many would want a long action mag box. Does the Eng team over at Hammer Bullets have any data for a 444 and a 200 gr Shock hammer . 80 yard shot. The receivers on these rifles are notoriously weak. I have RL-22, IMR 7828 SSC and H4831SC. My shot came at 237 yards. Ive had excellent results backing down a couple grains from max load and laddering .01 grains for accuracy and not messing with seating depth. We just returned from South Africa and the performance of these bullets in her rifle was spectacular. (verified owner) November 17, 2021, I recently purchased a box of .264 124 gr Hammer Hunters to try in my 6.5 Creedmoor. Educate yourself on all the dangers involved with shooting and reloading firearms. (verified owner) February 9, 2022, shot serval hogs with these out to 290yds it wacks em! (verified owner) March 10, 2020. toby.spruce So all the information you read about Hammer bullets, says that faster burning powders for any given cartridge perform best, but when you peruse through the all the pet loads folks have posted, more . Hammer Bullets is not responsible for your load process, equipment, and choices. They cycle perfect. Single digit ES goes from 4 to 9 with avg around 7 Attachments Angling away, the bullet shed 3 petals, destroyed the liver, hot the spine, and shattered 7 vertebrae before lodging inside the spine. The max size allowed is : 4 MB. Only two of the deer were spine shot, others were thru the lungs, and they just collapsed. 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. This may not be an issue for all calibers/cartridges, but it does happen. That second deviation number is not a typo, it is 1.5 FPS! There was very little blood shot and meat spoilage from the shot. Alan Ratliff Terminal performance has been outstanding on whitetail. Thanks, Hammer guys! Ranges from 51 yds. All the best, Shot placement was through both front shoulders. Brady Hylton The only downside was that I needed a bushing die to get proper neck tension, as the design of these bullets required more tension than what I had been using previously. Reloading Bullets 30 Cal. They do not expand on dry mediums like wood, drywall, bone, or sheet metal. 257 wby pushing em 3,915 fps avg resulted in a 5 shot group measuring 0.246". Great bullets. I bought these to loads in a friends Marlin 30-30. 1:10 twist 26" barrel 200 gr Hornady Interlocks have abysmal BC, and 250 gr Speer Hot Cors just dont have the velocity I want, and I cant get anything else. (verified owner) February 2, 2023. Weatherby vanguard S2 243 win Robert Coakley Several shooting forums spoke highly of Hammer bullets and I decided to try some. HH work perfectly. Didn't even have to adjust the scope from my Ballistic Tip load. I'm sure there may be a faster accuracy node, but I'm happy with 3200. October 10, 2022. This is really what Im after flat shooting all the way out to 200 yards . Amazing consistency. Not my testing but some video I saw on youtube. Very accurate and devastating on game. I like the performance combined with minimal meat wasted. I was about to take the rifle to the smith to get it blueprinted and re-barreled when I heard about the 121 Heavy Hammers. It may not display this or other websites correctly. After loading and shooting them I was seriously impressed. Turns out watching the video our guide saw one of the petals exit at an angle and kick dirt up that appeared to be a high right miss. I'm sure they could be pushed a lot faster but why bother. I tried every box of ammo I could get my hands on as well as some hand loads. I agree with the last paragraph above. The hammer blackout was a bang flop. Hoping I can tighten up the groups when I load a little closer to the lands. I have taken five animal to date with the 124 Grain Hammer Hunters out of my 6.5 PRC at 3300 FPS and the results have been fantastic. 300 PRC: 199 gr Hammer Hunter 3,190. thomascjohnston52 I would recommend. family have been using hammer bullets also and no negative reports! Messages. I couldnt ask for better customer service. (verified owner) June 21, 2022. Alternate shooting 180gr TTSX and 181 gr Hammer bullets using the same load (seating depth, powder,etc.) Have also shot a buck with it and it too was one shot with No Tracking Required. I can't wait to finish out this load to maximum velocity's and see what she can do. I decided to try this bullet out after some positive anecdotes online. stubing I would not hesitate to shoot a bull elk with this load. 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