www.longrangehunting.com Another good source of Hammer reload data. There was a warning about only experienced handloaders using absolute hammers. The deer dropped right in it's tracks, without even a kick. O.V.A.L @ 3.885" Not my testing but some video I saw on youtube. Yesterday I shot a whitetail doe at 200 yards standing near the private property line. Remember, Don't argue with stupid people, They will drag you down to their level and win by experience. Messages. Probably a good idea to stay with hammer hunters rather than the absolutes of your just getting started. No doubt this bullet will be in my rifle for many future mule deer and elk seasons. Tried a large variety of bullets in my 30 nosler. As to accuracy, I tested it at 100 yards on 18 Nov 22 and produced the attached groups. This shot folded him like a soup Sandwich! CCI BR-4 primers These bullets are money well spent. Please Login or Register. Oddly I tried the same load with an 85 gr TSX and got about 150 fps less MV with the slightly lighter Barnes bullet. October 10, 2022. Continued load development rewarded me with a repeatable 0.5moa rifle, with these 174s clocking in at 3380 FPS. Hit a hog behind the right shoulder into back of the left shoulder. .025 off lands. Have your own review to share? He was shooting my 20 proof barreled 7 saum. BL-C(2) powder, Starline Brass, Ginex Primer. Hammer Bullets. Put it right behind the shoulder and the guide immediately called miss reload. I loaded them to 3300 FPS, using Nosler load data for 85/90 grain bullets. Plan to use for turkey and predators. Dropped a ton of hogs, quite a few coyotes, a few beavers. Greg Huchko So I loaded two rounds at 51 gr just for pressure and speed check . 6.5 CM 1:8 twist 22 inch barrel and no pressure signs. I shot out to 540 inside 6 and they hit hard for a 90 gr bullet!! It took a lot more time with the absolute to find the right powder/charge. Seldom do they shoot over .6". Just loaded these for my Christensen Arms Ridgeline 300 WIn Mag. While this particular bullet has a very narrow selection of powders that can optimize its performance in the 223/5.56, when you get it right it can turn the 223 Remington into a 22 Nosler using less powder! The results at long range were incredible. More will be on the way soon. These bullets all have 1.5mm hollow point and are typically 60%-70% weight retention. I have switched to hammers for all of my hunting rifles, so easy and consistent. John Phillips The elk ran 80 yards down the hill and fell over. Use one of the allowed file type: jpg,png. My go-to load was found at my starting charge with H110! I have used them successfully on three roe, two fallow and two sika deer. Pressure 0 , recoil was very light . Have already ordered some lighter ones to try just to get that extra velocity I want just to flatten out my trajectories. The best bullet yet for hunting and long range. And so far they really smash game. Very minimal meat loss very. Great bullet so long as your rifle barrel meets the recommended twist rate. Tack driving accuracy. To push heavier/longer bullets in many SAUMs/WSMs/PRCs etc many would want a long action mag box. I settled for 2975 fps for good accuracy and plenty of energy. I was very happy with the accuracy but an antelope lung shot is not much of a test on a 7mm bullet. The Hammer Hunter line is our long range or high bc line of bullets. The terminal performance was nothing like ive seen, with minimal meat loss. Jonathan Kisamore Not the best terminal review (will explain in a minute) but sheesh. 2933fps out of 25" bartlein 9 twist. Easiest load development I have ever had with my long throated Browning 300 RUM! (verified owner) January 14, 2023. Devastating performance. Very impressed so far. (verified owner) November 14, 2022. 30-06 at just over 2900fps. I'm really excited, I've heard Hammer bullets are very accurate. This bullet produced accurate loads very easily in my 300WSM and worked fantastic on a Bull Elk. This year I killed two Muleys and both dropped in their tracks. @ingwe asked me if I would start a thread detailing how we do load development, so here goes. If you are looking for a great performing, tough bullet these will do the trick and then some. Work up your loads slowly. Retained ~70%. Will be using it Fall of 2022 for hogs, deer, and, coyotes. I have been holding off on writing this review until I saw how it performed on animals. I have a new "Woods Load" We hunt from tree stands and most shots are 100 yards or less. I think we can do exacy like the Absolute Hammer post, just on the Hammer Hunter (this) post. Makes senses to not force a rifle too shoot what it dont like. It was a 1/4 moa group. Lee Woiteshek Moving at 3128fps muzzle velocity. Dont worry too much about coal just make sure they feed out of the magazine good. I'm also liking the Hammer bullets. Both had DRT results. But what really sold me was when I shot a doe at 200yards that was moving and I miss judged the lead. That will put a "hurtin" on just about anything. Most were 1.5 or less moa at 100. The exit hole was about 2 inches. The squares below are .5 inch. Meat loss was very minimal, almost no bloodshot / smuckers jelly meat to clean out. Educate yourself on all the dangers involved with shooting and reloading firearms. 5-10 yards. When I say new, I mean I've reloaded less than 40 rounds. 3 in a dime at 100 yrds. Extremely Impressed. Everything seems to work well with it in our Creedmoors. 78 degrees Fahrenheit Lost some cube steak there. Shot a gallon milk jug full of water at 50 yds and the little guy made it through the other side! The 243 win with the 70HH. Minimal bloodshot or meat loss. I get a typical single entry on chest shots and five exist holes in a cluster about the size of a large orange. Long. And the weight fluctuated 1.25 grains at most on the 10 that I weighed. (verified owner) March 29, 2022, Im quite impressed with these bullets so far. Welcome Guest. Very pleased. I can use to look at . I cant wait to see what they do all loaded the same. Even a 300 WM shooter was impressed. Probably going to try and push them harder just to see but very happy as is. This spring I started load development for my 25" barreled 280 Ackley Improved. Five shot group averages A follow up review for above combo. Shot placement was through both front shoulders. Using Leverevolution powder, i was able to hit 3050 fps and .3 which is hard to do in this cartridge. Federal case This 150g pure copper Power Hammer is replacing the 152g Hammer Hunter. This was a large framed 8 point white tail buck in the 190 pound class. Tried 3 different other brands of slugs, and gobs of powders. Monday at 12:18 PM #23 Guy Miner Master Loader Apr 6, 2006 16,896 2,361 xphunter said: Thanks Hammer, you always seem to have what I need, when I need it. This bullet shoots great out of my Savage 243 win. My favorite hornet bullet bar none! They are absolutely devastating on game without meat loss. My Savage loves it I'm getting 3270 fps from a 22 inch barrel. Was curious what these might do in my 722 rem. Alas, two things have caused me to look for an alternative: Sierra's decision to obsolete this bullet and impending legislation to go non-toxic. Building a load was so easy and quick it was almost boring. If you have a faster or slower twist for a given caliber, contact us and we can discuss a bullet for your needs. With their relatively high BC and their advertised minimum expansion threshold, that gets me from a 200 yard rifle to a 325 yard gun. 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. I'm getting sub M.O.A. with the 262g Hammer Hunter at 100yards. + Print; Pages: [1] 257 Wby with Hammer Bullets Shoots! Lyman M Dies; 41-44 Caliber; 7.51mm-7.92mm Caliber; 29-31 Caliber; 5.45mm-7.5mm Caliber; Wed love to hear from you! Largest group shot with that load was 0.38" at 100yrds, typical groups run closer to 0.25" using federal match primers vs remington. Hammers are generally very easy to find a load. You are using an out of date browser. Im betting that I could get to, or even surpass 30 grains of powder, but well see. Now this is where things started to get a little tougher . As part of a 3 man team, I manage over 4000 acres in rural Dorset and process over 200 deer a year, mainly sika and roe. Although maybe a little on the heavy side for a 280AI, these shoot .5" at an easy 2850FPS. I took a [large for East TN] 10-point whitetail at 120 yards with this load. I did get velocities of almost 150 fps higher than with different loads and powders but the load I settled on shot nice tight groups and seemed pretty conservative for all weather conditions. One shot. Michael Wilczynski Perfection on a high shoulder shot with very high impact velocity. The Shock Hammers are our line of bullets that we designed for normal range hunting, where bc is inconsequential. I will not buy another bullet other than hammer hunter for my 300 WSM and I can't wait to see how these perform on an Elk this year. I thought he would explode but when I walked up to him his head was gone. Allows you to get the best performance from your rifle. It seems that these may be the holy grail as they have the traditional benefits of copper bullets (dont explode or fragment and penetrate deep) and can be loaded heavier than traditional coppers or pushed decently faster than traditional copper bullet weights. Great velocity and sub moa out of my Tikka 7mm Rem Mag. One petal has not sheared, but otherwise perfect performance and very fast lethality. Grouping under moa out of savage 300 wsm at mag length. They fall more in line with conventional loading data and are very forgiving. I was impressed with the performance on two whitetails this year. In high winds you just need to understand the perimeters of your bullet selection. I purchased a box of 50 Hammers. A hole through both sides of the animal. This was due to a high shot and he was finished off with a second. Bullet performance was great. Christopher Wambeke Recoil is on par with my 6.5 Creedmoor. Well lets just say since discovering Hammer bullets, they are now my out of state loads as well, where lead is allowed. Can't wait to try them this deer season, Gerald DILGARD Ordered up these for my .350 legend. Had 4 exit holes on the opposite side. I get consistent 1/2 groups in the heat of summer or the cool of hunting season. They also had a wider wound channel when compared to Nosler AB. So far the best load is a medium charge that yields 1/2 MOA @ 3200 fps. I loaded the 123 AH in 24 6.5 Creedmoor to 3140. they shoot sub 1/2. Very little internal damage due to the placement and all pieces of the the bullet exited. mixitup210 Average Rem. Sure they will perform like my other experience's with Hammer Hunters. This bullet is extremely accurate (like all my loads). (verified owner) February 3, 2021. We can design a specific bullet for use in non-standard twist rates. They definitely did not disappoint I was able to get 3/4" moa at 100yrd first time out. Each bullet is weighed and micrometer measured as it is produced. Under a dime size group at 100 yards all day if you do your part. 700 ADL stock barrel and action with a 9.125 twist per Rem. 88 gr hammer hunter That's going to do a number on anything it hits, I tried 43 gr of Varget and must say I was not impressed. Bullet Casting Supplies. I have used Barnes for 9 years all moose took altleast 3 rounds to drop and sometimes more My son shot his first elk with a 3006 at 287 yards.the elk never took a step. Im going 5 stars on this as this is the second Hammer bullets Ive reloaded for in two different rifles and both have been very accurate. rking453 We could not get them or any bullet to shoot well. Justin Marinkov Loaded some and BOOM, genuine half inch groups. George L Taylor I'm having a hard time finding load data though. I loaded my first 178gr Absolute Hammer bullets tonight and shot a 5 shot group, other than one 1/2" flyer, set up issue I think, the other 4 were all touching. The only thing I have to compare it to is a Hornady xtp 200 grain . The proof is in the freezer. 28 Nosler shooting 155 Grain hammer hunters. Steve Davis Accuracy is phenomenal! Where that could present a problem is on mag box lengths. Now its time to try it in my sons new 257 bee and maybe dig out the old Ruger #1 in 25 WSM. Happy Hunting!! There are quite a few acceptable powders for the bullet weight. Steve recommended the powder and I followed his advise of course and I'm not disappointed. Just loaded my first round of 88 Gr Hammer Hunters in my new 6 mm Creedmoor 1-7 twist Proof barrel. Ill go with 78.5 gr charge weight. Totally destroyed the lungs, full penetration. (verified owner) November 26, 2022. Grouped like it had eyes ! Precision 6.5 CM using this bullet dropped a massive boar at 230 yards. Hammer Bullets - Simply Better, Superior Accuracy, Increased Velocity for both target shooting and hunting applications. It may not display this or other websites correctly. (verified owner) August 27, 2020. Cant wait to drop some bears with these bullets. One at 450 yards. Now I just need to get some 180s for my 300 wsm! Thread starter hunter24605; Start date Oct 27, 2022; Oct 27, 2022 #1 hunter24605 Handloader. Instantly joined the 3/4 club as the entire left quarter looks like it was hit by an IED. 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