Which bullet?

muzz · Mar 11, 2023

Shooting a 7mag, would you go with Barnes or hammer bulllets?

Homer · Mar 11, 2023

flip a coin

The_Coloradoboy · Mar 11, 2023

Personally not shooting either one of those bullets but if I was stuck in Commyfornia and had to shoot copper bullets I’d shoot whichever the gun liked best…

sjhgraysage · Mar 11, 2023

Still just testing Hammer bullets. But from what I can tell, if you get low on bullets, you can get Hammer bullets where as Barnes may not be available is the size and weight you are needing to continue shooting.

treedagain · Mar 11, 2023

160 accubond or partition.

Sallaberry · Mar 11, 2023

treedagain said:
160 accubond or partition.

Nosler are not very plentiful currently. Just depends on caliber and how fast you can spin them. At least hammers are in stock for most calibers.

Longtail · Mar 11, 2023

Barnes 168

Sallaberry · Mar 11, 2023

Longtail said:
Barnes 168

What’s the load?

elkassassin · Mar 11, 2023

150 GRAIN POWER-POINTS!

If You Can Find Any!

treedagain · Mar 11, 2023

elkassassin said:
150 GRAIN POWER-POINTS!

If You Can Find Any!

I have 2 boxes if someone needs them.

yoteduster · Mar 11, 2023

They'll all work fine if put in the right place..personally I like 150 grain swift scirocco's

Vanilla · Mar 11, 2023

I’ve always had success with Barnes, but they are becoming harder and harder to find the last few years. I feel like Barnes has thrown in the towel on production.

heywouldya · Mar 12, 2023

I like the Barnes TTSX.

mevertsen · Mar 12, 2023

Either would work.

Just depends on what you want the bullet to do.

The Hammer's petals break off, vs the Barnes mushroom.

130 or so grain weight should work

Good luck.

Eta <<<< 2 experiences with Hammers. 3006 and 152 HH (now discontinued) on a sheep and 243 Win with 70 HH on a small mule deer. Both resulted in dead critters. I did recover the shank of the bullet in the sheep, 84 grains at 55 percent retention.

88man · Mar 12, 2023

168 berger or 160 accubond

mtmuley · Mar 12, 2023

Some people can't even figure out the two choices. mtmuley

Togwotee · Mar 12, 2023

Partition.

muzz · Mar 12, 2023

mtmuley said:
Some people can't even figure out the two choices. mtmuley

It was a question, I can figure out just fine.

mtmuley · Mar 12, 2023

muzz said:
It was a question, I can figure out just fine.

Ok. Out of your 2 bullets I say Accubond. Good luck. mtmuley

muzz · Mar 12, 2023

mtmuley said:
Ok. Out of your 2 bullets I say Accubond. Good luck. mtmuley

I’m with you on that. It was just a question to see what users prefer of the two. I’m using 168 bergers.

littlebighorn · Mar 12, 2023

I was a die hard Barnes shooter until I was introduced to Hammers. Now I have so much confidence in how they shoot and perform, I only hunt big game with Hammers.

yak4fish · Mar 12, 2023

My Browning x bolt 7MM rem mag didn't like Barnes tsx. Nosler etips grouped the best and I killed a elk with ONE last year.

mtmuley · Mar 12, 2023

I killed two antelope, a mule deer and an elk with the E-Tip in 2008. Great bullet. Some rifles won't shoot them well. mtmuley

BIGJOHNT · Mar 12, 2023

What game are you going to hunt ? It seems like you hunt with what you can find these days. Although it is getting better then it has been. But the good stuff is harder to find. I talked with the guys at Barnes at the expo. He said they are working 24 hour shifts. My gun shoots tighter groups with Berger's but I don't like to shoot game much bigger then mule deer with a Berger. The Barnes group well enough that a elk can't tell the difference. The Good old Nosler Partiton is a good old stand by. Unless you are shooting them so fast that they come apart. But it diffidently depends on what your rifle likes. Some rifles don't like big long cooper bullets. Like Hornady CX, Barnes ect. I would like to try some of the New CX's bullets but you can't find any !

Tackdriver · Mar 12, 2023

Sierra matchking... all day every day.

littlebighorn · Mar 12, 2023

BIGJOHNT said:
What game are you going to hunt ? It seems like you hunt with what you can find these days. Although it is getting better then it has been. But the good stuff is harder to find. I talked with the guys at Barnes at the expo. He said they are working 24 hour shifts. My gun shoots tighter groups with Berger's but I don't like to shoot game much bigger then mule deer with a Berger. The Barnes group well enough that a elk can't tell the difference. The Good old Nosler Partiton is a good old stand by. Unless you are shooting them so fast that they come apart. But it diffidently depends on what your rifle likes. Some rifles don't like big long cooper bullets. Like Hornady CX, Barnes ect. I would like to try some of the New CX's bullets but you can't find any !

Availability is one great reason to shoot Hammers. You order what you want online and they arrive at your house within a week. They group as well as anything my rifles have shot, including Bergers and they're easy to work up loads for.
Hammers only draw back, in my eyes, is they don't have great BC, so if you are a beyond 700yd flail away at game guy, maybe you want to shoot something else. Sorry for the rant...I'm a fan.

easyelk13 · Mar 13, 2023

Bergers for deer, Partition for elk.

Hntndux · Mar 13, 2023

160 Barnes in front of IMR4831 has been a killer in my 7mm.

elkhuntn247 · Mar 13, 2023

Between my hunting partners and myself, we have had such poor luck with bergers. They kill the animals but not like they should. Gonna give hammers a go this year, just wrapped up load development for some 143s in my brothers 28 nosler.