Hammer bullets

[Lhedrick1]

375 yards .280 AI 146 Hammer Hunter. Entered behind the should and exited through the opposite shoulder.

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Exit wound

6.5 CM 121 gr Hammer Hunter 200 yards. One was just behind the heart and clean through, the other just behind the shoulder and above the heart, clean pass through.
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Outstanding accuracy and very impressive terminal performance. Anxious to try on deer. If you haven't tried them, I highly recommend.

 

[littlebighorn]

You obviously pulled the trigger on a couple bucks! Well done Lhedrick! Antelope are no match for well placed Hammers!
Congratulations.

 

[PCPython]

Yeah, I shot a buck antelope in Utah a few weeks ago with a Hammer bullet. Shot in the neck at 60 yards with a 92gr. Hammer Hunter outta my 25-06 at about 3400 FPS. Needless to say, it was VERY effective. ?

I shot a local blacktail last Friday with the same rig at about 100 yards. The buck was quartered slightly, shot entered center of the chest and went the length of him along the ribs. It was effective as well.

Hoping to put a 155gr. Hammer Hunter outta my 7 Mag through a bull elk in NM in about a month.

 

[Wyosam]

I didn’t take pictures, but I put a 134 shock hammer from a 6.5cm through a rag horn yesterday at about 275. In the crease, out the offside shoulder through lots of bone, racquetball sized exit. DRT. MV of 2875. The Primary wound channel was a couple inches in diameter most of the way through Just a hair above the heart, but it looked like a petal found its way into the heart. Lungs were mush.

I know the creed for elk is a questionable choice to many, but I’m not sure what else I could ask for in terms of terminal performance. To get that performance with a light rifle that is that pleasant to shoot is pretty amazing.

 

[Tikka]

Lhedrick1 what is your MV out of your 280ai if you don’t mind?
Congrats on the antelope!

 

[Lhedrick1]

Lhedrick1 what is your MV out of your 280ai if you don’t mind?
Congrats on the antelope!

Its my Dads, we don't have a chronograph yet but he's guestimating 3050 fps + with RL26 and getting sub MOA. Its a Montana Rifle Co rifle, 26" barrel.

 

[Homer]

lol....htf do you guesstimate MV??....

 

[Lhedrick1]

lol....htf do you guesstimate MV??....

Well there's these things on that inter web thingy that say if you put X amount of Y into a X cartidge under a Z grain bullet....ya get ABC MV. I figure if I deduct 100 FPS or so that's a good guesstimate.

Sounds like a Jeff Foxworthy joke eh?

 

[Homer]

lol....perfect answer

 

[Homer]

I am going to order some.....

 

[Tikka]

I am going to order some.....

They’ve proved to be pretty good out of my rifle...

 

[eelgrass]

It looks like a killer, no question, but I like to eat what I shoot.

 

[mtmuley]

I am going to order some.....

You won't be sorry. If you are, Steve will buy them back. Or I will. mtmuley

 

[mtmuley]

It looks like a killer, no question, but I like to eat what I shoot.

Pay attention eel. The raking shot PC posted will do that or worse with another bullet. Assuming that was what you were referring to. mtmuley

 

[Lhedrick1]

It looks like a killer, no question, but I like to eat what I shoot.

If you put it behind the shoulders I don't see any reason for excess meat loss unless you hit em high. A shoulder shot with any bullet is going to make a mess.

 

[eelgrass]

It's just me I guess but I wouldn't want to clean that blacktail above.

Too much fragmentation for me. Might as well shoot a core lokt.

 

[Homer]

that gel block looks edible eel.......

 

[Lhedrick1]

It's just me I guess but I wouldn't want to clean that blacktail above.

Too much fragmentation for me. Might as well shoot a core lokt.

Thats why God created meat lockers

 

[PCPython]

Trust me guys, it looks worse than it was. I did lose the one shoulder and cleaned the rest of it up just fine. I believe most any bullet would have done some major damage to that shoulder. I should have shot the deer in the neck and I wouldn't have wasted much meat at all.

I have found Hammer bullets to be extremely accurate and load development has been pretty simple. I will continue to use them and recommend them to anyone who will listen.

 

[eelgrass]

Trust me guys, it looks worse than it was. I did lose the one shoulder and cleaned the rest of it up just fine. I believe most any bullet would have done some major damage to that shoulder. I should have shot the deer in the neck and I wouldn't have wasted much meat at all.

I have found Hammer bullets to be extremely accurate and load development has been pretty simple. I will continue to use them and recommend them to anyone who will listen.

Now that I can respect. Everyone should do the same. It's largely a personal choice and a matter of accuracy and confidence.