Accuracy load was at 3487 FPS. February 3, 2022. The result is an incredibly consistent product with unparalleled quality control. Robert Coakley Just shortened it to 3.275 coal. Cant wait to try it on game out to its expansion threshold. I did a very simple load using the 143 grain hammer hunter. They didn't start to stabilize until over 2900fps in my 1:7 twist. Every tool is different so it might not stay true to your tool. Outstanding! jim knaub The hammer blackout was a bang flop. Rich start another thread in the rifles forum about barrel break in. Home All Ammunition Reloading Reloading Supplies 1 of 2 View Larger Images 100 Count Hammer .355cal. January 1, 2022. On top of that they kill clean and DONT damage meat. Still acceptable but I thought I could get tighter. I have a custom .284 win. Accurate +600 yards. Total Hammer Value. LIL Gun 29.5grs Lower recoil, super accurate and a vapor trail. Bullet Casting Alloys, Tin & Pure Lead; Bullet Casting Flux; Cast Iron Lead Pots; . The exit hole on both does was about the size of a quarter and I would consider both shots to be no loss of meat. Getting around 3480FPS in a 24" barrel and just got my first Hammer Bullet deer, a nice North Carolina 8pt at just under 100yards. Great bullet, dallas hardaway The load I settled on was 60.0 gr IMR 4350 pushing the bullet just over 3300 FPS. I won the final competition at 1000 yards and shot better than I ever imagined at 600+ yards. Over and over again. November 4, 2020. hole just gets a little bigger . The wound channels these bullets produce look like one's you would expect from a much bigger caliber. Angling away, the bullet shed 3 petals, destroyed the liver, hot the spine, and shattered 7 vertebrae before lodging inside the spine. Thread starter hunter24605; Start date Oct 27, 2022; Oct 27, 2022 #1 hunter24605 Handloader. Should have the powder to through and through any medium sized game in the States, and give you decisive kills through fragmentation! I have tested the bullet to 1500yards and its hitting a 18x18 steel target. (verified owner) January 11, 2023. Ran it up to 73.0gr of H4831SC with a CCI 250 primer with no pressure and averaged 3899 FPS and holds .3-.4 MOA. kopitzke Took roughly 20 rounds to find a load for these bullets pushing 3300 fps. I would consider starting out with the hammer Hunters to build confidence. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Justin Youngblood March 12, 2021, Run this bullet in a 220 Ai at 3750 fps it shoots 1 hole groups at 100 yds. Got these shooting a .4 moa group at 3,010 fps with my fierce 7mm rem mag and I couldnt ask for anything more! Ive never enjoyed shooting that big gun this much. The terminal performance was nothing like ive seen, with minimal meat loss. DRT. I like to find pressure and back away from it. >> believe me you can`t go wrong using Hammer bullets , be safe and good luck this fall ,Steve, Jonah Walker Makes senses to not force a rifle too shoot what it dont like. Very impressive performance. Thanks Hammer, you always seem to have what I need, when I need it. I'd look at the Absolute Hammer spreadsheet data for the 140's, there's a fair number of entries there, or look at the Hammer Hunter spreadsheet data for the 131's as a starting point, start low and work up. cwollesen44 No doubt this bullet will be in my rifle for many future mule deer and elk seasons. Christopher Wambeke This bullet helped breathe some life back into a family heirloom, and turned it into a formidable meat retrieval weapon. I got .2 and.3 inch groups at 100 and 200 yards with a few opening to .5. Environmental conditions can drastically impact firearms, powders, and primers. I just ordered some more, and some 308s for my TC Contender 30/30. Took very little work to achieve 400 yard groups slightly under 2". Overview and welcome information about loading Hammer Bullets. I couldnt be more pleased. My 7mm 143gr hammers are longer than my 168gr Bergers with a much lower bc. Getting 3135 fps and sub 1/2 MOA with a super low recoil rifle. Description The Berger Classic Hunting bullets are specially designed to conform to SAAMI industry dimensional standards. (verified owner) March 26, 2019. IJS, billmcneese62 Several shooting forums spoke highly of Hammer bullets and I decided to try some. I have a stock Savage 110 predator that shoots well with 143 gr Hornady ELDX's that I was nearly out of and unable to find. The results at long range were incredible. 1/2" group and 3200 plus fps! She shoots a 6.5 Saum and we were pushing these along at about 2900fps. Joined Dec 25, 2017 Messages 356 Location SE Mo. Load development pushed this bullet to 3550 FPS with Ramshot TAC 24 Krieger Barrel. A hole through both sides of the animal. I'm getting .3 groups with 38 grains of Varget. The new spreadsheet on Hammer Hunters is posted above! I just ordered some 92 gr Hammer bullets for my 257 WBY. 358 Norma, half round half octagon Fred Wells cut-rifled barrel. First 5 rounds with 54.5gr of H4831SC yielded 2850fps with plenty of room to go hotter. It has a 1-20 barrel that is 25 long . This is kind of a "feel" thing as to how much to back off when you find pressure. It flat hammered my bull 2 steps done Great bullet so long as your rifle barrel meets the recommended twist rate. Data for Hammer Hunters is on the Hammertime Forum, but it has not been placed. www.longrangehunting.com Another good source of Hammer reload data. So far every rifle I've tried Hammers in shoots them well. Zero bloodshot meat in the 6 large game animals I've taken. Give them a try. I do have other powders but cant find similar load data for these hammers. 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. (verified owner) November 29, 2022. I cut 10% for a starting load and did a charge ladder from 36 to 42 grains. Will post picture once I figure out how to change the file type. Ivan Bourgeois Nosler, Hornady, Federal, Winchester. We can design a specific bullet for use in non-standard twist rates. It held together. All but one dropped in their tracks. Still 3,500fps with the suppressed shorter barrel. I have switched to hammers for all of my hunting rifles, so easy and consistent. I made them as a low pressure round for my late great-grandfathers first year production Remington 740. I'm sure the deer won't like them at all. Ranging from197 yards, the closest, to 435 yards the longest. OK, folks. Load work up took one day at the range. If you go to the Hammer Forum there is a ton of info available on loads, how to, etc. Had several that shot half inch until I tried 44gr of 6.5 Staball . John Albert Really happy Hammer made a bullet that works with this slow twist Savage. Gerald DILGARD so after all the testing its kinda dear to me! 70 HH performs great. OAL 2.240 in my 6mm GT, equal to my best 88 gr. (verified owner) December 14, 2022. Tack driving accuracy. 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. 70HH Rocks. Firearms and reloading equipment not taken care of can lead to catastrophic failure, danger, and death. 28 Nosler shooting 155 Grain hammer hunters. Travelis S Russ Just click this button and the coupon will show. This is a place to discuss hunting, shooting, and other outdoor activities. Best I could ever get was 7/8 ONCE. 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. All others expanded perfectly and did exceptionally damaged before exiting. Can't complain about a perfect shot placement (my son did the shooting) but not too much in the way of terminal testing on the "medium". October 31, 2022, Thanks to Steve and the team at Hammer Bullets for creating a 276 grain .358 so I could duplicate Elmer Keith's favorite round for dangerous game. I am very impressed with the Absolute Hammer! William Belcher Bought these to find a deer and elk load that would shoot small groups but still do the job. October 22, 2022. Perfect bullet for my needs. I've yet to load any and shoot them hopefully they are more consistent on shooting than they are on weight. Two downsides with higher BC copper. Recently purchased these and worked up a load in my wife's 22" Barrett Fieldcraft for an up coming sheep hunt. Shilien barrel 9 twist 25 1/4 in. The 151 grain Absolute Hammer worked for me this season by putting a bull elk down in one shot. I plan to use it for my wife and daughter as a low recoil antelope hunting round. 300 yards is less than .3 moa still. If you are asking about running the 70g Hammer Hunter, they will run very well from the 9" twist. (verified owner) March 16, 2022, I tried it with 47.6 gr of Staball and a magnum primer. to 558 yds. Id love to attach pictures. I will continue to use these for as long as they keep selling them. JavaScript is disabled. Hammered a small CA buck @ 78 yards away, full pass through just behind shoulder bone broadside shot. I'm having a hard time finding load data though. The regular hammers go much quicker and finding an accuracy load was very simple when compared to the absolutes. joe.inlow John Phillips Ive got this bullet moving at 2964 fps and shooting sub half inch easily. I can't wait to try these on elk this fall. Primer is a little flat but not too bad, may back off a touch. 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 This is a middle of the road load by the way. Anyone know where data might be? 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. It has identical baring surface so it will load nearly identical with little or no change from previous loading. I decided to try this bullet out after some positive anecdotes online. Bill Belcher, Anniston Alabama. More will be on the way soon. 3550 fps, about 1/2" groups at 100 yds. 270 Win Hammer Bullets load data. (verified owner) November 27, 2022. As a resident of CA, were faced with having to shoot non tox bullets. The bullet couldnt have been going much faster than 1800 fps when it hit, but it did exactly what Hammer said it would do. Accuracy was great and 6 animals taken last year. I can't wait to finish out this load to maximum velocity's and see what she can do. 40.5 of Varget works wonders also. I have a 243 Win. We have learned not to try to force a rifle to like what we want. The only down side was the significant wound channel if you hit bone. Bullets stabilized for me. 57.5 gr of 4831sc seemed to work the best of the 3 powders I tried. February 9, 2022, I run this baby in my 22 saum at 3980fps its hold on hair out to 400 yds! It was found in front of the left hip perfectly mushroomed. LilGun powder with SD of 7.5, and ES of 15. (verified owner) June 21, 2022. By far, the easiest load work up I have ever experienced. The hammer hunters easily out shot the others. .264 Cal-134g Power Hammer (formerly Shock Hammer), .358 Cal-200g Power Hammer (formerly shock hammer), .338 Cal-205g Power Hammer (formerly Shock Hammer). 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. i took the shot laying down and using the bi-pod which in the past i have spent a lot of time shooting in FTR class . I think Im already where I need to be at around 53 gr . Tried the 143's too but these just shot a little better out of my rifle. It was about a 75-yard shot, the bullet entered just in front of the right shoulder, and exited just behind the left. I set the OAL to just fit in the magazine and loaded up 4 rounds with varying charge weights of H1000. Darin Draper 12% OFF Bullets. Shooting firearms can be dangerous. The best bullet yet for hunting and long range. Jereme Wesely I don't have a chrony, so all I have is the load data from Nosler. crimp ladder to see if the group continues to improve. Attachments (verified owner) January 3, 2022. I tried these in a 6mm Remington that has never shot any bullet/powder inside 3. Probably going to try and push them harder just to see but very happy as is. Cant wait to use them on my NM pronghorn hunt at the end of August. Federal case Weatherby vanguard S2 243 win (verified owner) March 22, 2022, Used it with 44.0 gr of Hunter and got over 2800 fps. Just loaded these for my Christensen Arms Ridgeline 300 WIn Mag. I highly recommend this brand, you wont be disappointed! I'm also liking the Hammer bullets. 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. I just started reloading for my 444 CVA scout rifle . Standard Deviation 5.79 FPS Thank you Hammer for this fantastic bullet. Nonetheless, if I had just asked about how to fix the loose necks instead of trying to experiment around it, I would have had this awesome load developed in 10-15 shots. Thanks , Mark Gendreau . Problem solved with this hand-load. Run this bullet 3500 fps in my 6.5 twist 22/6mm dropped a nice mule deer at 450 yds! Work up your loads slowly. Hammer is doing something right. Shot placement is always key. Shock Hammer Absolute Hammer If you do not see something you desire on our web site, email us and we shall take care of your customized order. Im betting that I could get to, or even surpass 30 grains of powder, but well see. Small brass hammer for flint knapping, tapping/adjusting sights, removing wedge pins or other small repairs. Bull Elk, 600 yards,198 Hammer Hunter, went through left shoulder, took out lungs, exited right shoulder. great bullet. Took out all the valves off the top of the heart, jellied one small portion of one lung. Complete pass through, chest cavity is mush. And pass through At this point, I was feeling pretty good about this rifle/bullet combo and would've happily stopped here but I had those shells stuffed with 73gr and was itching to see how they'd shoot. 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. And a mule deer that weighed 289lbs. (2) Antelope) and (3) Mule Deer Does. I didnt adjust my dues or anything, just pressed out 8 of them with h4350 and went to the range. Rate I played with these in my wife's youth model Rem 700. Also a very accurate bullet! Very impresses. You are using an out of date browser. Best decision I made was to purchase these. Hit one rib, recovered bullet in the hide. DeadBlow Hammers are Hammer Hunters that are designed to retain 40%-50% on impact. Then 50 yards later to my surprise she falls over. I will never achieve that . August 26, 2020. In my rifle, 47.3 grains was pushing the bullet to 3100 out of my 24" barreled Weatherby Range Certified Vanguard. Very easy to load for like any Hammer bullet I have used, just seat them .010 off lands start low and work up on powder charge and you will have it. Shot in the same two holes as at 51 grains .hole is just getting bigger . (verified owner) January 14, 2023. Thanks guys for a true quality bullet that will stop anything I will ever face. 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. 16inch liberty barrel, 2750fps, temp 45F, And 750ft elevation. 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. 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