One MOA accuracy First hog that has been mounted in years due to its size and color. They cycle perfect. Companies may update components such as powders, internal case capacity, and primers. Although maybe a little on the heavy side for a 280AI, these shoot .5" at an easy 2850FPS. Small brass hammer for flint knapping, tapping/adjusting sights, removing wedge pins or other small repairs. There are quite a few acceptable powders for the bullet weight. (verified owner) June 12, 2022. Also a very accurate bullet! I'm sure there may be a faster accuracy node, but I'm happy with 3200. With the 6.5 Sherman Max, performance on deer at 4000 fps is absolutely incredible! 257 wby pushing em 3,915 fps avg resulted in a 5 shot group measuring 0.246". 5 deer and one bear. Use one of the allowed file type: jpg,png. Lungs were basically liquified, hollow point broke into 3 petals; one exited with the shank and two petals got slowed down by shoulder muscle landing just over the opposite side skin. A winner, and FINALLY. Accuracy is outstanding, down to .25 inch groups at 100 yds if I do my part. Alternate shooting 180gr TTSX and 181 gr Hammer bullets using the same load (seating depth, powder,etc.) Cant wait to use them on my NM pronghorn hunt at the end of August. bullet load data from the Hodgdon website. These bullets are absolutely worth it. 4 animals dropped where they stood, 2 ran about 25 yards each. friends and Cant wait! (verified owner) February 2, 2023. Largest group shot with that load was 0.38" at 100yrds, typical groups run closer to 0.25" using federal match primers vs remington. About the time we think it is the be all end all, we have a rifle that doesn't like it but likes something else. My temporary load for the moment gives me 1/3 MOA and I look forward to fine tuning accuracy and ES now I have fire formed my cases. If your only shooting out to 400 yds than the BC isnt a huge concern. Devastating performance. loaded for ladder looking for pressure and 15 rounds in, I found the mother of all sweet spots. 18.5barrel, suppressed with a Griffiin. Automatically applied at checkout valid 12/1-12/31. I like to find pressure and back away from it. Way way less meat damage than the old load with 168gr Berger. This year I killed two Muleys and both dropped in their tracks. Not being a velocity freak and an F-Class shooter as well, I always gravitate the lower / mid accuracy node, as it prolongs both case and barrel life. on elk. MARCIAL EVERTSEN D.T.A [emailprotected] 2.714" Gerald DILGARD With this new sponsorship, the 7mm 184gr F-Open Hybrid Target Bullet was created. Im pushing them at 3125fps and for a hunting rig Im very happy. No meat loss at all. Terminal performance has been outstanding on whitetail. Started with 78 grains which shot good with no pressure signs. I thought you were originally loading for the 131gr Hammer Hunter. Load is 54.4gr of H4350, 2.990" COAL, @ 3300FPS, Trevor Kencsan After loading and shooting them I was seriously impressed. For anyone loading the 223 Remington or 556NATO, this is going to be the all around best of the heavier bullets. Environmental conditions can drastically impact firearms, powders, and primers. I've yet to load any and shoot them hopefully they are more consistent on shooting than they are on weight. Shot placement was through both front shoulders. 3,190. We can quickly produce virtually any custom caliber and grain your rifle can support. Overview and welcome information about loading Hammer Bullets. These bullets are legit. I played with them a while and came up with a great load. Lee Woiteshek You are using an out of date browser. Low ES &SD. October 18, 2022. Im 20-25 th off the lands . Absolutely impressive performance at relatively low velocity. I think as long as you are good at reading pressure signs your good to go. Ding! Absolute HammerClaw HammerDangerous GameDead Blow HammerHammer HunterJack Hammer Pittman HammerShock Hammer Target Hammer. They are expensive but do shoot really well. Had the load developed and rifle zeroed in 15 rounds with an ES of 11. 100 Count Hammer .355cal. I have a 243 Win. The results at long range were incredible. Also, these bullets are extremely accurate in my .338 Lapua. Nosler, Hornady, Federal, Winchester. I can't wait to try these on elk this fall. Can't say enough good things about the performance of these projectiles or the awesome folks at Hammer Bullets that I've spoken with on the phonethey are A+++++ in all categories! If you are an ethical hunter that cares about meat lose then Hammer bullets are the one for you. I was about ready to sell this rifle, when I saw these 174 Hammers designed for tight mag constraints, which the 300 WBY suffers from. While loads are compressed using H4895 and Reloader 15, LE is denser, more packable. I can stack these bullets with my 308 Win. Barbourcreek tests 155 Hammer Hunters in 20% gel Block at 600 yards in a 7 BC Warrior Barbourcreek Long Range Shooting School and Long Range Hunting 24K views 3 years ago Ep. This is kind of a "feel" thing as to how much to back off when you find pressure. The Hammer Hunter line is our long range or high bc line of bullets. Information I have thus far I find this very intriguing. I think we can do exacy like the Absolute Hammer post, just on the Hammer Hunter (this) post. SD 2.0. Ended up at 23.2 grains for muzzle velocity of 3812 fps and .164" 3 shot group at 100 yds. (2) Antelope) and (3) Mule Deer Does. Will work more on load development next spring. Just tried out for first time hog hunting with complete pass though at 350yds. Enter Steve Davis of Hammer bullets. Probably going to try and push them harder just to see but very happy as is. They shot phenomenally well out of my MKV Accumark! The proof is in the freezer. I wouldnt hesitate to take medium game at 600 yards and large game at 500 and under with this load, which ran just a hair over 3200 FPS and carried 1200 ft/lbs at 500 yards. Out of my Kimber Im getting an average of 2725 with TAC powder. Long. But with my starting load I dropped a huge west Texas gemsbok bull. (verified owner) May 26, 2020. Select the product youd like to review from the Products Page, and submit your review. Easy to tune (powder, primer, and crimp), and prints very small groups. I'm pushing them over 3000 without pressure and getting half inch groups. Travelis S Russ Do yourself a favor and grab some of theseI guarantee you'll not only be impressed, but 100% satisfied with the performance as well. Not the best terminal review (will explain in a minute) but sheesh. 2933fps out of 25" bartlein 9 twist. I tried these in a 6mm Remington that has never shot any bullet/powder inside 3. Nearly instant death. So much fun on coyotes, and antalope in Colorado. Some general load data would help customers create successful loads and lead to repeat business. Great bullet so long as your rifle barrel meets the recommended twist rate. Does averaged about110 pounds. Thank you!! Reloading Dies. No matter what in did the powder does not compress well . (verified owner) July 18, 2022. For your moderate length barrels, N133 is likely the best choice for this bullet; varmint and LR length barrels can use a stiff charge of AA2520 for even greater effect. Not my testing but some video I saw on youtube. 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. That second deviation number is not a typo, it is 1.5 FPS! Anyone call/bring in blacktail or black bear? Ding! I am very impressed with the Absolute Hammer! The vapor trail is awesome. John Albert The groups started opening up about 3250 fps. If you are asking about running the 70g Hammer Hunter, they will run very well from the 9" twist. When I field dressed her I saw where I hit the liver and the shank exited, but when the petals expanded they hit both lungs and the back side of the heart. Ps I shoot the 101g hammer hunters out of a custom .243 win and consistently see groups in the .178 or less range and they are one shot stoppers out of that rifle. Shooting a Tikka t3. The hammers hitlike a ton of bricks I was very impressed! Norma's 6.5mm Diamond Line HPBT Bullets are moly coated hollow points designed to extend the lifetime of your barrel. Showed slight signs of pressure. Building a load was so easy and quick it was almost boring. ADG brass, H1000, Fed215m primers seated to 3.550". As if that were not enough, the reduced recoil makes my STW a pleasure to shoot. Not that bad We recently took the decision to go lead-free, which I accomplished readily in my moderated Ruger Scout in .308 with a 130gn competitor product travelling at 2936 fps and producing half-MOA groups. In high winds you just need to understand the perimeters of your bullet selection. 358 Norma, half round half octagon Fred Wells cut-rifled barrel. 5-10 yards. FPS 3265. 3385 fps avg. I rested the rifle for a couple of minutes and took a POA at the bottom of the inner diamond and did the same thing. All other powders listed wont even come close to N120 . Accuracy is phenomenal! Five shot group averages Looking forward to testing more loads. I will leave review's for other bullets when available. I would not recommend absolute hammers to anyone that is not a veteran reloader imho. Will be using it Fall of 2022 for hogs, deer, and, coyotes. A continuous up and down curve, Hammer Bullets and Trophy Game Safaris have teamed up to offer 10% discount on safaris for customers hunting with Hammer Our original line of bullets. Now this is where things started to get a little tougher . 46gr of IMR4451 at oal of 2.765 became our go to load. December 16, 2021, The bullet worked perfect. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. I took a [large for East TN] 10-point whitetail at 120 yards with this load. Run this bullet 3500 fps in my 6.5 twist 22/6mm dropped a nice mule deer at 450 yds! Im very happy with my results on coyotes. gain in my rifle. Plan to use for turkey and predators. It took just 1 rd at about 140 yards. Click here to remove banner ads from this forum. 30-06 at just over 2900fps. I havent taken any game yet,still working on load development. The regular hammers go much quicker and finding an accuracy load was very simple when compared to the absolutes. Ive been using it for a while now with great luck. Every tool is different so it might not stay true to your tool. I will repost after shooting them. Hammers are generally very easy to find a load. I don't have a chrony, so all I have is the load data from Nosler. (verified owner) January 14, 2023. Bradley Lehman mixitup210 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. Bill Belcher, Anniston Alabama. Just loaded these for my Christensen Arms Ridgeline 300 WIn Mag. Rate Work is preventing me from testing. And Im totally confident in their terminal performance on elk. 3550 fps, about 1/2" groups at 100 yds. I run these in a Win 94 30-30 with H-LVR at 2505 fps and a little room to go, very accurate as far as m94's go. There is a very comprehensive, up to date list of hammer load data over on the long range hunting site . Bullet exited right shoulder. November 4, 2020. Then I tried working my way up with TAC and I was just below pressure limits with 44.0 and a regular primer. Federal match small primer Provide the list of components that you will be sending to Hammer Bullets for your custom load development. thefishguidetx2 If not I will just do some ladder testing. Whilst I will not provide my final load data, suffice to say is was "waaay" over book, but your mileage may vary. No recoil or pressure sighs. will be loading some more of these up just to see how tight of a grouping I can squeeze out of them. They shoot consistently inside 1 using my final load. Thanks, Hammer guys! Will be buying many more of these. Even a 300 WM shooter was impressed. Shot a 1 3 shot group at 530 yards. No doubt, you will ask, "why two groups?" Could not be happier. 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. November 25, 2021. They have worked great on game also. I have switched to hammers for all of my hunting rifles, so easy and consistent. Hit one rib, recovered bullet in the hide. Perfect I purchased a box of 50 Hammers. I do have other powders but cant find similar load data for these hammers. Thanks guys for a true quality bullet that will stop anything I will ever face. After skinning the elk we looked at the exit wound and you could see where the nose petals exited. I'm getting 3400 fps out of my 300 wlby mag in a Ruger No.1 (SMOKIN) with great accuracy. 8 point Maine buck. These shoot sub moa out of my Ridgeline 300 Win Mag like right at .50. Apr 30, 2016 1,849 2,083. December 16, 2020. Vince Bloom OAL was 2.445 which put the round .025 off the lands in my rifle. Some of the posted data is with custom chambers with high end brass that wont show chamber pressure quite as well. skennedy (verified owner) November 29, 2020. Hammer bullets are the most consistent bullets I've ever sent down range. It was a 1/4 moa group. There was very little blood shot and meat spoilage from the shot. This bullet is really accurate and effective out of a 1940s vintage Savage 99 carbine in .250-3000, 1:14 twist, worn rifling. There is no hype on this website, they perform as advertised. With very little to go on I started out on the very bottom of the weight scale . Starting load is 51 grains . October 22, 2022. Most one shot drops when I did my job. Will try and update after my Elk hunt on well they work on game, Travis John Smith (verified owner) November 17, 2021, I recently purchased a box of .264 124 gr Hammer Hunters to try in my 6.5 Creedmoor. (verified owner) March 4, 2022. I ended up taking two does and a nice 9 point white tail with them. This is a middle of the road load by the way. I took it out yesterday and found a 6'7" black bear to test the load out. I'm getting old and I love accurate rifles. Not a step. H4895 drives it to the highest velocity, but be careful going over 46 grains, bullets can be made to fly faster 3,000 fps, but I had one overpressure round! 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. April 4, 2021. Check for updates and measurements regularly. We have quite a few diff primers on hand. Bullets stabilized for me. Small buck mule deer at 100 yards. I don't think its significant out to 500, but if you plan to push the outer edges of effective range (hammers are designed to perform down to 1800 fps) then it is certainly something to consider. I have RL-22, IMR 7828 SSC and H4831SC. .264 Cal-134g Power Hammer (formerly Shock Hammer), .358 Cal-200g Power Hammer (formerly shock hammer), .338 Cal-205g Power Hammer (formerly Shock Hammer). Overall very happy with this bullet! Average I think if youre just starting out reloading they are an excellent choice. Firearms and reloading equipment not taken care of can lead to catastrophic failure, danger, and death. Bullet Type: AF FN (Swift) Diameter: 0.308" Powder: IMR 4198 (Improved Military Rifle) Primer: CCI 450 Mag Case: Wilson Combat. 300 yards is less than .3 moa still. I shoot these in my ruger m77 mark ii 25-06 at 3660 fps and they shoot phenomenal on paper and on game. (verified owner) October 18, 2022. (verified owner) September 19, 2022, Ref: Steve Davis-They may shoot great with a slower twist-1-12 or 1-14. DRT. If you go to the Hammer Forum there is a ton of info available on loads, how to, etc. Got these shooting a .4 moa group at 3,010 fps with my fierce 7mm rem mag and I couldnt ask for anything more! I did shoot those two, they all so hit in the same hole as the other four previous . Lyman M Dies; 41-44 Caliber; 7.51mm-7.92mm Caliber; 29-31 Caliber; 5.45mm-7.5mm Caliber; I run this little dude 4100-4300fps in 14 twist 22/250s and 220 swifts out to 375 yds kills deer like lighting! Recoil is on par with my 6.5 Creedmoor. May 28, 2020 #4 JLS Well-known member Joined Mar 26, 2012 Messages 17,365 Location Really thinking hard about selling my 300 win buying an 06 and shooting the 166 absolutes as an all around kill everything inside 500 yard gun. turned out afterwards with friends range finder shot was at 460 yards . 1/2 at 100yards. (verified owner) August 19, 2022. October 19, 2021. . If your looking for a deer, or hog bullet to run in 22/250, 22 creed, or any whiz bang 22, this one will flat get it done! I'm also liking the Hammer bullets. Alan Ratliff They are absolutely devastating on game without meat loss. (verified owner) May 18, 2021. Mag. Problem solved with this hand-load. I thought he would explode but when I walked up to him his head was gone. Look forward to stretching these out to 800 yards. Two downsides with higher BC copper. And so far they really smash game. Angling away, the bullet shed 3 petals, destroyed the liver, hot the spine, and shattered 7 vertebrae before lodging inside the spine. At 75 yards both bullets in the same hole . I was able to reach over 2500fps with zero pressure. The elk ran 80 yards down the hill and fell over. What more can you ask for from an all copper hunting bullet? (verified owner) February 9, 2022, shot serval hogs with these out to 290yds it wacks em! The 35g Hammer Hunter will line up nicely with lead core 35g data, such as Hodgdon. Dropped 3 hogs so far with my custom .25 caliber (25 GPC.) I chose this bullet for my 6.5 CM due to it's BC and velocity when pushed with Winchester 6.5 StaBall. It may not display this or other websites correctly. Varget, cci200 primers Lapua brass, sized with fl die and .289 bushing and crimped into first groove up front with lee die. 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. Very accurate bullets, and easy to load for (as long as you follow the recommendations for a powder on the faster end for your cartridge). I cant say enough good things about Steve Davis and these bullets. Have your own review to share? No pressure signs and the velocity was right where I figured I should be. There was some damage in the shoulder meat, and one fragment of the bullet ended up in the foremost part of the back steak, but there was less damage overall than what I've observed from jacketed lead-core bullets. Maybe I can play more after season. Moving at 3128fps muzzle velocity. (verified owner) November 28, 2022. Max powder is 57.3 . 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. Dennis Williams Jr Meat loss almost non existent. 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