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Favorite hammer bullet 6.5 creedmoor loads
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<blockquote data-quote="Wedgy" data-source="post: 2065700" data-attributes="member: 64108"><p>Badlands are hard as a rock copper alloy like the Barnes while Hammer and Cutting Edge use a much softer alloy that acts more like lead as far as pressure goes so you will get more velocity, and expansion philosophy is different altogether. On Hammer and CEB the front expands and petals sheer of and radiate out and cause tissue damage while the ~70% retained weight shank with a flat face penetrates thru causing a large wound channel. The barnes and badlands are super hard, pressure up quicker, and design to retain ~100% weight. I have gotten away from the harder alloy bullets as I feel I get better performance from the softer copper. I have been shooting all the non-leads for a long time.</p><p>See post # 76 for the story on this bulldozer, one of those " I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it" things.</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.longrangehunting.com/threads/badlands-precision-bullets-thread-from-bc-to-terminal-ballistics.245696/page-6[/URL]</p><p> I have a couple dozen Barnes like the .308 150 grain mushroom in the photo showing proper expansion, but all calibers don't seem to do that consistently. Hence my move to softer copper bullets and faster twist barrels.[ATTACH=full]237509[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]237510[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]237514[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wedgy, post: 2065700, member: 64108"] Badlands are hard as a rock copper alloy like the Barnes while Hammer and Cutting Edge use a much softer alloy that acts more like lead as far as pressure goes so you will get more velocity, and expansion philosophy is different altogether. On Hammer and CEB the front expands and petals sheer of and radiate out and cause tissue damage while the ~70% retained weight shank with a flat face penetrates thru causing a large wound channel. The barnes and badlands are super hard, pressure up quicker, and design to retain ~100% weight. I have gotten away from the harder alloy bullets as I feel I get better performance from the softer copper. I have been shooting all the non-leads for a long time. See post # 76 for the story on this bulldozer, one of those " I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it" things. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.longrangehunting.com/threads/badlands-precision-bullets-thread-from-bc-to-terminal-ballistics.245696/page-6[/URL] I have a couple dozen Barnes like the .308 150 grain mushroom in the photo showing proper expansion, but all calibers don't seem to do that consistently. Hence my move to softer copper bullets and faster twist barrels.[ATTACH type="full"]237509[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]237510[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]237514[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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