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Hammer Bullets - Different way of thinking????
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<blockquote data-quote="nevada75" data-source="post: 1608114" data-attributes="member: 75285"><p>My backcountry/mountain gun is a Kimber Montana in 260 Rem. Tips the scale just a tad over 6lbs with scope and ammo.</p><p></p><p>I reload for it with 100gr Barnes TTSX over a charge of Varget. I've shot three large mule deer all one shot and done. Ranges were 125 to 350 yards. All bullets exited.</p><p></p><p>The most interesting was the buck at 350 yards. He was bedded and facing me but his head was turned to his right away from me. Bullet entered on his left side neck and exited the right side with a quarter sized exit wound. Bullet then entered again just behind the right shoulder smashing the 5 or 6 ribs passing thru the abdominal cavity and exited thru the bung hole. Sounds a bit like the Warren Commission, right? He instantly fell over from a broken spine but I also never again worried about these bullets expanding quickly or penetrating.</p><p></p><p>I tried both the 120 TTSX and 127 LRX but ran into magazine issues and seating issues.</p><p></p><p>I also shoot Barnes 168gr TTSX in my 308 with great results on elk out to 400 yards. After that velocity is dropping below the 1800fps I consider minimum.</p><p></p><p>However I tried various weight TTSX and LRX in my 280 Rem and couldn't do better than a 2 inch group at 100 yards. Had other issues with that rifle and decided to use it for a rifle build. Looking at a 280AI with a fast twist to shoot heavier monos.</p><p></p><p>The lessons I've learned with Barnes TTSX are 1) quick expansion and penetration are not a concern if impact velocity is above 1800fps so speed is equally important as bullet weight and 2) seating depth is critical as these bullets like to jump. Took a lot of experimenting with seating depth to find the sweet spot. It's my one complaint about Barnes bullets. To keep COAL in spec with magazine length, allow for bullet jump without seating bullets deep reducing powder capacity, and to maintain higher muzzle velocity I do favor light for caliber copper bullets.</p><p></p><p>When I get my 280AI build finished I'll start load development with Hammer bullets as folks report they're largely insensitive to seating depth.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nevada75, post: 1608114, member: 75285"] My backcountry/mountain gun is a Kimber Montana in 260 Rem. Tips the scale just a tad over 6lbs with scope and ammo. I reload for it with 100gr Barnes TTSX over a charge of Varget. I've shot three large mule deer all one shot and done. Ranges were 125 to 350 yards. All bullets exited. The most interesting was the buck at 350 yards. He was bedded and facing me but his head was turned to his right away from me. Bullet entered on his left side neck and exited the right side with a quarter sized exit wound. Bullet then entered again just behind the right shoulder smashing the 5 or 6 ribs passing thru the abdominal cavity and exited thru the bung hole. Sounds a bit like the Warren Commission, right? He instantly fell over from a broken spine but I also never again worried about these bullets expanding quickly or penetrating. I tried both the 120 TTSX and 127 LRX but ran into magazine issues and seating issues. I also shoot Barnes 168gr TTSX in my 308 with great results on elk out to 400 yards. After that velocity is dropping below the 1800fps I consider minimum. However I tried various weight TTSX and LRX in my 280 Rem and couldn't do better than a 2 inch group at 100 yards. Had other issues with that rifle and decided to use it for a rifle build. Looking at a 280AI with a fast twist to shoot heavier monos. The lessons I've learned with Barnes TTSX are 1) quick expansion and penetration are not a concern if impact velocity is above 1800fps so speed is equally important as bullet weight and 2) seating depth is critical as these bullets like to jump. Took a lot of experimenting with seating depth to find the sweet spot. It's my one complaint about Barnes bullets. To keep COAL in spec with magazine length, allow for bullet jump without seating bullets deep reducing powder capacity, and to maintain higher muzzle velocity I do favor light for caliber copper bullets. When I get my 280AI build finished I'll start load development with Hammer bullets as folks report they're largely insensitive to seating depth. [/QUOTE]
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