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Curt took his custom 7SAUM and the 143 Hammer Hunter bullet to Kodiak Island to hunt Mountain Goats. Here is his report, "I harvested my...

I usually just remove the carbon in the barrel but leave the copper fouling. If I sight in before hunting I won't clean the barrel until...

One more side note I will add: This may be a little off target, but I have had test loads that were very spicy and yes, I could...

Yep, I started using it in 2003 to mitigate recoil issues regardless of safe load combinations (powders, primers, bullets, burn rates...

LRAB perform similar with better B.C but in my experience require more load development. NAB are not as sensitive to seating depth. YMMV.

Hah! Yes

I don’t use any of the above methods…..I simply, pull the rifle tightly into the shoulder, carefully achieve target picture, inhale...

Yes, my wife told me the same.😆

I might be a lucky one, but I have not had any negative effects on several rifles when swapping back and forth from Hammer and...

Well if that doesn't work, then i don't know what will??? Looks great! However, Hornady wants you to shoot a 50 shot group...

Agreed. All the mono folks since have followed Barnes with this design in one way or another.

FireFlyFishing, I failed to mention that…….when Barnes started “grooving” their bullets the fouling issues seemed to be substantially...

I know that in the early days of the Barnes mono bullets…..it was a big mistake (at least with most rifles) to shoot their monos behind...

I can't answer your question outright. However, I know you need to anneal to accomplish the process.