ajkellerusmc
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Hammers do not expand and are not designed to expand check out hammerbullets.com
400 Yard Bear Hammer Bullet Recovered
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Frank in the Laurels
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You'll get no argument from me, they don't expand and it seems they fall apart even at relatively slow velocities...
..and that's the good thing.
Doing what they are designed to do.
They shed their petals (which become additional missles cutting and doing damage) down to 1800 fps by design. They transform to a blunt ended wad-cutter shape to penetrate straight and deep. In this process they create a very large wound channel and typically exit.
Works for me, and has many times!
Works for me, and has many times!
Hard rock
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Frank if you are really interested in how the Hammer bullet is designed , go too you tube and watch RonSpomer and Steve Davis of Hammer bullets explain why Hammer bullets hit so hard . Steve goes through great detail how wounding takes place contrary too what we all grew up too believe , when explaining the terminal effect of a bullet impacting a animal . it's very interesting , good info. On how Hammer bullets are designed and differ from other bullets cup and core and other monos ...and that's the good thing.
Frank in the Laurels
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I think I'll just stick with what's left of my original Barnes X-bullets that I DANZACed 35 years ago, bought 500 decades ago, and the coating stopped the copper issues and those old times have never failed...
Glad you're happy with what you've got.
Hard rock
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I've got a bunch of those too , original Barnes , blue coated Barnes , ttx Barnes etc . I got tired of copper fouling and all of the aggressive copper solvents . I went back too Nosler , then discovered Hammers . I've been handloading for over 50 years and hands down the Hammer bullets are the easiest and most accurate and the highest vel bullet compared too like bullets I've ever loaded . There is virtually no fouling and are easy too get all of the velocity potential out of . So far it seems you can find a accuracy node on the low end and also on the high end . If it takes over 10 - 20 bullets too find a decent load , something else is wrong.
Its a 1:8. slug weight was 115gr. Found 2 more petels processing meat. -1 petal 162 gr. This is animal #6 with the 177s. It's all been bang flop.
That bullet expanded great and turned the bears lungs into jello
There's no expansion, they shed petals that follow the shank
I sold or gave away all of my Barnes Bullets once I found Hammer's
No tracking. It was bang flop. Same as the deer i shot the monday before the bear. The bears reaction to the impact was death!
