How many Hammer and types of bullets have you run over the Chrony Sir . I have run many Hammers and no offense intended to you Sir ,but I am afraid that you Sir are full of BULL S**t , Sir. JMHO
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Let's see:
In my 280 AI:
119 Absolute Hammer
140 AH
In my 280 Sherman:
169 Hammer
172 AH
177 HH
In my 308:
151 AH
124 HH
In my 300 WSM:
162 AH
In my 6.5 SS:
123 AH
In my 6.5 Creed:
123 AH
In my 6.5x280AI:
123 AH
129 AH
In my 257 Weatherby:
90 AH
I plan on trying the 199 Hammer Hunter in my 300 PRC but I haven't gotten to it yet.
This is an estimate but I have fired nearly 1,000 Hammer bullets in multiple different calibers at this point. Most of it testing and load work up. Five animals taken.
I obviously like Hamner bullets and use them routinely. The load data, from the hammer time forum, is plenty full of absolute bull. Guys are routinely listing loads that are way, way over pressure. You just cannot trust it.
Regarding the absolute hammer stuff. That performance is wildly exaggerated.
Examples:
3,400 fps from a 140 AH in a 22inch 280 AI…..I literally had two different barrels chambered with varying free bores trying to get there. I used H100v, mag primers, Petersen brass, Nosler brass, different seating depth, other powders……etc, etc, etc.
Can you hit that speed? Yep, you sure can. Is it a safe, reliable load? Absolutely not.
What is realistic is more in line of 3,200-3,250. Factory Nosler 140 ballistic tips ran 3,200 in that barrel. Factory ammo.
I could hit it with a 280 Sherman in a 24inch barrel.
300 WSM with a 162 AH at "nearly 3,400 fps"……not realistic. I got to 3,312 using Staball 6.5. That would give me sticky bolt lift every third or fourth round or so. I backed it down two grains and landed at 3,200.
The guys can get a little carried away in the reloading forum. Again, they realistically run 50-75 fps faster.
