Mxracer532
Well-Known Member
Hammer bullets are MIA in my neck of the woods. Never even seen one.I hunted for 6 weeks with my bow and ended up shooting my Moose in Montana with a 7mm 140 grain Corelokt bullet out of a 7mm Mag on the last day at 26 yards. I have been on three different moose hunts and in my experience they are not exceptionally hard to kill. Any good bullet in the boiler room should do the trick. Of course there is always that one time and as you said this is a once in a lifetime hunt. I would not trust a match grade bullet for my once in a lifetime hunt, just my opinion. There are so many good 7mm Hunting bullets out there. Nosler Accubonds, Partitions, Barnes TTSX, Berger VLD's, Hammers the list goes on. In my experience the Hammers have been extremely easy to get shooting very nice groups in all of my rifles as long as you match the bullet to the twist rate of your barel. Since you are on a short time frame you may want to try some of those. I would bet you can have them shooting good in your rifle in no time and the folks at Hammer are very easy to get in touch with and very helpful. All seem to be a better choice then a match bullet. Again, just my 2 cents worth. Good luck and please let us know how you do.
I have a box of 168g LRX'S, but maybe 140's would be better.