7shortshoot
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Not sure what your issue is. I have both 168s 175s for my 7s and shoot the 190s out of my 300 and all shoot good 1/2s all day. I shoot everything about 25thou off
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ABLR’s won’t shoot
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I sort by ogive length, then seat them touching the lands, they shoot tiny groups. 7mm 168/175 and 6.5 cal in 129/142.
I am not a fan either. I did find they like jump, 100-150 seemed to be ok.
Charlie Brown Jr.
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I've had great luck with the Hammers both on paper and on game, they seem to be very forgiving, they shoot seated long, and short, fast and slow. I have gotten velocities that are 150 fps faster than standard bullets of the same weight, at lower pressure. Another plus is you can get them when you need them, and you don't need to wait 4 months for the next batch to come out.
The 142 ABLR did well in my 6.5 Sherman Max. This pic was 3 shots at 650 yds with minimal development. Possible that flier could have been pulled in a little further with a slight seating adjustment, but past experience made me shy to commit to them. Ended up doing the 156 Berger at a relaxed 3,000 fps for a very stable load. Failed to record details regarding jump, etc with the ABLR's.
Edit: I believe Nosler has the BC listed as 0.320. Punched in 0.315 as per Strelock, and was spot on, obviously.
Edit: I believe Nosler has the BC listed as 0.320. Punched in 0.315 as per Strelock, and was spot on, obviously.
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I am shooting the 160 gr Hammer Hunter Tipped in my 270 WSM 1/8 twist. I also have a long throat so I can seat the bullet out of the powder.
Hate to abuse this thread, but what ya gettin for velocity on these and what powder?
I be those are killers, things would get too long for my current gun, but I think I'm going to upgrade 6.8's.. I'm also curious velocity and COAL with that load?
Jaare
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I shoot a 28 Nosler with factory 175 ABLRs. Have one shot kills at 310 and 420 on CO mule deer. Just shot a cow elk at 300 this week. Down with one shot. Shoot well from my CA Ridgeline. Only recovered on bullet. It was on the elk. Pass through on both mule deer. Work well enough for my hunting.
I Shoot 210 ABLR in two 300 RUMs Sendaro barrel profile...they shoot very good.
I recall reading, when they first came out that some ABLR where less sensitive to jump. I think in the 30 cal the 195 where more sensitive but I never tested them.
Good luck
I recall reading, when they first came out that some ABLR where less sensitive to jump. I think in the 30 cal the 195 where more sensitive but I never tested them.
Good luck
Agree
This was my experience in .300 win mag as well, with the 210 grain ablr. They'd show all kinds of promise and then it'd all go to.
That's exactly my experience. Think I had it dialed then group would go from 0.5-.75 groups to 1.25-1.5" the next day. I've only used h1000 and retumbo.
A couple of Questions and considerations before you toss em. I found them to be extremely consistent. What is your load? powder type and charge weight. Is it a compressed load? They get the high BC with the ABLR's by giving the bullet an extremely long ogive. It's more difficult to determine how far off the lands you are with a long ogive bullet. I had lousy luck developing a consistent load with them until I shot them out of a 1:8 twist barrel. I immediately went from 2" groups at 100yds to under an inch at 200yds. Relatively new to reloading? Do you measure the length of all your cases, trim them all to the same "exact" case length? Do you debur your case necks inside and out? Then full-length resize? How many times have the cases been reloaded? How many rounds through each rifle? possible carbon ring? Try your next range session by not loading the magazine. Hand feed each round into the chamber. See how the groups are then.
Are the bullets hard to seat? When seated does the tip show any uneven or wrinkled characterstics. Your bullet seating stem in your die might be knocking the tip (polymer) out of whack which will cause inconsistent grouping. Ask around you shooting range to see if anyone has a runout gauge. See if you can check the concentricity of your loaded rounds.
