Hammer Bullets Experience

[HARPERC]

Steve, went to the web site and keep getting this "Bandwidth Limit Exceeded". What town in Montana are you located ?

I got that as well, but LRH was down as not secure for most of my day? They're gone hunting a couple of more days.

 

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[RockyMtnMT]

Steve, went to the web site and keep getting this "Bandwidth Limit Exceeded". What town in Montana are you located ?

Not sure what the problem was. We got home from hunting Sun night. It was fixed yesterday.

We are in the Kalispell area.

Steve

 

[RockyMtnMT]

http://hammerbullets.boards.net/thread/386/177g-hammer-hunter-performance

Steve

 

[rickjoty]

Sykes,

Thanks for the great write up and great job on your elk hunt! It is always great to hear about guys that have a rifle that they have worked so hard at trying to get their expected accuracy from to no avail, then try Hammers and get there with ease. I talk a lot about our ability to do load development and zero a rifle in under 20 rounds, and I think most guys think I am exaggerating. I am not. It is unusual for us to use more shots than this and almost always turns out to be a problem with the rifle or the optic.

Did your entrance hole on the elk have the appearance of an exit hole? Often on the high vel impacts this happens. The softness of the copper we use makes the bullets open so quickly that they cause this. We also often see lung pieces that are pushed out the entrance hole. Since the bullets deform so quickly into the flat front form that we designed them for, it causes a huge amount of pressure as the bullet is passing through the animal that there is only one place for the pressure to go, until the bullet exits, and it pushes lungs out the entrance. Your vel may not have been high enough to cause that. I assume there was no ruined meat with the lung shot?

We just designed a bullet for shooting fur. The bullet is designed to retain 100% so that it will not have the big exit hole ruining the hide. We came up with this idea after discussions with Tino, the owner of Trophy Game Safari in South Africa. They have not been able to find a bullet that would not cause a large exit on small cats, jackal, and the tiny little dykers. This bullet is actually a dangerous game bullet design with the tip of the bullet having a slight concave. They test well in media and will be perfect in the larger calibers for dangerous game. We sent some to Africa to be tested on the small animals in .243 and .270 cal. I'm not sure when we will hear back though. I may have to try and get out this winter and try on coyotes.

Steve

Steve, I have been using Barnes 130 TTSX in my Sako 270 Win with 10 twist. I just received my order of 126 Hammer Hunters which I now see specify 9 twist. Any loading suggestions for me to still get highly accurate performance?

 

[RockyMtnMT]

Steve, I have been using Barnes 130 TTSX in my Sako 270 Win with 10 twist. I just received my order of 126 Hammer Hunters which I now see specify 9 twist. Any loading suggestions for me to still get highly accurate performance?

I think I would rather trade you for another box that will be fully stable.

 

[rickjoty]

I think I would rather trade you for another box that will be fully stable.

Ok let me know what to do. [email protected] 133 Sledge Hammers I suspect.

 

[pickens72]

64 and 44 hammer kills

 

[pickens72]

64gr exit!

 

[pickens72]

64gr exit!

 

[RockyMtnMT]

Ok let me know what to do. [email protected] 133 Sledge Hammers I suspect.

Sorry I just saw this. Either the 133g Sledge Hammer or the 117g Hammer Hunter will fully stabilize in the 10" twist. You can mail them back to box 351, Lakeside MT 59922 with a note and we will replace them with which ever you would like.

 

[Sykes]

That ain't fur friendly lol

 

[RockyMtnMT]

That ain't fur friendly lol

Not that one. We are working on our new Claw Hammer line of bullets. 100% weight retention for fur bearers and in the bigger cals for dangerous game. Just finished a couple in 25 cal that I need to get loaded on the website.

 

[Sykes]

Not that one. We are working on our new Claw Hammer line of bullets. 100% weight retention for fur bearers and in the bigger cals for dangerous game. Just finished a couple in 25 cal that I need to get loaded on the website.

I look forward to trying some