Hammer bullets

243 AI
Savage 10
26" Criterion 7.5 twist, Suppressed
Lapua Brass
.003 Neck Interference
1/8th FCD
CCI 200
****Varget@ 51g 4379fps, SD 9.0*****
Case fill@ 98%
55 Hammer Hunter

46g 3922fps
47g 4061fps
48g 4152fps
49g 4269fps
50g 4324fps
51g 4391fps
52g 4519fps ( Cratered Primer and Shiny Ejector Swipe, On The Ragged Edge
 
I'm going to run the 200 gr. In my 358 win. I'm pushing them about 2500 fps
Anyone using hammer bullets for deer? Just curious if they are to tough for whitetail?
Nice new fad. Just remember the great lead hoax. In California you may not use lead. Death by a thousand cuts. Anti-gun Democrats love copper bullets...for now.
 
Pushing the velocity with precision, Vargay will pressure out before N540.
Never found pressure but was compressed at 59grains, was tapping and shaking at 61 grs. before seating the bullet. Last December I hunted Oklahoma and then down to lower Texas with the 124 HH and not only me but my guide was impressed as it sucked heart and lungs out the exit holes. Have a load worked up for the 151 HH in the 06 , 3260FPS , 63 grs. N550 . I was praying for 3300 but my short barrel refused it, ES is 2 . Do you notice a distinct deference in recoil with the V V powders?
 
243 AI
Savage 10
26" Criterion 7.5 twist, Suppressed
Lapua Brass
.003 Neck Interference
1/8th FCD
CCI 200
****Varget@ 51g 4379fps, SD 9.0*****
Case fill@ 98%
55 Hammer Hunter

46g 3922fps
47g 4061fps
48g 4152fps
49g 4269fps
50g 4324fps
51g 4391fps
52g 4519fps ( Cratered Primer and Shiny Ejector Swipe, On The Ragged Edge
Nice! I bet 49.5 grains is a sweet "node". Just a hunch looking at the numbers.
 
Never found pressure but was compressed at 59grains, was tapping and shaking at 61 grs. before seating the bullet. Last December I hunted Oklahoma and then down to lower Texas with the 124 HH and not only me but my guide was impressed as it sucked heart and lungs out the exit holes. Have a load worked up for the 151 HH in the 06 , 3260FPS , 63 grs. N550 . I was praying for 3300 but my short barrel refused it, ES is 2 . Do you notice a distinct deference in recoil with the V V powders?

Recoil with VV? Could not tell the difference, maybe because I am running a 5 port SRS Ti Pro in the 06. Only ran 4 powders through the 06, N540 for the 124HH, H4350 for the 166HH at mid 3000, and N560 and RL17 for the 215 Berger Hybrids both at 2830.
 
We just loaded some for a pronghorn hunt happening in 2 weeks, shooting out of a 25-06 @3100. I'll let you know how it goes, but very few big game animals are nimbler than a pronghorn
You'll be pleased with the performance. I load Hammers in 7 different cartridges. Every pronghorn I've shot with them has dropped in their tracks. 475 yards with the 120 HH in my 280AI last year. Previous year was with the 109 AH in my 6.5-284 Norma. Will be running the 124 HH this year in the 6.5-284 with a new barrel.
Dropped every south Texas whitetail with the 124 HH in my Creed. Actually put that same bullet through 3 javalina last season that lined up real nice for me.
 
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