VTbluegrass
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Yep. I ran the 124s in a Kimber 30-06 over all the varget it would hold at 3450. It was a point blank beanfield rifle for me.
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Hammer bullets
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RockyMtnMT
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Each Hammer bullet is listed with a minimum required twist for proper terminal performance. The minimum twist rate is much more about terminal performance than ballistic performance. You can get marginally stable bullets to shoot quite well. Problem is they will have a much higher potential for poor performance after impact due to yaw or tumbling. This is true with all bullets not just Hammers. We just happened to be the first ones to beat the terminal performance stability drum. Stability is simply physics. The length of the bullet x the weight of the bullet x the amount of twist. With mono's (at least ours) there really is no max twist. We have yet to find too much. The more twist the better everything works.
I wonder if the OP thought that a bullet listed for a min of 1-12" twist would not work in a 1-10" twist? That is a common mistake. The lower the number the faster the twist. Extra twist is a good thing.
I wonder if the OP thought that a bullet listed for a min of 1-12" twist would not work in a 1-10" twist? That is a common mistake. The lower the number the faster the twist. Extra twist is a good thing.
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RockyMtnMT
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A 108gr .257 cal bullet with a g7 bc of .283 would require a form factor of .83. That is simply amazing! I think the best form factor that a Berger bullet has is about .90. Which is exceptional. Really a form factor of 1 is pretty darn good.
Are you working on bullets with a lower form factor? If not, can you say why? Thank you for your time!
