Official Hammer bullets Terminal Performance (picture heavy)

[Gravel Road]

How was the blood trail?

It was a good steady trail. Not super heavy as the exit was a regular hole, not a massive fist sized one.

 

[TXAoudadKlr]

Took a 180lb boar last Monday with my 300AX and the 181HH! I've never seen a pig so authoritatively put in the dirt!

With that the extra hardiness of the boar was two fold, provided enough resistance to really show case the 300AX's power, down side it really showed Its power! Enter was center punched on the shoulders, exit was in front of the off side shoulder!

I didn't open it up or document the terminal performance but the entry side shoulder was blown in half. I've seen this before when i used to use 200gr accubonds loaded to 3380fps to take a ~300lb aoudad so not chalking this up to the bullet at all. Anyways I went to cut the shoulder out and it followed in two very separate pieces with that the exit was very modest as I've come to see with hammers about .5"

 

[flyguy1]

.270 Winchester, 145 Sledge Hammer, 56 grains H4831, Federal 215, 75 yards? Pretty much DRT. Wish it had 100% snow cover, so the bleed out would show better. He had a picture with hide off, but since deleted it. Pretty impressive bullet path inside as well.
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[BillNye]

17-223, 21g Hammer Hunter, 66 yards, impact speed of around 4025 fps on a hog right below the ear. Bullet and one petal were recovered underneath the skin on the far side.

 

[RockyMtnMT]

17-223, 21g Hammer Hunter, 66 yards, impact speed of around 4025 fps on a hog right below the ear. Bullet and one petal were recovered underneath the skin on the far side.

That's fantastic!

 

[Draftmule]

HARPERC ~
Nice buck and great post!
I love the 145 Hammer Shock been loading it in a half shot out 270 Wby. I have been impressed with the accuracy now I have confidence in shock value.

 

[matt_3479]

Next season I'll hopefully be testing out the 285 HH in my 9 twist .338 Norma....

Man these things look bad!! Fits in my Wyatt's BDL mag too....barely ;-) View attachment 161357

how fast are they moving?

 

[GLTaylor]

There was a question about accuracy:

And about terminal performance:

Both are great!

 

[speedengineer]

Had the opportunity to use a hammer on a bull elk over the weekend. Worked well!

Near side shoulder was broken up. I used the gutless method, so I didn't examine the organs. Found the bullet base embedded in the opposite hide.

Bull Elk
~440 yds, broadside
6.5 PRC
131 Hammer Hunter @ 3150 fps MV
~2532 fps impact velocity

 

[GLTaylor]

Had the opportunity to use a hammer on a bull elk over the weekend. Worked well!

Near side shoulder was broken up. I used the gutless method, so I didn't examine the organs. Found the bullet base embedded in the opposite hide.

Bull Elk
~440 yds, broadside
6.5 PRC
131 Hammer Hunter @ 3150 fps MV
~2532 fps impact velocity


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Good audio - no visual?
Visual worked the 2nd time! Wonderful! Thank you!

 

[RockyMtnMT]

Had the opportunity to use a hammer on a bull elk over the weekend. Worked well!

Near side shoulder was broken up. I used the gutless method, so I didn't examine the organs. Found the bullet base embedded in the opposite hide.

Bull Elk
~440 yds, broadside
6.5 PRC
131 Hammer Hunter @ 3150 fps MV
~2532 fps impact velocity


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Great shot on a great bull! Recovered bullet is perfect.

Looks like the bull was going to be much bigger but didn't finish his antlers due to a drought or something. Like his antler growth slowed at the end. 1st three points are massive! What a trophy! Thanks for posting.

 

[speedengineer]

Great shot on a great bull! Recovered bullet is perfect.

Looks like the bull was going to be much bigger but didn't finish his antlers due to a drought or something. Like his antler growth slowed at the end. 1st three points are massive! What a trophy! Thanks for posting.

YW, and thank you for the good bullet, Steve. It performed great, and was accurate for me without much load work.

The bull had busted his rack in mutiple spots (surely while fighting). The left side main was busted off prior to the 5th, and the right side 5th was also missing a couple inches. Still measures out at around 315pts, despite the missing pieces.

 

[shinbone]

Below are entry and exit wounds on a full size doe antelope. This is with a 124gn Hammer Hunter out of a .300WSM with a muzzle velocity of 3550fps. Distance was 245yds. Impact velocity estimated to be 3010fps. 20-30mph wind at 90degs. The doe was almost perfectly broadside and was feeding, i.e. a picture-perfect broadside shot scenario. The animal collapsed in its track at the shot, kicked for 40s, and was done. Post mortem showed one of the lungs had turned into an unrecognizable liquidy jelly. The other organs looked to be pretty much intact.


entry wound






exit wound





Not shown - there was a smaller wound higher on the neck of the antelope. I am thinking this was probably a bullet petal that deviated from the main bullet path.

 

[laker]

Not the best pictures but here's a 213 grain hammer hunter out of a 338 win mag on antelope doe. Can see a piece went through the heart that I'm holding. Above the heart is what was left of the lungs. Bottom picture is exit which took 4 ribs with it. Hopefully get to use them on an elk here in a few weeks.