David Lindler
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Fixing to start 338Nm IMP after first of year.
260 grainers in my 338 edge are accurate and leave massive exit wounds.
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260 grainers in my 338 edge are accurate and leave massive exit wounds.
adk hunter
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Yes. Shank usually goes all the way thru. Four petals grenade causing more damage
Jluck
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Copy. Learn something new everyday. This is what I would consider a failure with a Barnes or E-Tip. No wonder they're so devastating!
TXAoudadKlr
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The difference is the hammers shear off and the frontal section is flat. Which displaced more tissue over a Barnes or E-Tip if they did the same. A Barnes out a deer my dad shot did that. I found it while cooking...it had a blunt round frontal section that pencil's
Gravel Road
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First deer with the 308 Winchester 152 gr Hammer Hunter. Very, very happy! It wasn't a difficult shot, a simple broadside at 150 yards, but I want an exit every time. He ran in a death sprint for 75 yards and tipped over. Entry behind the shoulder, took out lungs and top of heart and exited the offside shoulder no bone besides rib. Excellent internal damage, and only a little bloodshot meat. I was so confident with the sound of the shot and mule kick I didn't even cycle the bolt, as I knew he was dead. Happiness is a frothy exit 
geezus! that is one heck of a mule deer!
No pics, but 2 Mule deer down this season.
First one was 308 shooting a 166 Hammer Hunter, MV of 2750fps. Broadside at 200 yards, 1st shot missed by a mile. He was off and running. 2nd shot took him in the chest.... I was aiming off to the side of him in the hopes it would stop him. ***. But it put him down, he tried to stand, but couldnt. I'd closed the distance and at 150 yards I put one thru his spine..... while aiming for his lungs.... turns out my Swaro Z3 was pooched. No idea why, I'd put 5 rounds into 1/2 MOA when setting the zero 2 days before, it's off for service.
But an interesting opportunity to see the internal damage. 1st bullet entered his chest, destroyed a lung, stayed to the exterior of the stomach cavity, the petals nicked the stomach, exited the offside rear ham, pulverized almost 6 inches of the femur. Found 3 petals in the rear ham, shank exited. Almost none of the rear leg was lost to bullet damage, about 1" diameter, cuts from the nose petals, but not blood shot.
The spine shot, had about a 2" exit wound. No spine left and about 3" of the offside backstrap was damaged. Entrance into the onside backstrap was caliber diameter and no meat loss.
Generally very happy with the bullet. ****ed with the scope.
2nd Mule Deer. 338ss, shooting the 213 grain at 2825fps. 175yards
Double lung, just behind and high on the front shoulder, 2" exit, lungs poured out of the exit wound, when he was moved. He dropped like it was a CNS shot. Zero meat damage. Broke a rib on exit. Very happy with the results.
First one was 308 shooting a 166 Hammer Hunter, MV of 2750fps. Broadside at 200 yards, 1st shot missed by a mile. He was off and running. 2nd shot took him in the chest.... I was aiming off to the side of him in the hopes it would stop him. ***. But it put him down, he tried to stand, but couldnt. I'd closed the distance and at 150 yards I put one thru his spine..... while aiming for his lungs.... turns out my Swaro Z3 was pooched. No idea why, I'd put 5 rounds into 1/2 MOA when setting the zero 2 days before, it's off for service.
But an interesting opportunity to see the internal damage. 1st bullet entered his chest, destroyed a lung, stayed to the exterior of the stomach cavity, the petals nicked the stomach, exited the offside rear ham, pulverized almost 6 inches of the femur. Found 3 petals in the rear ham, shank exited. Almost none of the rear leg was lost to bullet damage, about 1" diameter, cuts from the nose petals, but not blood shot.
The spine shot, had about a 2" exit wound. No spine left and about 3" of the offside backstrap was damaged. Entrance into the onside backstrap was caliber diameter and no meat loss.
Generally very happy with the bullet. ****ed with the scope.
2nd Mule Deer. 338ss, shooting the 213 grain at 2825fps. 175yards
Double lung, just behind and high on the front shoulder, 2" exit, lungs poured out of the exit wound, when he was moved. He dropped like it was a CNS shot. Zero meat damage. Broke a rib on exit. Very happy with the results.
TXAoudadKlr
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I'm both impressed and slightly embarrassed by what I'm fixing to post.
Saturday morning I had a group of 11 aoudad show up at my stand. I watched a group of 4 rams sparing for around 5 minutes when the ram I would take emerged from the brush.
Easy enough shot the area I was hunting I had ranged many times. He was roughly 190-200 yards out.
I was using my 300AX-181's at 3500fps! I watched and waited for him to get what I thought was clear and broke the shot. I saw him rear up a few times kinda circling and fell over DRT! He was slightly quartered away so I did clip the stomach! Got both lungs with the near side absolutely shredded and the base plowed on through the other and through the shoulder and unbeknownst to me into another aoudad....It wasn't until I was going to collect a cull buck I had shot the next morning that I found the other sheep just 50 yards back from where I had shot the original Aoudad! I didn't open it up but it look like the bullet tumbled and key holed going in!
Overall the big gun and the hammers came through for me in my foul up.
Performance now, the ribs had a hand print size area of blood shot but nothing that could be scraped off. Of size very light just an area the size of a golf ball. With the 200gr accubond the off side was just a total blood shot mess before hand.
Saturday morning I had a group of 11 aoudad show up at my stand. I watched a group of 4 rams sparing for around 5 minutes when the ram I would take emerged from the brush.
Easy enough shot the area I was hunting I had ranged many times. He was roughly 190-200 yards out.
I was using my 300AX-181's at 3500fps! I watched and waited for him to get what I thought was clear and broke the shot. I saw him rear up a few times kinda circling and fell over DRT! He was slightly quartered away so I did clip the stomach! Got both lungs with the near side absolutely shredded and the base plowed on through the other and through the shoulder and unbeknownst to me into another aoudad....It wasn't until I was going to collect a cull buck I had shot the next morning that I found the other sheep just 50 yards back from where I had shot the original Aoudad! I didn't open it up but it look like the bullet tumbled and key holed going in!
Overall the big gun and the hammers came through for me in my foul up.
Performance now, the ribs had a hand print size area of blood shot but nothing that could be scraped off. Of size very light just an area the size of a golf ball. With the 200gr accubond the off side was just a total blood shot mess before hand.
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243 win
71gr sledgehammer
~3400-3500fps
~30 yard shot
entrance
Exit
About a 20 yard death run
71gr sledgehammer
~3400-3500fps
~30 yard shot
entrance
Exit
About a 20 yard death run
westcoasthunter
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How was the blood trail?First deer with the 308 Winchester 152 gr Hammer Hunter. Very, very happy! It wasn't a difficult shot, a simple broadside at 150 yards, but I want an exit every time. He ran in a death sprint for 75 yards and tipped over. Entry behind the shoulder, took out lungs and top of heart and exited the offside shoulder no bone besides rib. Excellent internal damage, and only a little bloodshot meat. I was so confident with the sound of the shot and mule kick I didn't even cycle the bolt, as I knew he was dead. Happiness is a frothy exit
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westcoasthunter
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Also how do you like the 71gr sledge hammers. I have a 243 I thought about loading some up for my 10yr old. Would you say it's good to 300yards for deer/ coyotes
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I'm a fan, blood trail was impressive. If 200-300 was common I would personally do the 70 grain HH. This rifle was for a new hunter on the east coast so more of a 0-150/200 rifle.
I'd still send one at both @ 300 though. Also, recoil is almost nonexistent
