loaded for ladder looking for pressure and 15 rounds in, I found the mother of all sweet spots. The deer dropped right in it's tracks, without even a kick. Was planning on using 115DTACs or 107 Sierras but after seeing how well the 143gr Hammer Hunters performed in my 7-06 Ackley I thought I would try 88gr Hammer Hunters and it was a good move. Guys at the range are taking notice and asking questions. With minimal time for load development due to other responsibilities, I picked a good velocity node and loaded up a few rounds at an arbitrary COL. Can't complain about a perfect shot placement (my son did the shooting) but not too much in the way of terminal testing on the "medium". The bullet did what it needed to do entered in front of the left hip on a very steep quartering away shot, and obviusly made it to the vitals which resulted in only a 20 yard run for the ram. I was impressed with the performance on two whitetails this year. I loaded these for my 257 WTBY and had them pushing right around 3900 fps. What's not to love. Great bullet, dallas hardaway It may not display this or other websites correctly. Lungs were soup. (verified owner) June 10, 2022. Took a white tail this fall, bang flop. Steve knows his product line inside and out and is quick to get back to you if you have a question. The results at long range were incredible. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas with . I chose the 151gn Absolute Hunter, knowing that it would be fully stabilised and yet, on-game performance would be similar to the S2150. Recently started running them in my 224 Valkyrie for predator (fox, coyote) hunting and they are outstanding terminally! This goes right in the same hole for me and when I checked the speed, it keeps coming out at 3200 pretty much on the nose. (verified owner) December 8, 2022, Greetings from the UK! I loaded them to 3300 FPS, using Nosler load data for 85/90 grain bullets. of 41.7 of Varget under a 99 Hammer Hunter at oal of 2.680. Steve recommended the powder and I followed his advise of course and I'm not disappointed. Small buck mule deer at 100 yards. (verified owner) December 7, 2022. my hunting pal recently shot a 3 round .250 group out of his 308 with these little guys. All were very fast kills. I had never shot beyond 200 yards before, and even that was a struggle. BSHEETS Environmental conditions can drastically impact firearms, powders, and primers. We invite discussions about any other products as well. Meat loss was almost non-existent, very little bloodshot meat. IJS, billmcneese62 Largest group shot with that load was 0.38" at 100yrds, typical groups run closer to 0.25" using federal match primers vs remington. The next day I got them in the mail, had them loaded up and two shot strings later I had my load. One thing that Ive been seeing in various threads about is the Absolute Hammer bullets. One petal has not sheared, but otherwise perfect performance and very fast lethality. August 26, 2020. Reloading Costs Calculator; Case Crimp Calculator; Energy, Momentum, Power Factor, and Taylor Knock-out Calculators; Free Recoil Energy Calculator; How I reload; . I found that each grain of powder added yielded about 40-50 fps. This way I can live vicariously through other's efforts. But with my starting load I dropped a huge west Texas gemsbok bull. (verified owner) March 16, 2022, I tried it with 47.6 gr of Staball and a magnum primer. All these were 1-1/2 to 2 + groups. These are the first hammer bullets I have tried. But I had to try it with other powders. Stu, Wesley Turner Cavity full of blood, literally my 6 year old son found the blood and "tracked" the deer like a lighted runway. I read of several loads on the Hammer Forum and thought I'd try RL26, working up to 56 grains as posted. This load has a MV of 3405 using H Super Performance and Fed 210M Primers from a W-W case. However, with Steve's expert advice, I looked for a > 90% case fill ratio and a burn rate in the RL15 range - "start at max and walk it up". Because they are pure copper they do not disintegrate like lead core bullets, so meat damage is still very light. If the rifle is not liking what is going on we generally switch the powder. As a resident of CA, were faced with having to shoot non tox bullets. 143gr Hammer Hunter out of my custom 7-06 Ackley Improved shooting 3100fps and 1/2' groups at 200 yds. Upgraded glass beaded H. S. Precision light stock. Im 20-25 th off the lands . LIL Gun 29.5grs Way way less meat damage than the old load with 168gr Berger. They're not so easy on the wallet, but they are crazy easy to find an accurate load with, usually under 20 rounds and you're at least under MOA, if you follow their loading procedure. The max size allowed is : 4 MB. Big fan of the shock hammer!!! Switched to the 143 grain Hammer's last year for my 280AI. Rich start another thread in the rifles forum about barrel break in. If you go to the Hammer Forum there is a ton of info available on loads, how to, etc. Primer is a little flat but not too bad, may back off a touch. It was about a 75-yard shot, the bullet entered just in front of the right shoulder, and exited just behind the left. Alas, two things have caused me to look for an alternative: Sierra's decision to obsolete this bullet and impending legislation to go non-toxic. Ended up at 23.2 grains for muzzle velocity of 3812 fps and .164" 3 shot group at 100 yds. And Im totally confident in their terminal performance on elk. January 4, 2022. I normally do not leave reviews for bullets until I have used them on animals but Steve deserves a review on bullet accuracy and customer service. Run this bullet 3500 fps in my 6.5 twist 22/6mm dropped a nice mule deer at 450 yds! Absolutely devastating on coyotes: multiple exit fragments. Bullet Casting Alloys, Tin & Pure Lead; Bullet Casting Flux; Cast Iron Lead Pots; . Only meat loss was a small portion of one back strap. I'm having a hard time finding load data though. Provide the list of components that you will be sending to Hammer Bullets for your custom load development. With varget, magnum primers, hornady brass, and magazine length this combination has shot <0.5 MOA at 200 and 530 yds and has killed 4 groundhogs dead in their tracks. I shot two back to back 3 shot groups of .372 and .393 moa without any special load development. One shot. They shot at 2800fps . I did not see blood until getting the deer out of the truck, and did not find the entry and exit wounds until I opened her. Unbelievable! (verified owner) January 3, 2022. Try LT-30, LT-32, or Benchmark! Under a dime size group at 100 yards all day if you do your part. After 6 rounds, with different charge weights, loaded .020 off the the lands, I had established a velocity node. DeadBlow Hammers are Hammer Hunters that are designed to retain 40%-50% on impact. Shoots amazing out of my 22Sendero Light Proof Glacier Ti. The bullet penetrated the scapula, destroyed 3 inches of spine and left a 1.5" exit with basically no meat lost. The terminal performance was nothing like ive seen, with minimal meat loss. I am very impressed with the Absolute Hammer! Right now I have no RL-15 to try, so I will use this for hunting this year. No recoil or pressure sighs. Iv shot some 2in groups at 600 yds with it in my 22/284! But you used load data for the 139gr Hornady Interlock. They seemed to shoot ok from an off-hand position at 25 yards, so I loaded up the rest for my class. My X bolt took two whitetails last fall with this. Sometimes we will swap to another primer. Pressure 0 , recoil was very light . This bullet is a performer! (verified owner) June 1, 2022. Which 7mm . 3500 muzzle velocity, about 3250 impact. arreed28 Description The Berger Classic Hunting bullets are specially designed to conform to SAAMI industry dimensional standards. Amazing quality so far and the shipping time has been great. Allows you to get the best performance from your rifle. I did shoot those two, they all so hit in the same hole as the other four previous . You can get great performance out of the CM and 6.5-06 AI. September 24, 2021, Jeff Hedgpeth 14fps, 1.17grp kopitzke Load development pushed this bullet to 3550 FPS with Ramshot TAC 24 Krieger Barrel. Looking forward to seeing on game performance! I tested the 143's to 530 yards and they shot unbelievably well. Loaded up 4831 sc powder @ 57.5 gr 3.325 coal. I loaded some of the 134's just to see how they would do. I have used the DeadBlow version of these on deer in the UK and they work extremely well. Perfect bullet for my needs. We can design a specific bullet for use in non-standard twist rates. We have learned not to try to force a rifle to like what we want. A great deer load for most hunters. That's going to do a number on anything it hits, I tried 43 gr of Varget and must say I was not impressed. My favorite hornet bullet bar none! The buck my wife shot this year with this combo only went about 10 yards with minimal bloodshot. There is no hype on this website, they perform as advertised. Both my friends used .308 Hammers on this pig hunt as mentioned in the previous review and both were bang flops. What more can you ask for from an all copper hunting bullet? Problem solved with this hand-load. It took me 15 rounds total to arrive at what will be my go-to load for the 338 LM. Pat Long 2750 fps . Very easy to load. The bullets are very accurate. Then that market completely evaporated, right before a hunt. Load work up took one day at the range. Building a load was so easy and quick it was almost boring. They shoot consistently inside 1 using my final load. turned out afterwards with friends range finder shot was at 460 yards . Moved to 78.5 which shot a .24 group at 100yds. bullets. Thank you guys for a great product! Absolutely impressive performance at relatively low velocity. (verified owner) July 6, 2021, Although I have not killed an animal with this bullet, the accuracy is unbelievable. I had a minor issue with my shipment and Steve made it more than right without me asking for anything. I am impressed! Its not going to kill you to take a little extra time to work a load up, but it could kill you if you dont. I can't speak well enough about Steve and Brian. I used these out of a 338 Norma imp. These Shock Hammers WILL shoot! SD 2.0. BL-C(2) powder, Starline Brass, Ginex Primer. Prints very tiny groups as well. Boom flop. I built a 270 wsm with a 8 twist 24 pac nor barrel. (verified owner) March 4, 2022. Average muzzle velocity was 2,908 with 40.0gr of Varget out of the 22" barrel with a Rugged Radiant 7.62 mounted. I thought I'd give it one last try first, and wow! Environmental conditions can drastically impact firearms, powders, and primers. Velocity is beyond comparison. Typically I run 90 SMKs for PRS stuff, but when I needed a truly hunting style bullet, I was blessed to come across these gems. In short, I shot the top one first and could clearly see a single hole through my Zeiss V6 at x15 power - no way! Thanks for a great product! This was by far the fastest easiest load development I have ever had including other Hammer's. About HiBid About HiBid Thanks, Hammer guys! Can't wait to try them this deer season, Gerald DILGARD I was fortunate enough to use this load to shoot a whitetail this past fall. (verified owner) November 17, 2021, I recently purchased a box of .264 124 gr Hammer Hunters to try in my 6.5 Creedmoor. Im betting that I could get to, or even surpass 30 grains of powder, but well see. Consistently shooting 5 shot groups ranging from 1/4" to 1/2" at 100yds. I am glad this one has better terminal performance, but I will be switching to shock hammers (or power hammers) when using the 300 HAMR for hunting going forward. Description. I did get velocities of almost 150 fps higher than with different loads and powders but the load I settled on shot nice tight groups and seemed pretty conservative for all weather conditions. Minimal bloodshot or meat loss. Very easy load development. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. I was looking for a non-lead fragmenting bullet which produced minimal over penetration for our busy island. I've been around the horn with my rifle trying to find that one sweet pet load and its been a goat-rope until now. Im loading for my Kimber Hunter in .280AI. Bullet performance was great. Measure the "wound channel depth" using a .270 brass rod. I'm running 75 grains of Varget at 3,863 fps with single digit SD and sub 1/2 MOA accuracy. Can't say enough good things about the performance of these projectiles or the awesome folks at Hammer Bullets that I've spoken with on the phonethey are A+++++ in all categories! It was a 1/4 moa group. Im pushing them at 3125fps and for a hunting rig Im very happy. Standard Deviation 5.79 FPS I recently used this bullet on a desert bighorn sheep. If he does his job on the trigger. I wanted to see 3700fps with this but only made it there with RL19 which Im essentially out of. They fall more in line with conventional loading data and are very forgiving. 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