Hammer bullet kills

[brocksw]

Anyone shoot some critters with hammer bullets this year?

Mule deer or elk at 3-650 yards in particular?

How was bullet performance?

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[BeaverHunter]

Buck at 425 yards. Ran about 30 yards and died. 181 grain hammer hunters at 3100 FPS. Killed another buck at 100 yards and he went 20 yards and piled up. Was very happy on the performance on both.

 

[Matt3479]

God there is another good hammer bullets thread on another forum! I have to try them out in my brothers 300. Wsm browning a-bolt. Just don’t know which hammer I should try

 

[Wapiti1]

God there is another good hammer bullets thread on another forum! I have to try them out in my brothers 300. Wsm browning a-bolt. Just don’t know which hammer I should try

Try the ones in .308 caliber for best results.

Jeremy

 

[wysongdog]

From the 87 grain 6mm creadmore, 155 grain 28 Nosler, 275 grain 375 h&h, all one shot kills none went further than 50 yards. Ranges were from 30 yards to 250 yards. I’m sold on them now.

 

[MuleyFever]

What is it about these bullets that has people talking about them so much? Are they different from traditional copper in that they expand at lower velocity? Are the claims that seating depth doesn’t really effect accuracy true?

 

[BeaverHunter]

I loved how easy load development was. Under 20 rounds and I had a .5 moa load. Thats what I initially loved about them. And now after watching them kill 2 deer very quickly at 2 very different yardages, I really love them.

 

[tdot]

God there is another good hammer bullets thread on another forum! I have to try them out in my brothers 300. Wsm browning a-bolt. Just don’t know which hammer I should try

166 Hammer Hunter is the easy answer.

I've loaded and used them in 5 cartridges. 9 different bullets. There seem to be a couple things that work well with them. Make sure they are extremely stable, more so then their recommended minimum if possible (it helps with terminal stability). Drive them fast as possible. Weight does not matter for terminal performance like it used to, light weight is far more effective then you would expect.

 

[tdot]

What is it about these bullets that has people talking about them so much? Are they different from traditional copper in that they expand at lower velocity? Are the claims that seating depth doesn’t really effect accuracy true?

They are different then normal copper and work on a different wounding theory.

The tip splits into 4 petals and those separate from the bullet. What you are left with is a slightly over caliber sized flat fronted bullet. That bullet doesnt slow down as much as a typical mushroomed bullet. It displaces tissue at a very high rate throughout the wound. You actually end up with a larger permanent wound cavity them you would with a larger mushroom. Due to the flat nose and high velocity. The bullet almost always exits. The petals too. The only fragments I've saved are from a Mule deer that I shot in the chest, three nose petals were found in the back ham against the skin, 1 exited 6" to the side of the bullet exit hole.

Biggest performance gain as I see it, is they basically dont care what speed they are shot at or how fast they hit the animal, down to 1800fps. Little difference if you hit a femur or lung. They operate the same with similar results.

I'm a huge fan, but I also havent found any negative reports on them, and I keep trying to find them. Everything is just so reliable and consistentwith them. That to me is what makes them so unique.

 

[tdot]

What is it about these bullets that has people talking about them so much? Are they different from traditional copper in that they expand at lower velocity? Are the claims that seating depth doesn’t really effect accuracy true?

The seating depth claim is an interesting one. It does affect their accuracy. But they are so easy to load for and sub MOA groups are so easy to find, that messing around with seating depth has only minimal improvements for the amount of work required to find the right depth.

Hammer says their only requirement is to not jamb the bullet. Personally I load to 0.010" to 0.020" off the lands and it's been good.

There are some new shapes coming out which are slightly more sensitive to the amount of jump. But I've loaded for 2 of them now, and they loaded as easily as the original's.

 

[brocksw]

Bump

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[MuleyFever]

With most monos people go light and fast for good expansion. With these is it better to go heavier and treat them more like a bonded bullet?

 

[brocksw]

With most monos people go light and fast for good expansion. With these is it better to go heavier and treat them more like a bonded bullet?

Not how I understand it to be. They still need speed and apparently twist. They said they've experimented a lot with different types of copper to find one that worked correctly and they found the bullets performed better on game with the correct twist. He gave me the impression that tube twist was the most important factor in selecting the correct bullet weight. He also talked about how generally speaking you still have to change your thinking a bit and go fast over heavy for caliber. Obviously there are exceptions for distance and BCs.

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[blacktail sniper]

143 HHs out of my 280ai at 3180 antelope doe 400 yards slightly quartering took 5 steps. antelope buck 250 high shoulder bang flop. Mule deer at 90 entered a touch high blue out opposite lung and severed spine took 3 steps. accuracy is .5 moa in my rifle loading some for my kids 7/08ai next probably 131s

 

[brocksw]

143 HHs out of my 280ai at 3180 antelope doe 400 yards slightly quartering took 5 steps. antelope buck 250 high shoulder bang flop. Mule deer at 90 entered a touch high blue out opposite lung and severed spine took 3 steps. accuracy is .5 moa in my rifle loading some for my kids 7/08ai next probably 131s

What twist?

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[brocksw]

Revive

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[DangerRanger]

71 sledgehammer 243 Winchester

 

[SCmuleymaster]

Anyone shoot some critters with hammer bullets this year?

Mule deer or elk at 3-650 yards in particular?

How was bullet performance?

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Mule deer at 490 yards with 260 grain 338 hammer hunter.
Lungs on the ground. DRT. No excessive meat damage. Very accurate.

 

[SCmuleymaster]

The seating depth claim is an interesting one. It does affect their accuracy. But they are so easy to load for and sub MOA groups are so easy to find, that messing around with seating depth has only minimal improvements for the amount of work required to find the right depth.

Hammer says their only requirement is to not jamb the bullet. Personally I load to 0.010" to 0.020" off the lands and it's been good.

There are some new shapes coming out which are slightly more sensitive to the amount of jump. But I've loaded for 2 of them now, and they loaded as easily as the original's.

Not picky about seating depth. Easy setup

 

[Newtosavage]

Not picky about seating depth. Easy setup

I can vouch for that. Like an "Easy Button" for load development.

The 131 .284's are going to be my deer bullet for my 7mm-08 now.