Hammer HHT tip installation PITA!

[SDHNTR]

I’m not crimping any centerfire bolt action cartridge.

 

[dgfavor]

I’m not crimping any centerfire bolt action cartridge.

Right on! Tipless and crimpless!!

Turns out I actually bought 100, not 50. 20" down the drain...but strangely satisfying.

 

[01Foreman400]

I bought 200 during the sale. I’ve done around 700 tips now. Going to add bullet manufacturing to my resume.

 

[Mtndawger]

I’m busy enough in life without having to do more tedious things, like installing tips, yielding marginal results. It’s one reason why I’m staying with hammer hunters until something sways me enough to change. I also don’t have time or energy to wring my hands over whether BC’ s are accurate or not as it doesn’t really effect me for the distances I shoot and how I hunt.

 

[Mtndawger]

Yes, no doubt. I am one of those people. I started to look for a lead free bullet about a year or more before California forced us to do so. I looked at all I could find on the market, CEB, Hammer, Hornady CX, Barnes, DRT and Lehigh Defense.
DRT and Lehigh were the ones I focused on, unfortunately I could not obtain DRT bullets in California at that time (I believe that has changed now, still not sure though) so I choose to go with Lehigh. Very glad I did. I bought close to 1000 of those bullets for half the price of Hammers. They shoot very accurate and they wreck animals. Glad I still have a good pile of them, especially since they discontinued the .264 122 gr. If I run out I'd never go with Hammers.

Good to know about the Lehighs. I’ve got my kids 6.5 creeds set up shooting gorilla 130 controlled chaos but they haven’t tagged anything yet with them. I haven’t read much about their real world performance.

 

[Muley Buck]

Good to know about the Lehighs. I’ve got my kids 6.5 creeds set up shooting gorilla 130 controlled chaos but they haven’t tagged anything yet with them. I haven’t read much about their real world performance.

Entrance.


Exit.

 

[Bobcat 33]

I kind of hard to accept doing this. I only do what im loading up at a time. Its not bad but the principle of the thing. I got 100, at the end of day with all the costs tarrifs, etc., they cost me $1.89 per bullet. !00 bullets was 189.00! For that kind of money we should not have to do that. I dropped the little tool the other day and had to crawl on my garage floor with a flashlight to find it. Loose it your screwed.

 

[SDHNTR]

So just about 3 more months have gone by since I posted this and still no tipping machine. Still DIY, PITA. Do they still claim it’s coming?

 

[eaglemountainman]

I bought some last year, 132s for a 7-08. Expected a lot more for the price. Couldn't find accuracy in 3 different rifles. Plus, the tips are soft and easily deformed. No thanks. I'll stick with Barnes TTSX and LRX.

 

[SDHNTR]

I bought some last year, 132s for a 7-08. Expected a lot more for the price. Couldn't find accuracy in 3 different rifles. Plus, the tips are soft and easily deformed. No thanks. I'll stick with Barnes TTSX and LRX.

That’s interesting. I’ve never not found a load with zero tinkering. Pick an appropriate powder load to .060 jump. Work up to pressure, back off by a grain and shoot. Never not been able to get easy 1 moa ish 10 shot groups.