This is a place to discuss hunting, shooting, and other outdoor activities. high shoulder with complete pass through, straight down. But you used load data for the 139gr Hornady Interlock. I took a big Wisconsin whitetail this past winter with them and they preformed as expected and I did not recover the bullet. The hammers hitlike a ton of bricks I was very impressed! I was about ready to sell this rifle, when I saw these 174 Hammers designed for tight mag constraints, which the 300 WBY suffers from. We have our go to loads. I would not recommend absolute hammers to anyone that is not a veteran reloader imho. At 53 gr of N120 the Bullet whats to push back out to COL of 2.582 . Complete pass through, chest cavity is mush. Shot placement was through both front shoulders. Problem solved with this hand-load. Where that could present a problem is on mag box lengths. 30 nosler , long throat. It was a 1/4 moa group. I have used them successfully on three roe, two fallow and two sika deer. Guys at the range are taking notice and asking questions. Ill go with 78.5 gr charge weight. My temporary load for the moment gives me 1/3 MOA and I look forward to fine tuning accuracy and ES now I have fire formed my cases. March 12, 2021, Run this bullet in a 220 Ai at 3750 fps it shoots 1 hole groups at 100 yds. Over all yet another great bullet from Hammer. When I field dressed her I saw where I hit the liver and the shank exited, but when the petals expanded they hit both lungs and the back side of the heart. OAL was 2.445 which put the round .025 off the lands in my rifle. Big hollow point? Auction Information Name: Old Forbes Road Online Auction: Auctioneer: Mishler Auction Service. The best this rifle had ever shot by a factor of three. I loaded it @ 4000fps in my 220 Swift ,1-14 twist Remington , my first 5 shot group at 100 yards were one small hole less than dime size , I have shot a couple beavers and one coyote with complete pass throughs for such a small bullet it is very impressive, I will be buying more, If you can shoot and your rifle is capable load development etc most accurate bullet I've ever loaded bug hole groups 50 plus yrs loading experience, MATTHEW DICKEY Tried the 146s and got 1.5 -2inch groups, Eric Thornton 20 1:7 barrel I shot two back to back 3 shot groups of .372 and .393 moa without any special load development. Have already ordered some lighter ones to try just to get that extra velocity I want just to flatten out my trajectories. I'm impressed! Thread starter hunter24605; Start date Oct 27, 2022; Oct 27, 2022 #1 hunter24605 Handloader. All other powders listed wont even come close to N120 . My 20" 6.5 CM has this zipping over 3200 FPS. With a slightly larger 2mm hollow point this bullet will have more consistent low vel impact performance. I settled for 2975 fps for good accuracy and plenty of energy. Winchester brass Biggest buck was 193 pounds on the hoof. Look forward to stretching these out to 800 yards. Was curious what these might do in my 722 rem. Single digit ES goes from 4 to 9 with avg around 7 Description. I will not buy another bullet other than hammer hunter for my 300 WSM and I can't wait to see how these perform on an Elk this year. Just click this button and the coupon will show. 6.5mm (0.264") bullet diameter. This was the original line of bullets. And Im totally confident in their terminal performance on elk. turned out afterwards with friends range finder shot was at 460 yards . Bang flop. Every tool is different so it might not stay true to your tool. Wow was i surprised. I wanted to see 3700fps with this but only made it there with RL19 which Im essentially out of. Colorado Pronghorn 364 yards, California Black Bear 100 yards, California Blacktail 74 yards, Montana Pronghorn 605 Yards, and California Blacktail 660 yards as well as several Coyotes. IJS, billmcneese62 At 52 grains . Ive been searching high and low for good bullets for my .358 win BLR. Cant wait to drop some bears with these bullets. Yet to have one run off. I'm at 47.3gr of 6.5 StaBall out of my 6.5 CM. I shot two deer this past season using this bullet. I just finished a multi-day long-range hunting class and absolutely hammered it. You must log in or register to reply here. Matt Winkelman Getting around 3480FPS in a 24" barrel and just got my first Hammer Bullet deer, a nice North Carolina 8pt at just under 100yards. It seemed to be a very picky rifle. I was able to reach over 2500fps with zero pressure. BSHEETS in my 6mm GT, equal to my best 88 gr. It has a 1-20 barrel that is 25 long . (verified owner) November 12, 2022. Im very happy with my results on coyotes. I now have a load that matches the SS Patron 197.5 grain FMJ load of WWII in an appropriate hunting bullet. I loaded my first 178gr Absolute Hammer bullets tonight and shot a 5 shot group, other than one 1/2" flyer, set up issue I think, the other 4 were all touching. I took a [large for East TN] 10-point whitetail at 120 yards with this load. October 1, 2022, very accurate bullet out of my custom 257 Weatherby mag has a Brux 7 1/2 twist barrel, 28 inch barrel , velocity average is 3680 FPS , i mounted a 5.5 -22 x56 Nightforce on this rifle and Harris bi-pod too . I just ordered some 92 gr Hammer bullets for my 257 WBY. This way I can live vicariously through other's efforts. The groups started opening up about 3250 fps. Took an antelope and a black tail with these out of my 300prc. After Bergers successful partnership with the U.S. Rifle Team co-developed the Berger 30 caliber 200.20x World Championship winning F-TR bullet, it's only fitting they continue the innovation with other U.S. Rifle Team disciplines. Very accurate and devastating on game. Tested in 338 RCM in 20 barrel and it shot great. A excellent choice when you can't make your mind up on whether you want to run light-n-fast or heavy-n-steady. Speed 2700 fps . 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. We could not get them or any bullet to shoot well. 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. I have RL-22, IMR 7828 SSC and H4831SC. Retained ~70%. Just loaded these for my Christensen Arms Ridgeline 300 WIn Mag. I did shoot those two, they all so hit in the same hole as the other four previous . Ive been doing a lot of reading and research to prepare myself. John Phillips Switched to the 143 grain Hammer's last year for my 280AI. I'm having a hard time finding load data though. Had 4 exit holes on the opposite side. Ship to: 11284 MT Hwy 83 Bigfork, MT 59911 Specifications: The great guys at Hammer said to try the 200gr ShockHammers. Loaded them with RL23 at 3050fps. So far the best load is a medium charge that yields 1/2 MOA @ 3200 fps. Dropped to the shot. The results at long range were incredible. They shot at 2800fps . Prints very tiny groups as well. I haven't shot anything except wood yet, but that showed excellent penetration. Boom flop. Only meat loss was a small portion of one back strap. 3385 fps avg. Heart soft ball size hole Minimal bloodshot or meat loss. Next is get her zeroed in and dope chart built. The EASIEST load workup ive ever done. 8 point Maine buck. I am lucky for that at these times. I would consider starting out with the hammer Hunters to build confidence. Put it right behind the shoulder and the guide immediately called miss reload. Needed something quick to try on east Texas pigs. Norma's 6.5mm Diamond Line HPBT Bullets are moly coated hollow points designed to extend the lifetime of your barrel. You are using an out of date browser. Steve was great about calling me back to give me a starting point. OK, folks. 40.5 of Varget works wonders also. Environmental conditions can drastically impact firearms, powders, and primers. Not my testing but some video I saw on youtube. I don't think its significant out to 500, but if you plan to push the outer edges of effective range (hammers are designed to perform down to 1800 fps) then it is certainly something to consider. There is no drop off in terminal performance from the Shock Hammers. 3024 FPS 300 PRC: 199 gr Hammer Hunter I was leaving for deer camp in 4 days and couldn't find any loaded ammo anywhere on the shelf. Shooting a 6.5 PRC with H4831SC has been the best load yet! I'm sure they could be pushed a lot faster but why bother. (verified owner) November 17, 2021, I recently purchased a box of .264 124 gr Hammer Hunters to try in my 6.5 Creedmoor. They worked right away. I loaded 10 rounds in that sweet spot load and printed two back to back 1/2" groups and its moving at 3078fps with SD of 5 with ZERO pressure showing. One at 450 yards. He is not wrong and IMR4166 was both available and fitted the above criteria, cased in Starline brass, sized and seated to 2.720" at the ogive using Redding match dies and lit by a Federal GM magnum primer. February 11, 2022. Attachments Should bring a lot of opinions. These are my best loads so far for my 350 legend AR. Upon purchasing a box of these bullets, I loaded 20 up for hunting and zeroed 2 inches high at a 100 and on Saturday November 19 I harvested 2 whitetail does within a minute of each other. This bullet is extremely accurate (like all my loads). Totally destroyed the lungs, full penetration. Both my friends used .308 Hammers on this pig hunt as mentioned in the previous review and both were bang flops. Use one of the allowed file type: jpg,png. Environmental conditions can drastically impact firearms, powders, and primers. Robert Coakley Steve recommended the powder and I followed his advise of course and I'm not disappointed. Casmus Simmons I would give 10 stars if I could. I had never tried the Absolute Hammer line of bullets I ordered a box and talked with some fellow Hammer shooters on facebook. Angling away, the bullet shed 3 petals, destroyed the liver, hot the spine, and shattered 7 vertebrae before lodging inside the spine. with the 262g Hammer Hunter at 100yards. Reloading Costs Calculator; Case Crimp Calculator; Energy, Momentum, Power Factor, and Taylor Knock-out Calculators; Free Recoil Energy Calculator; How I reload; . In October I took an antelope at 525 yards with a bullet and hit the buck exactly where I was aiming, through the lungs but behind both shoulders to avoid meat loss. 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. Ding! This is really what Im after flat shooting all the way out to 200 yards . Got a good accurate load for these out of my 264 win mag. Excellent performance in 24" barrel 30-06. The 124 gr bullets are outstanding. Found a load development under half moa. I've purchased 400.00 worth of these bullets just this month and I'm wondering if I've bought enough. Will be hunting with it this week. Ive never enjoyed shooting that big gun this much. Henry Harris III It took just 1 rd at about 140 yards. Rich start another thread in the rifles forum about barrel break in. Terminal performance has been outstanding on whitetail. Made my first loads out of my .284 win with the 143 hammer hunter. No pressure signs and the velocity was right where I figured I should be. The penetration is incredible while reaching out with authority without the magnum recoil Information I have thus far I find this very intriguing. Two downsides with higher BC copper. Full penetration and dropped in their tracks performance from 200 to 394 yards. Thanks Hammer, you always seem to have what I need, when I need it. (verified owner) November 29, 2021. I can't wait to finish out this load to maximum velocity's and see what she can do. December 7, 2021. I'm getting .3 groups with 38 grains of Varget. What's not to love. In my very limited experience it is easy to get a little too hot with the absolutes. Ive been accumulating reloading equipment and will start reloading soon. We have quite a few diff primers on hand. Hammers are super easy to work up a load for usually about 10 rounds and your done, not to mention 1/4 moa accuracy I get with them. Try LT-30, LT-32, or Benchmark! I did not recover the bullet, but performance was exceptional. At 200 yards it is still going about 2800 fps. This bullet shoots great out of my Savage 243 win. (verified owner) March 29, 2022, Im quite impressed with these bullets so far. Very easy load development. Ordered up these for my .350 legend. Both had DRT results. Recoil is on par with my 6.5 Creedmoor. This spring I started load development for my 25" barreled 280 Ackley Improved. They need to be pushed pretty fast out of a fast twist barrel to stabilize but the western has no problem. I cant say enough good about these Hammer Bullets. Took a white tail this fall, bang flop. October 18, 2022. One at a stones throw and the other at 330 yards. Select the product youd like to review from the Products Page, and submit your review. Dallas Hardaway I like to find pressure and back away from it. Ding! Small buck mule deer at 100 yards. Reloading Bullets 30 Cal. (verified owner) February 3, 2021. Stu, Wesley Turner Type: Online-Only Auction: Date(s) 02/01/2023 - 02/27/2023: . Not a step. You wont be disappointed with these bullets. I have a 243 Win. Happy Hunting!! (verified owner) July 18, 2022. Thanks Steve for starting this thread..Good Info! I highly recommend this brand, you wont be disappointed! LeverEvolution turns out to be a great powder for the .300 Savage and .308 with this bullet. I ended up taking two does and a nice 9 point white tail with them. The exit hole on both does was about the size of a quarter and I would consider both shots to be no loss of meat. I have owned a Sako 75 in .30-06 for over 20 years, which has harvested everything from muntjac to moose with a Sierra 2150 over N550 or RS60 (RL17). (verified owner) November 28, 2022. Took a medium size Eastern white tail very recently. Shooting a Tikka t3. May favorite 6.5 CM bullet for years. Thanks , Mark Gendreau . This bullet is a great option for the 338 Federal. I have used Barnes for 9 years all moose took altleast 3 rounds to drop and sometimes more This coupon is on the honor system. The bullet couldnt have been going much faster than 1800 fps when it hit, but it did exactly what Hammer said it would do. George L Taylor Also, these bullets are extremely accurate in my .338 Lapua. These bullets are slightly more pricey than most but pay for themselves and then some. Bullet performed flawlessly both times and best of all no blood shot meat! First shot missed completely low, 2nd hit forward in the chest, 3rd was perfectly through the heart and dropped her. After liquefying his liver the bullet shed three petals, hit his spine and turned and ran up the spine destroying seven vertebrae and lodging inside the spine itself. (verified owner) November 19, 2021. I can stack these bullets with my 308 Win. Thanks guys for a true quality bullet that will stop anything I will ever face. Tested several hunting bullets at varying velocities in my 6.5 PRC. I got groups I could cover with a dime. Probably a good idea to stay with hammer hunters rather than the absolutes of your just getting started. Ended up at 23.2 grains for muzzle velocity of 3812 fps and .164" 3 shot group at 100 yds. All were very fast kills. Very accurate and plenty effective on Scottish red deer. Federal case Took out all the valves off the top of the heart, jellied one small portion of one lung. Lower recoil, super accurate and a vapor trail. To say they shoot is an understatement. With impressive wound channels. Great bullets. I made them as a low pressure round for my late great-grandfathers first year production Remington 740. I agree with the last paragraph above. Im a happy camper. When Im done and sighted in at 0 to 150yards its only going to be 2.5 low at 200 y and still moving 2100 fps and still One ton of KE . arreed28 OAL 2.240 Jereme Wesely Hammer is doing something right. Was able to get 2466fps with H110. I think as long as you are good at reading pressure signs your good to go. Breaking the left leg bone. I have been a lifetime shooter of another brand of all copper bullets, but I decided to give the 124gr 6.5mm bullets a try out of my new 6.5prc. Michael Wilczynski Under .3 moa The bullets are very accurate. I had a very narrow shot window and a very short time window to make it work at about 120 yards. I am very impressed with the Absolute Hammer! The new Absolute Hammer 123's are my new favorite as of May 2021. Mag. Rem. Thank you Hammer for this fantastic bullet. A fine J.G. Brian Dirks I like the performance combined with minimal meat wasted. Had several that shot half inch until I tried 44gr of 6.5 Staball . Great bullet so long as your rifle barrel meets the recommended twist rate. Settled on 42.3 gr of RL-16. Hammer Bullets - Simply Better, Superior Accuracy, Increased Velocity for both target shooting and hunting applications. The shot connected with the upper shoulder and spine dropping her. Meat loss was almost non-existent, very little bloodshot meat. I shot it out to 200 and it maintained accuracy. Tack driving accuracy. Bullet impacted his hip joint where it attaches the spine, took out both feromal arties. Flat shooting and hard hitting. Lost some cube steak there. Using Leverevolution powder, i was able to hit 3050 fps and .3 which is hard to do in this cartridge. Hammers best hunting bullet out there! Hoping I can tighten up the groups when I load a little closer to the lands. I will leave review's for other bullets when available. 14 twist. 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. Shot a gallon milk jug full of water at 50 yds and the little guy made it through the other side! family have been using hammer bullets also and no negative reports! Will purchase again. 143 Hammer Hunters out of my 7 SAUM (26",1:8 twist). October 28, 2022. I cant say enough good things about Steve Davis and these bullets. She took 9 animals on our safari all were single shot kills except for her sable. JavaScript is disabled. Dennis Williams Jr Brady Hylton Very pleased. Set up milk jugs today, and these actually penetrated further than the 196 Hunter at 6 jugs for the 178s vs 5 for the 196s. If he does his job on the trigger. Easiest load development I've ever done. Very forgiving for accuracy. We would be happy to refund your money. He made it about 20 yards. If not I will just do some ladder testing. September 16, 2021, Have not killed anything with them, I will give another review when I do, but as for accuracy GTFO my Browning BAR is shooting .25moa with these, If they kill like they shoot, I will probably switch all my rifles to these bullets, Justin Youngblood In my .300 Savage, LE pushes this bullet > 2,800 fps. There is an extensive spreadsheet for Absolute Hammer Load Data developed and shared by members on this Forum. kopitzke My 7mm 143gr hammers are longer than my 168gr Bergers with a much lower bc. I first purchased a sample pack and loaded 3 groups of 5 and started at max oal and ended up at 2.900 with 60 grains of H4350. With a regular LRP. Also run it in a 22/284 at 3900 fps. Bled out and died in less than 20yards. I used that data to load the other 9 from my sample pack and achieved under 1/2 minute groups at 3300 fps. December 20, 2021. So much fun on coyotes, and antalope in Colorado. I can't wait to finish out this load to maximum velocity's and see what she can do. This was such an easy bullet to load develop. I've yet to load any and shoot them hopefully they are more consistent on shooting than they are on weight. They're a lot longer than standard lead bullets. It may not display this or other websites correctly. Im loading for my Kimber Hunter in .280AI. I'm also liking the Hammer bullets. 78 degrees Fahrenheit This year I killed two Muleys and both dropped in their tracks. All load/component data will be shared so that the load can be duplicated. Top left casing is 42 grains, definite pressure. She tipped like she was hit by a truck and took 8 steps before taking a dirt nap. They were readily available and shipped quick. Ive had excellent results backing down a couple grains from max load and laddering .01 grains for accuracy and not messing with seating depth. Pressure 0 , recoil was very light . Great bullet. I bought these to loads in a friends Marlin 30-30. And the weight fluctuated 1.25 grains at most on the 10 that I weighed. 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. The Black Bear dropped in his tracks! Joined Dec 25, 2017 Messages 356 Location SE Mo. Tried the 143's too but these just shot a little better out of my rifle. Shot placement is always key. Not the best terminal review (will explain in a minute) but sheesh. 2933fps out of 25" bartlein 9 twist. I had 80 of them left. All load/component data will be shared so that the load can be duplicated. (verified owner) January 3, 2022. Some general load data would help customers create successful loads and lead to repeat business. About the time we think it is the be all end all, we have a rifle that doesn't like it but likes something else. For anyone loading the 223 Remington or 556NATO, this is going to be the all around best of the heavier bullets. All these were 1-1/2 to 2 + groups. So I gave them a call and asked them to overnight a box of 50 bullets to try and Brian gave me a load to try. Home All Ammunition Reloading Reloading Supplies 1 of 2 View Larger Images 100 Count Hammer .355cal. 83 gr Ramshot Magnum It was a tough angle of a shot that most bullets would have created much more meat loss, with the Hammer Hunter it was minimal to none. Welcome Guest. Hammer Bullets DEVELOPED FOR Higher and consistent velocity Superior accuracy Less engraving pressure Less barrel heat and erosion Minimal game waste 100% Lead Free Patented Design for both target and hunting applications. Hammer bullets are the most consistent bullets I've ever sent down range. I shoot these in my ruger m77 mark ii 25-06 at 3660 fps and they shoot phenomenal on paper and on game. 83 gr Hammer Hunters are exactly thatHammers! I agree with the last paragraph above. Easiest bullets I have worked up loads for including custom bullets for my custom benchrest rifles. Big fan of the shock hammer!!! It is absolute coyote destroyer. Overview and welcome information about loading Hammer Bullets. Still need to chrono what's coming out of the tube. Vince Bloom Good Im betting that I could get to, or even surpass 30 grains of powder, but well see. Provide the list of components that you will be sending to Hammer Bullets for your custom load development. Oddly I tried the same load with an 85 gr TSX and got about 150 fps less MV with the slightly lighter Barnes bullet. The max size allowed is : 4 MB. The vapor trail is awesome. 1:10 twist 26" barrel 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. Primer is a little flat but not too bad, may back off a touch. Have your own review to share? February 3, 2022. 172gr. Most were 1.5 or less moa at 100. If you want to hunt anything bigger than a yote with the smaller 22's within reasonable ranges, this and its boattailed 35gr sister are your best bet for a mono. November 3, 2021. They are hitting right where they should out to 300 yards. HH. First 5 rounds with 54.5gr of H4831SC yielded 2850fps with plenty of room to go hotter. (verified owner) May 3, 2022. + Print; Pages: [1] 257 Wby with Hammer Bullets Shoots! 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