Physiological changes caused by reloading???

[jrebel]

Do pictures like this cause physiological changes in all guys?  Asking for a friend….

[pianoman9701]

  No comment but if my wife comes into the office, I'm closing the tab!

[Platensek-po]

Love those hammer bullets. Switched to them in all my hunting rifles except the varmint rounds

[HighlandLofts]

Nice gun porn.

[hunter399]

Is that a hair over two inch,ohh man.
Now tell us how deep your gonna seat them..

[jrebel]

Is that a hair over two inch,ohh man.
Now tell us how deep your gonna seat them..

Rulers lie....just like most guys.   

[phildobaggins]

No comment but if my wife comes into the office, I'm closing the tab!

 

[ASHQUACK]

Bow chicka wow wow....

[Sr15]

Better consult your doctor if u have an erection over 4 hours

[jrebel]

Better consult your doctor if u have an erection over 4 hours

And here I was thinking that was a bag of blue skittles......this phone call to the doctors office is gonna be embarrassing. 

[hunter399]

What is the starting LOAD of powder gonna be on these bad boys.
All copper I'm guessing...

[jrebel]

What is the starting LOAD of powder gonna be on these bad boys.
All copper I'm guessing...

Gonna start at 84 grains H1000 and work from their watching for pressure signs.  Likely gonna end up in the low 90 grains range.  We will see where that takes me for accuracy and speed as the load developing goes. 

Yes, copper. 

[hunter399]

What is the starting LOAD of powder gonna be on these bad boys.
All copper I'm guessing...

Gonna start at 84 grains H1000 and work from their watching for pressure signs.  Likely gonna end up in the low 90 grains range.  We will see where that takes me for accuracy and speed as the load developing goes. 

Yes, copper.

That's gonna be heavy hitting missile strike.

Hottest load for me in h1000,  75 grains 162 bullet,in 7 mag,primers where just starting to flatten out.
Can't remember,wasn't compressed yet ,but was getting close.

[jrebel]

What is the starting LOAD of powder gonna be on these bad boys.
All copper I'm guessing...

Gonna start at 84 grains H1000 and work from their watching for pressure signs.  Likely gonna end up in the low 90 grains range.  We will see where that takes me for accuracy and speed as the load developing goes. 

Yes, copper.

That's gonna be heavy hitting missile strike.

Hottest load for me in h1000,  75 grains 162 bullet,in 7 mag,primers where just starting to flatten out.
Can't remember,wasn't compressed yet ,but was getting close.

Gonna be loading this in a 338 Lapua Mag.  Similar bullets (monolithic) top out in the mid to upper 80 grain mark.  With Hammer Hunters you can usually push them harder and faster due to the decreased pressures.  This is only the second Hammer Hunter bullet I have loaded for.....so we will see.  Hoping to push these at 2700+ fps. 

[hunter399]

What is the starting LOAD of powder gonna be on these bad boys.
All copper I'm guessing...

Gonna start at 84 grains H1000 and work from their watching for pressure signs.  Likely gonna end up in the low 90 grains range.  We will see where that takes me for accuracy and speed as the load developing goes. 

Yes, copper.

That's gonna be heavy hitting missile strike.

Hottest load for me in h1000,  75 grains 162 bullet,in 7 mag,primers where just starting to flatten out.
Can't remember,wasn't compressed yet ,but was getting close.

Gonna be loading this in a 338 Lapua Mag.  Similar bullets (monolithic) top out in the mid to upper 80 grain mark.  With Hammer Hunters you can usually push them harder and faster due to the decreased pressures.  This is only the second Hammer Hunter bullet I have loaded for.....so we will see.  Hoping to push these at 2700+ fps.

That heavy grain bullet at 2700+ is gonna be like a tank hitting a Prius head on. Sounds awesome.

[wadu1]

Yes, it does, I reloaded today not rifle/pistol. I loaded 75 rounds of .410, and I feel much better. Just need some H110 to load more.

[jrebel]

Yes, it does, I reloaded today not rifle/pistol. I loaded 75 rounds of .410, and I feel much better. Just need some H110 to load more.

Lots of h110 on the shelve locally for normal prices too.   Should be easy to find.

[Ghost Hunter]

Wow.  If you're not satisfied with 2", go for 2 1/4" with the 304 gr.   

[NRA4LIFE]

Those are going to reach out and touch someone.

[hunter399]

Yes, it does, I reloaded today not rifle/pistol. I loaded 75 rounds of .410, and I feel much better. Just need some H110 to load more.

There was some at powder valley on the web's about an hour ago.

[dreadi]

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[GWP]

Used to load some heavyweights with a compressed load for a friend and his custom 375 H&H. I shot it once and said “Never again”.

[NRA4LIFE]

To be perfectly honest, I had my first physiological reloading change when I touched off my first ever round and it went boom and I didn't die.

[hunter399]

To be perfectly honest, I had my first physiological reloading change when I touched off my first ever round and it went boom and I didn't die.

I agree
I was wearing safety glasses the whole nine yards.
Of course I learned from YouTube. And trail and error after that.

[NRA4LIFE]

Youtube, funny.  This was 1987.  I was wearing a Jedi helmet.

[BigGoonTuna]

To be perfectly honest, I had my first physiological reloading change when I touched off my first ever round and it went boom and I didn't die.

I'll have to admit to something similar, but with loading a .264 mag with a powder with zero load data to go off of (IMR 7977).  Sierra recently added data for that powder and the loads are surprisingly close to where I ended up with it.

[hunter399]

Youtube, funny.  This was 1987.  I was wearing a Jedi helmet.

I only started about 4 years ago.

[dreadi]

Youtube, funny.  This was 1987.  I was wearing a Jedi helmet.

What Jedi wore helmets?

[Platensek-po]

Youtube, funny.  This was 1987.  I was wearing a Jedi helmet.

What Jedi wore helmets?

Lol. Luke wears a blast helmet in episode 4 while training on the millennium falcon. Good to see I wasn’t the only one who went to fire their first reloaded rounds while wearing my brown pants

[jdb]

Better consult your doctor if u have an erection over 4 hours

at 50 years old if I have an erection over 4 hours I’m calling everybody I know!

[dreadi]

Youtube, funny.  This was 1987.  I was wearing a Jedi helmet.

What Jedi wore helmets?

Lol. Luke wears a blast helmet in episode 4 while training on the millennium falcon. Good to see I wasn’t the only one who went to fire their first reloaded rounds while wearing my brown pants

I see what you're saying now.

[NRA4LIFE]

Luke always had a helmet on when flying the X-Wing.  I'm guessing that would take some serious abuse.

[dreadi]

Luke always had a helmet on when flying the X-Wing.  I'm guessing that would take some serious abuse.

But did he wear it when he was a Jedi?


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[yorketransport]

As much as I love Hammer bullets, watch your stability with that bullet in a 1:9" twist. I've had the chance to shoot and test a larger variety of Hammer bullets than most folks, and in my experience, they really perform best when they're "over" stabilized. They'll shoot well on paper, but their penetration can be a little unpredictable after impact.

Just for a little background, they made the original 304gr HH in .338 for my 338 SnipeTac. It should have stabilized in a 1:8" twist, but it was barely making it even at over 3200 fps. There was a revised 303gr version with a slightly shorter boattail and less aggressive ogive which shot well on paper but struggled to give predictable terminal performance at low elevation. The same story goes for the 168gr .277 in a 1:7" twist.

I don't want to sound like I'm bad-mouthing Hammers since I currently load 14 different bullets from them and I've bought 32 different varieties, plus a few more that they've sent me to play with and test. It's just that Hammers earned their reputation for terminal performance based on high impact RPMs as a result of either fast twists or light weight bullets at ultra velocity.

[jrebel]

As much as I love Hammer bullets, watch your stability with that bullet in a 1:9" twist. I've had the chance to shoot and test a larger variety of Hammer bullets than most folks, and in my experience, they really perform best when they're "over" stabilized. They'll shoot well on paper, but their penetration can be a little unpredictable after impact.

Just for a little background, they made the original 304gr HH in .338 for my 338 SnipeTac. It should have stabilized in a 1:8" twist, but it was barely making it even at over 3200 fps. There was a revised 303gr version with a slightly shorter boattail and less aggressive ogive which shot well on paper but struggled to give predictable terminal performance at low elevation. The same story goes for the 168gr .277 in a 1:7" twist.

I don't want to sound like I'm bad-mouthing Hammers since I currently load 14 different bullets from them and I've bought 32 different varieties, plus a few more that they've sent me to play with and test. It's just that Hammers earned their reputation for terminal performance based on high impact RPMs as a result of either fast twists or light weight bullets at ultra velocity.

Do you think the 260’s would be better performers?   Maybe I should just go lighter to gain the speed. 

Would you suggest any other bullets in the 275-300 grain flavor that will perform better?   

Thanks. 

[yorketransport]

Do you think the 260’s would be better performers?   Maybe I should just go lighter to gain the speed. 

Would you suggest any other bullets in the 275-300 grain flavor that will perform better?   

Thanks.

If you want to use a monometal bullet, I'd stick with something in the 250-260gr range. I'd look at the 260gr Hammer Hunter, 250gr CE Lazer, or the 250gr Super Bulldozer2. I've shot a lot of the 260gr HH and I like them a lot. The faster you push them, the better they perform. The 250 Lazers perform very similar to the Hammer with the petals designed to break off and tear stuff up. The Super Bulldozer is designed to hold the petals and retain more weight. I prefer the way the Hammer and Cutting Edge bullets perform, but the Bulldozers have a strong following.

You end up making so many compromises when trying to shoot a heavy weight copper bullet that I think you give up some of their benefits. They're so long that you end up either single feeding them, or seating them so deep into the case that you give up a lot of potential performance. Seating them deeper will give you a reduced velocity, which compromises the bullet performance. If you do have a mag box or chamber that will let you seat them longer, you need to be sure that your barrel's actual twist will give you the stability you need to get good results.