Hammers are amazing....spreading the love.

[jrebel]

Just wanted to spread the love for all you reloading fanatics!! 

Hammer Hunter Bullets are pretty amazing.  Terminal performance on deer and bear have been good so far, only killed one of each with 6.5 creed and 124gr Hammer Hunter.  This winter / early spring I have loaded hammer hunters in a 7mm-08 and 338 lapua.  Both loads shoot .5 MOA or better consistently. 

7-08 is loaded with a 101gr Hammer Hunter.  It is a 20" barrel and pushing that little bugger at 3035 feet per second.  This rifle is going to be a deer / predator rifle for me.  It kicks like a .243 and is a pleasure to shoot. 

338 Lapua is loaded with a 260gr Hammer Hunter.  It is pushing that behemoth at 3035 fps and will shoot same whole groups at 100 yards.  No problem printing sub 1/2 MOA at all ranges I have shot so far.  Hopefully this will whack a few bears and moose this year.  Heck...who knows, given the opportunity it may kill a deer or elk too. 


HAMMER LOVE!!!  It's a legit thing.   



Who else loves the Hammers??

[zwickeyman]

SWEET!!!

Good to hear

Have you shot the LRX and if you have how would you compare?

[jrebel]

SWEET!!!

Good to hear

Have you shot the LRX and if you have how would you compare?

I have not shot the LRX so can't compare to that.  I have tried the TTSX and never had great luck with accuracy.  With that said, the TTSX is the first monolithic bullet I every tried loading for and I think the deficiencies were my fault.  Monolithic bullets like lighter weight for caliber than your traditional bullets....if that makes sense.  They like / need to be pushed fast, and I was trying to push heavies which never produced good accuracy / results. 

The Hammer Hunter bullets are very easy to load for and are not very sensitive to seating depth.  I can generally find a respectable load in less than 20 rounds.  A little tweaking and playing around and the load will be stellar in less the 40 rounds.  General rule of thumb when picking a hammer is; 1.. follow the recommendation that is listed for twist rate, 2...Generally speaking it is 15-20% lighter than I would pick in a traditional bonded bullet.   My 6.5 creed is shooting 124 Hammers when I would normally shoot 140 grain accubonds.  My 7-08 is 101 and 120 grain HH when I usually push 140 grain accuonds.  My 338 lapua is 260 gr Hammer when I love the 300 grain accubonds.  The speed makes up for less weight and the bullets end up being very flat shooting for caliber. 

 

[zwickeyman]

Good info thanks. Might try some in the 6.5 RPM

[jrebel]

Couple pics of the bear from last year.  6.5 creedmoor 124gr HH 2850 muzzle velocity.

Pic # 1 is entrance / broken rib
Pic # 2 is exit / 4 pedals and 1 core

[jrebel]

Pic # 3 and 4 are heart and lung devastation

[jrebel]

Happy Hunter

[jrebel]

Deer with same rifle....100 yards slightly quartering away. 

Didn't get as many pics but here is the heart and lucky hunter.  Entrance and Exit were the same, except only 3 pedals exited. 

pic of the Happy Hunter....first big game animal ever. 

[NRA4LIFE]

You know some of my interests, any first hand experience on sub 75 yard performance?  Even down to 25?  Would they be cooking too hot to expand properly?

[kselkhunter]

Steve Davis, owner of Hammer bullets, is also extremely helpful in answering questions.  I've been impressed with his responsiveness and advise.

It also helps that he does a good job of keeping bullets in stock.   

[jrebel]

You know some of my interests, any first hand experience on sub 75 yard performance?  Even down to 25?  Would they be cooking too hot to expand properly?

Bear was shot at less than 50 yards.  Closer to 30 yards.  Hammers like and prefer speed.  I would be more concerned when you are loosing speed at range and sub 1800 fps. 

[Buckjunkie]

I worked up a load with my 6.5-06 using the 124 g Hammer Hunter going 3140 fps. Looking forward to seeing the performance on game.

[Wetwoodshunter]

I have harvested 1 elk, 1 mule deer and 1 blacktail with them so far. Agreed, they preform as good as you could hope for.

[elkrack]

This guy sure doesn’t like them lol. I have no experience with them but I thought this guys rambling was pretty funny in itself

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[kentrek]

You know some of my interests, any first hand experience on sub 75 yard performance?  Even down to 25?  Would they be cooking too hot to expand properly?

I called in a bull to about 20 yards and thumped him in the chest with a 166 30 cal @around 3075 fps....  performed about the same as the others..he died

Hammers perform pretty consistently with in the recommended speeds...some guys pushing them over 4k fps in Australia on Buffalo