Some general load data would help customers create successful loads and lead to repeat business. But I decided to pull the gym tech scale out and way a few to see how consistent they were. 6.5mm Diamond Line HPBT Bullets are fabricated with glided metal jackets and bonded cores to ensure the bullet performs with every shot. The elk ran 80 yards down the hill and fell over. (verified owner) November 19, 2021. MARCIAL EVERTSEN I started off with 62gr RL 17 up to 66 when group was around 1.25 inch. In short, I shot the top one first and could clearly see a single hole through my Zeiss V6 at x15 power - no way! I loaded these bullets in 30-06 at 2,900 FPS. No doubt this bullet will be in my rifle for many future mule deer and elk seasons. Nonetheless, if I had just asked about how to fix the loose necks instead of trying to experiment around it, I would have had this awesome load developed in 10-15 shots. I was impressed with the performance on two whitetails this year. I had 80 of them left. Click here to remove banner ads from this forum. Dropped 3 hogs so far with my custom .25 caliber (25 GPC.) This is a middle of the road load by the way. Greg Huchko April 4, 2021. I did pop one woodchuck with the TAC load at 100 yards. I center punched the liver and my heart immediately sunk knowing that I had just wounded this deer. These bullets are legit. 18.5barrel, suppressed with a Griffiin. 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. August 19, 2022. 100 Count Hammer .355cal. Then tried 43.5 and got bug hole groups from two different rifles, At 3300+ fps these thing will turn a deer's insides to Jello . The Shock Hammersare our line of bullets that we designed for normal range hunting, where bc is inconsequential. That second deviation number is not a typo, it is 1.5 FPS! Important to me as o have a family of six All these were 1-1/2 to 2 + groups. Trying to find load for 20 inch barrel with suppressor . Played with 8 different recipes from Nosler and Hornaday. Flat shooting and hard hitting. The barrel is on its last legs but it still might be fun. Recently purchased these and worked up a load in my wife's 22" Barrett Fieldcraft for an up coming sheep hunt. It held together. Bought these to find a deer and elk load that would shoot small groups but still do the job. Most accurate non-lead bullet I have ever used by far! I can't wait to try these on elk this fall. Hammer Bullets are custom turned on a CNC lathe, using only the highest-quality solid copper appropriate for the desired result. Hammer is doing something right. I built a 270 wsm with a 8 twist 24 pac nor barrel. Easiest load up of a bullet compared to other manufacturers. Michael Wilczynski A monolithic bullet. So far this year Alaska Dall Sheep 808 yards! Lee Woiteshek Gene Phillips I'm pushing these at 3000 fps out of a Winchester Model 70 chambered in 7 Rem. This 150g pure copper Power Hammer is replacing the 152g Hammer Hunter. And the weight fluctuated 1.25 grains at most on the 10 that I weighed. I have used Barnes for 9 years all moose took altleast 3 rounds to drop and sometimes more I was about to take the rifle to the smith to get it blueprinted and re-barreled when I heard about the 121 Heavy Hammers. I have taken five animal to date with the 124 Grain Hammer Hunters out of my 6.5 PRC at 3300 FPS and the results have been fantastic. By far, the easiest load work up I have ever experienced. I had never tried the Absolute Hammer line of bullets I ordered a box and talked with some fellow Hammer shooters on facebook. With that I'll be definitely buying more. Have also shot a buck with it and it too was one shot with No Tracking Required. Cant wait for antilope season in Wyoming. SD 2.0. With a higher B.C. Justin Youngblood Ivan Bourgeois (verified owner) January 11, 2023. The hammer hunters easily out shot the others. and higher velocities it raises the old 94 lever gun to another level. This bullet is a performer! So I loaded two rounds at 51 gr just for pressure and speed check . When I say new, I mean I've reloaded less than 40 rounds. I wouldnt hesitate to take medium game at 600 yards and large game at 500 and under with this load, which ran just a hair over 3200 FPS and carried 1200 ft/lbs at 500 yards. Re: Reloading the .35 whelen. to 558 yds. The EASIEST load workup ive ever done. Cant wait! JIm Knaub-Philipsburg,Mt, 378fan The exit hole was about 2 inches. The 243 win with the 70HH. January 1, 2022. I've been around the horn with my rifle trying to find that one sweet pet load and its been a goat-rope until now. Steve at Hammer Bullets has been getting requests for load data on Hammer Hunter bullets. Jonathan Kisamore One shot. This year I killed two Muleys and both dropped in their tracks. 926,424. Please dont skip steps. Several shooting forums spoke highly of Hammer bullets and I decided to try some. Could not be happier with the results. Tried the 143's too but these just shot a little better out of my rifle. I'm sure there may be a faster accuracy node, but I'm happy with 3200. Had the load developed and rifle zeroed in 15 rounds with an ES of 11. The terminal performance was nothing like ive seen, with minimal meat loss. It may not display this or other websites correctly. Ill go with 78.5 gr charge weight. This bullet produced accurate loads very easily in my 300WSM and worked fantastic on a Bull Elk. Small entry hole just in front of the near side rear quarter and about a 1" exit at the back edge of the far side front quarter and lots of damage to everything on the inside. After an 8 shot ladder test looking for pressure I picked a load and shot a .27" 3 shot group at 100 then a 2.5" 3 shot group at 607 yards. (verified owner) February 3, 2021. Gerald DILGARD These are the first hammer bullets I have tried. Small buck mule deer at 100 yards. In my rifle, 47.3 grains was pushing the bullet to 3100 out of my 24" barreled Weatherby Range Certified Vanguard. Accuracy load was at 3487 FPS. thomascjohnston52 Getting around 3480FPS in a 24" barrel and just got my first Hammer Bullet deer, a nice North Carolina 8pt at just under 100yards. Precision 6.5 CM using this bullet dropped a massive boar at 230 yards. Using Leverevolution powder, i was able to hit 3050 fps and .3 which is hard to do in this cartridge. I was able to reach over 2500fps with zero pressure. HH work perfectly. I would give 10 stars if I could. He made it about 20 yards. The load I settled on was 60.0 gr IMR 4350 pushing the bullet just over 3300 FPS. rking453 One MOA accuracy (verified owner) October 3, 2022, This bullets worked perfect 150 yard shot deer went ten feet double lung shot would highly recommend these bullets, Steven L. Peterson I couldnt ask for better customer service. Started with 78 grains which shot good with no pressure signs. Thank you again for an exceptional product and service. Bullet performance was great. Grouping under moa out of savage 300 wsm at mag length. (verified owner) December 14, 2022. Looking forward to testing more loads. Five shot group averages Didnt even crimp them with nosler new brass. They need to be pushed pretty fast out of a fast twist barrel to stabilize but the western has no problem. Very impressive performance. + Print; Pages: [1] 257 Wby with Hammer Bullets Shoots! October 18, 2022. 57.5 gr of 4831sc seemed to work the best of the 3 powders I tried. 143gr Hammer Hunter out of my custom 7-06 Ackley Improved shooting 3100fps and 1/2' groups at 200 yds. Stu, Wesley Turner Starting load is 51 grains . With this new sponsorship, the 7mm 184gr F-Open Hybrid Target Bullet was created. The next day I got them in the mail, had them loaded up and two shot strings later I had my load. I get consistent 1/2 groups in the heat of summer or the cool of hunting season. I would recommend. I gave four stars because for whatever reason the BC in my rifle is not matching the posted BC. Nowhere near max! At 52 grains . Im using V N120 . The Barnes shot a little over an inch and Hammers were a little under half an inch. They shot great and the node is absolutely perfect could not ask for OR recomend a better bullet and i have tried a pile of them. My shot came at 237 yards. Keep up the good work. Although maybe a little on the heavy side for a 280AI, these shoot .5" at an easy 2850FPS. Thank you guys for a great product! Over 3000 fps and with that massive hollow point, I have a huge Smack Factor at close range, ( under 200 yards). 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. Its my favorite hammer because brian and steve was nice enough to let me run it through a few of my 22 cal hotrods before it went on the site! Load development has been very easy and my early load testing using virgin Lapua brass has not produced groups any larger than 3/4 MOA regardless of charge weight. Delaware just changed the regulations to allow hunting deer with straight walled carbine in an AR. I shot two back to back 3 shot groups of .372 and .393 moa without any special load development. Some of the posted data is with custom chambers with high end brass that wont show chamber pressure quite as well. Yesterday I shot a whitetail doe at 200 yards standing near the private property line. They fall more in line with conventional loading data and are very forgiving. I have been holding off on writing this review until I saw how it performed on animals. I think the reason for caution with the absolutes is that your likely going to be using faster burning powders than normal and that can definitely be dangerous. If your looking for a deer, or hog bullet to run in 22/250, 22 creed, or any whiz bang 22, this one will flat get it done! February 9, 2022, I run this baby in my 22 saum at 3980fps its hold on hair out to 400 yds! I held high shoulder. I recently used this bullet on a desert bighorn sheep. Run this bullet 3500 fps in my 6.5 twist 22/6mm dropped a nice mule deer at 450 yds! I have been very happy with this bullet. Lower recoil, super accurate and a vapor trail. This load has a MV of 3405 using H Super Performance and Fed 210M Primers from a W-W case. Primer is a little flat but not too bad, may back off a touch. First 5 rounds with 54.5gr of H4831SC yielded 2850fps with plenty of room to go hotter. Information I have thus far I find this very intriguing. (verified owner) May 18, 2021. Really thinking hard about selling my 300 win buying an 06 and shooting the 166 absolutes as an all around kill everything inside 500 yard gun. COAL: 3.643" October 6, 2020. I chose the 151gn Absolute Hunter, knowing that it would be fully stabilised and yet, on-game performance would be similar to the S2150. I will repost after shooting them. But I had to try it with other powders. Two downsides with higher BC copper. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas with . With a very compressed load of 3031, I can get 2500 fps, and 1 moa groups. Allows you to get the best performance from your rifle. Oddly I tried the same load with an 85 gr TSX and got about 150 fps less MV with the slightly lighter Barnes bullet. With minimal time for load development due to other responsibilities, I picked a good velocity node and loaded up a few rounds at an arbitrary COL. that shot was a miss as he dropped from the first shot as I shot again. Loaded these over 42 grains of Varget in a 7mm-08. 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