A excellent choice when you can't make your mind up on whether you want to run light-n-fast or heavy-n-steady. I highly recommend these bullets and company. 14 twist. @ingwe asked me if I would start a thread detailing how we do load development, so here goes. If not I will just do some ladder testing. 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). Accuracy was great and 6 animals taken last year. Allows you to get the best performance from your rifle, Your Rating HH. Cannot be combined with other discounts Edit to my previous review. turned out afterwards with friends range finder shot was at 460 yards . I worked my way up on charges of H-1000 to max with no pressure signs using 120 gr. All beasts enter the food chain, which thanks to our in-house butcher, are jointed and fully prepared for the kitchen, with all funds going back into our sporting activities. Hammers do have a sligtly lower BC than any tipped copper bullet. Outstanding! They fall more in line with conventional loading data and are very forgiving. It may not display this or other websites correctly. February 11, 2022. Excellent penetration. Gerald DILGARD Attachments Although maybe a little on the heavy side for a 280AI, these shoot .5" at an easy 2850FPS. I found that each grain of powder added yielded about 40-50 fps. You could also look at Barnes data as a reference point but focus on the faster burning powders in the data set. At 53 gr of N120 the Bullet whats to push back out to COL of 2.582 . I would not hesitate to shoot a bull elk with this load. 300 yards is less than .3 moa still. I don't have a chrony, so all I have is the load data from Nosler. Dont worry too much about coal just make sure they feed out of the magazine good. (verified owner) November 26, 2022. The max size allowed is : 4 MB. There is no drop off in terminal performance from the Shock Hammers. February 20, 2022. Perfection on a high shoulder shot with very high impact velocity. Had several that shot half inch until I tried 44gr of 6.5 Staball . This was a large framed 8 point white tail buck in the 190 pound class. Anyone using this coupon that is not a veteran, is a turd. Fed 215 primer At 52 grains . Very accurate and plenty effective on Scottish red deer. We can quickly produce virtually any custom caliber and grain your rifle can support. Very impressive performance. Avg group size is .486" @ 3,165 fps out of a budget grade factory 6.5 creedmoor. Steve at Hammer Bullets has been getting requests for load data on Hammer Hunter bullets. My Savage loves it I'm getting 3270 fps from a 22 inch barrel. Barbourcreek tests 155 Hammer Hunters in 20% gel Block at 600 yards in a 7 BC Warrior Barbourcreek Long Range Shooting School and Long Range Hunting 24K views 3 years ago Ep. I'm at 47.3gr of 6.5 StaBall out of my 6.5 CM. Sample size of 1, but this bullets terminal performance out of an 18 300 HAMR was much better than a 110 grain pill from another maker. I can make them shoot bad. Used same basic load with the 124 hh bullets. I did pop one woodchuck with the TAC load at 100 yards. 257 Wby with Hammer Bullets Shoots! I have not had the opportunity to use the 6.5 PRC/124 Grain Hammer Hunter combination on any elk sized game but would not hesitate to do so should the occasion arise. Alternate shooting 180gr TTSX and 181 gr Hammer bullets using the same load (seating depth, powder,etc.) www.longrangehunting.com Another good source of Hammer reload data. (verified owner) February 9, 2022, shot serval hogs with these out to 290yds it wacks em! Easiest load up of a bullet compared to other manufacturers. Hammered a small CA buck @ 78 yards away, full pass through just behind shoulder bone broadside shot. 29.0 gr -2712fps, stdDev. Winchester brass One thing i've noticed with loading hammers is you need newer/softer brass (I.e. I was impressed with the performance on two whitetails this year. Rem. Hand down best moose bullet I have used, Justin Matthews Shane Staples In short, I shot the top one first and could clearly see a single hole through my Zeiss V6 at x15 power - no way! Rifle range is not a good place for them to hang out. Very little internal damage due to the placement and all pieces of the the bullet exited. Accuracy load was at 3487 FPS. (verified owner) March 22, 2022, Used it with 44.0 gr of Hunter and got over 2800 fps. Ps I shoot the 101g hammer hunters out of a custom .243 win and consistently see groups in the .178 or less range and they are one shot stoppers out of that rifle. With a very compressed load of 3031, I can get 2500 fps, and 1 moa groups. Fired one round of 79 gr. with SD of 7.5, and ES of 15. Reloading Dies. But with my starting load I dropped a huge west Texas gemsbok bull. The receivers on these rifles are notoriously weak. Angling away, the bullet shed 3 petals, destroyed the liver, hot the spine, and shattered 7 vertebrae before lodging inside the spine. Largest group shot with that load was 0.38" at 100yrds, typical groups run closer to 0.25" using federal match primers vs remington. Have also shot a buck with it and it too was one shot with No Tracking Required. (verified owner) June 21, 2022. I was leaving for deer camp in 4 days and couldn't find any loaded ammo anywhere on the shelf. If you read on the website for hammer they recommend only experienced handloaders use absolute hammers due to the fact that they dont behave like a normal bullet. Tried the 146s and got 1.5 -2inch groups, Eric Thornton Will keep loading these and also having a 28 Nosler custom made for lighter carry and will use the .284 bullets for that new rifle. Click here to remove banner ads from this forum. Wed love to hear from you! Zero bloodshot meat in the 6 large game animals I've taken. 358 Norma, half round half octagon Fred Wells cut-rifled barrel. I'm new to reloading. Shooting several 5 shot groups under 1/2 MOA at 100 yards. ruger american predator 6.5cm. Gene Phillips It is a small bullet I ended up loading it shorter than my other reloads to get a decent crimp on it . Monday at 12:18 PM #23 Guy Miner Master Loader Apr 6, 2006 16,896 2,361 xphunter said: 172gr. For most Eastern US hunting these will work wonderfully. Found a load development under half moa. Id love to attach pictures. By far, the easiest load work up I have ever experienced. Cant wait to put one thru a elk this fall. December 15, 2021, Preformed flawlessly devastating wound channel and the most blood i have ever seen with very little meat loss.just ordered more sample packs for all the other calibers i have and will be my go to hunting bullet from now on, MARCIAL EVERTSEN If you go to the Hammer Forum there is a ton of info available on loads, how to, etc. ADG brass, H1000, Fed215m primers seated to 3.550". All others expanded perfectly and did exceptionally damaged before exiting. The squares below are .5 inch. Getting around 3480FPS in a 24" barrel and just got my first Hammer Bullet deer, a nice North Carolina 8pt at just under 100yards. Could not be happier with the results. George L Taylor Then we took a good look down the barrel and noticed all the damage to the rifling. 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. Most one shot drops when I did my job. This bullet is extremely accurate (like all my loads). . November 10, 2021. I won the final competition at 1000 yards and shot better than I ever imagined at 600+ yards. George Taylor Makes senses to not force a rifle too shoot what it dont like. Weatherby vanguard S2 243 win Best decision I made was to purchase these. Firearms and reloading equipment not taken care of can lead to catastrophic failure, danger, and death. It is absolute coyote destroyer. No pressure signs and the velocity was right where I figured I should be. I have over stableized light bullets in a 257 roberts. Dennis Williams Jr My go-to load was found at my starting charge with H110! I got .2 and.3 inch groups at 100 and 200 yards with a few opening to .5. Description. 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. As a bonus, it shoots to the same POI as the 200 gr Interlocks, so I can practice with the cheap stuff and use the Hammers when it counts. Not a step. Nearly instant death. Now its time to try it in my sons new 257 bee and maybe dig out the old Ruger #1 in 25 WSM. With varget, magnum primers, hornady brass, and magazine length this combination has shot <0.5 MOA at 200 and 530 yds and has killed 4 groundhogs dead in their tracks. As to powder, this was a little more tricky due to REACH compliance in the UK, aggravated by the current shortages. The hammer hunters easily out shot the others. (verified owner) February 5, 2022. Five shot group averages The bullet couldnt have been going much faster than 1800 fps when it hit, but it did exactly what Hammer said it would do. 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. Steve Davis Bradley Lehman At 75 yards both bullets in the same hole . So far every rifle I've tried Hammers in shoots them well. I agree with the last paragraph above. They're not so easy on the wallet, but they are crazy easy to find an accurate load with, usually under 20 rounds and you're at least under MOA, if you follow their loading procedure. I highly recommend these bullets on animals of this size. Dropped a ton of hogs, quite a few coyotes, a few beavers. For anyone loading the 223 Remington or 556NATO, this is going to be the all around best of the heavier bullets. Hoping I can tighten up the groups when I load a little closer to the lands. and higher velocities it raises the old 94 lever gun to another level. Thank you!! Meat loss was almost non-existent, very little bloodshot meat. April 4, 2021. Right now I have no RL-15 to try, so I will use this for hunting this year. It is leaving the 20 barrel at 3480fps and a 4 shot group was just over .6. 83 gr Ramshot Magnum Meat loss was very minimal, almost no bloodshot / smuckers jelly meat to clean out. I have a stock Savage 110 predator that shoots well with 143 gr Hornady ELDX's that I was nearly out of and unable to find. I cant say enough good things about Steve Davis and these bullets. Biggest buck was 193 pounds on the hoof. Hammer Bullets Load Data. 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. Now I load Hammers in 7 different cartridges and they the only hunting bullet I use. OAL was 2.445 which put the round .025 off the lands in my rifle. I settled for 2975 fps for good accuracy and plenty of energy. I recovered a petal under the skin on the inner part of the far side leg. It flat hammered my bull 2 steps done 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. I took a big Wisconsin whitetail this past winter with them and they preformed as expected and I did not recover the bullet. The bearing surface of the bullet incorporates the patented PDR design (parabolic drag reduction). The first time I used absolute hammers in my 300wm, I pulled a load straight out of the nosler book for 165g bullets (hammers are 166). Nosler brass @ 2.714" or Ogive 2.238 Still need to chrono what's coming out of the tube. There is no hype on this website, they perform as advertised. (verified owner) November 19, 2021. O.V.A.L @ 3.885" May favorite 6.5 CM bullet for years. Im going 5 stars on this as this is the second Hammer bullets Ive reloaded for in two different rifles and both have been very accurate. It was a 1/4 moa group. Shot an oversized cow moose broadside, high lungs. It held together. Very pleased. I made a mistake buying just the sample pack. (verified owner) March 10, 2020. When I say new, I mean I've reloaded less than 40 rounds. All factory ammo that I had tried sprayed 2-3 MOA. It has identical baring surface so it will load nearly identical with little or no change from previous loading. 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 . Very easy to load. FPS 3265. Lower recoil, super accurate and a vapor trail. 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. Great velocity and sub moa out of my Tikka 7mm Rem Mag. Retained ~70%. (verified owner) February 21, 2021, Loaded these for my 10 year old daughter in a 243 browning micro medalian L.H .. 1 shot 50 yards ,,, buck went 10 yards ,,, complete pass through.. entrance was in the crease , exit opposite shoulder total devastation,,, awesome bullet, Travelis Russ Very easy load development. Justin Marinkov I used these out of a 338 Norma imp. Shoot a minimum of ten shots each. I loaded them to 3300 FPS, using Nosler load data for 85/90 grain bullets. The vapor trail is awesome. FIRST FIVE SHOTS WENT IN A HOLE. I hit 66.2 grain and made the best group so far of my shooting career. I ended up taking two does and a nice 9 point white tail with them. I just started reloading for my 444 CVA scout rifle . Can hardly wait to put it to work . (verified owner) November 26, 2022. Killed a blacktail buck at 225 yards last fall. 5-10 yards. They were readily available and shipped quick. Steve has been very helpful with getting load data sorted and I am very impressed with how helpful this company is. This Hammer bullet was the clear winner in accuracy. I was unsure at first working loads but then stuff started coming together the hotter the load. I think as long as you are good at reading pressure signs your good to go. I purchased a box of 50 Hammers. Absolute HammerClaw HammerDangerous GameDead Blow HammerHammer HunterJack Hammer Pittman HammerShock Hammer Target Hammer. Iv shot some 2in groups at 600 yds with it in my 22/284! Loads for both use H4831 a grain off max, and have used 4350 with similar accuracy just a little lower velocity. Mar 25, 2021 #3 M. mtmuley Well-known member. I did find by using a drop tube I can get 1.8 grains of more powder in the case before I run into the same problem . Pat Long Bull Elk, 600 yards,198 Hammer Hunter, went through left shoulder, took out lungs, exited right shoulder. 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. Ivan Bourgeois All but one dropped in their tracks. George L Taylor Made my first loads out of my .284 win with the 143 hammer hunter. The regular hammers go much quicker and finding an accuracy load was very simple when compared to the absolutes. John Albert Trying to find load for 20 inch barrel with suppressor . The top group measures 0.19 MOA, the bottom 0.23 MOA and both out of a 100% factory original rifle, which is 20 plus years old and has fired > 1500 rounds. Great repeatability from lot to lot. Using a Browning A-bolt II, I'm getting good velocity and accuracy with this bullet using H4895, Reloader 15, and, because those powders have been hard to find, Hornady LeverEvolution. Moving at 3128fps muzzle velocity. Most were 1.5 or less moa at 100. My first 3 shot group was .3 moa at 100 yards with 55 grains. I held high shoulder. I run these in a Win 94 30-30 with H-LVR at 2505 fps and a little room to go, very accurate as far as m94's go. I will never achieve that . Showed slight signs of pressure. They absolutely perform in flight like a "match" bullet, but terminal performance on preds is off the charts! While this particular bullet has a very narrow selection of powders that can optimize its performance in the 223/5.56, when you get it right it can turn the 223 Remington into a 22 Nosler using less powder! Loaded these over 42 grains of Varget in a 7mm-08. Steve Davis Just a great all around bullet. These are my best loads so far for my 350 legend AR. For your moderate length barrels, N133 is likely the best choice for this bullet; varmint and LR length barrels can use a stiff charge of AA2520 for even greater effect. 199 hammer hunters out of my .300 win mag. The penetration is incredible while reaching out with authority without the magnum recoil Description The Berger Classic Hunting bullets are specially designed to conform to SAAMI industry dimensional standards. Boom flop. Unbelievable! WEIGHT BULLET COL POWDER START CHG VELOCITY MAX CHG VELOCITY 300 HAM'R RELOADING DATA EFFECTIVE SEPT 15, 2020 AND SUPERCEDES ALL PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED DATA 130gr Speer HAM'R HOT-CORE 2.175" Shooters World SOCOM 20.7gr 2150fps 23.0gr 2375fps 130gr Speer HAM'R HOT-CORE 2.175" Accurate 1680 23.6gr 2125fps 26.2gr 2350fps Remember, Don't argue with stupid people, They will drag you down to their level and win by experience. cwollesen44 BSHEETS Travelis S Russ The result is an incredibly consistent product with unparalleled quality control. Bullet impacted his hip joint where it attaches the spine, took out both feromal arties. Im 20-25 th off the lands . Shot was just under 200 yards slight quarter away. 1,044. I shot out to 540 inside 6 and they hit hard for a 90 gr bullet!! I have taken deer from 25 yards, to Elk at 700 shooting the 143s in a 28 Nosler and the results have been exceptional, as well as the customer service, dallas hardaway In a lot of rifles its hard to get .020" off the lands and still fit in the magazine. The heart had a hilariously huge X through it, almost rending it in two. The 121 HH shoots great in my .257 Weatherby with H 1000 powder 1:8" twist Hammer Time is connected to Hammer Bullets and H D Custom Rifles and Ammunition LLC, although the forum is not limited to discussion of these products. But I had to try it with other powders. Its a deer/hog worst nightmare out to 300 yds. Bought these to find a deer and elk load that would shoot small groups but still do the job. Then that market completely evaporated, right before a hunt. I shot it out to 200 and it maintained accuracy. 3500 muzzle velocity, about 3250 impact. 5 deer and one bear. make a great deer and hog wacker! 3024 FPS I set the OAL to just fit in the magazine and loaded up 4 rounds with varying charge weights of H1000. I now have a load that matches the SS Patron 197.5 grain FMJ load of WWII in an appropriate hunting bullet. 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 . Thanks , Mark Gendreau . They do not expand on dry mediums like wood, drywall, bone, or sheet metal. It may not display this or other websites correctly. My old M24/47 Mauser shoots the 198 grain Hammer Hunter just like a Mauser should. Try LT-30, LT-32, or Benchmark! Continued load development rewarded me with a repeatable 0.5moa rifle, with these 174s clocking in at 3380 FPS. And that was 4 rounds in half grain increments. I am very impressed with the Absolute Hammer! Important to me as o have a family of six And this was a 3 shot pattern at 100 yards. Winchester brass 70 HH performs great. Can't complain about a perfect shot placement (my son did the shooting) but not too much in the way of terminal testing on the "medium". These bullets are absolutely worth it. I'm not one to write reviews but this bullet is the real deal. David Cromwell The 124 gr bullets are outstanding. .025 off lands. So far this year Alaska Dall Sheep 808 yards! (verified owner) February 3, 2021. spec's. My son used the 270Win load this year and found success. Thread starter archerynut21; Start date Mar 25, 2021; Mar 25, 2021 #1 . And as slways be safe and keep em in the x ring. Hit one rib, recovered bullet in the hide. (verified owner) September 14, 2022. In the dirt. adam_tilson Wishing you all a Merry Christmas with . Hammer bullets are the most consistent bullets I've ever sent down range. Which was a really good thing when the elk herd posted up in the field at 300 yards. After 6 rounds, with different charge weights, loaded .020 off the the lands, I had established a velocity node. The new Absolute Hammer 123's are my new favorite as of May 2021. 4 animals dropped where they stood, 2 ran about 25 yards each. (verified owner) November 17, 2021, I recently purchased a box of .264 124 gr Hammer Hunters to try in my 6.5 Creedmoor. Sure they will perform like my other experience's with Hammer Hunters. LilGun powder Terminal performance has been outstanding on whitetail. So far everything is working out well, the bullets are high quality. I had a very narrow shot window and a very short time window to make it work at about 120 yards. Not the best terminal review (will explain in a minute) but sheesh. 2933fps out of 25" bartlein 9 twist. Easy to tune (powder, primer, and crimp), and prints very small groups. So on deer there should be no worries. Very accurate bullets, and easy to load for (as long as you follow the recommendations for a powder on the faster end for your cartridge). with the 262g Hammer Hunter at 100yards. 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. February 3, 2022. Hammer bullets are the most consistent bullets I've ever sent down range. Michael homan I am driving them at 3,250 fps in a 6.5-284 Norma and have dispatched deer out to 180 yards which are normal ranges for lowland deer management in the UK. Thanks to Steve and everyone at Hammer! I have shot one mature whitetail buck at 400 yds with this load through my Bergara 300 PRC so far. There was some damage in the shoulder meat, and one fragment of the bullet ended up in the foremost part of the back steak, but there was less damage overall than what I've observed from jacketed lead-core bullets. Loaded a pressure ladder with Varget, backed off a touch, sighted in a went hunting. I wanted to see 3700fps with this but only made it there with RL19 which Im essentially out of. I have not had any luck with load development that works in either rifle. A continuous up and down curve, Hammer Bullets and Trophy Game Safaris have teamed up to offer 10% discount on safaris for customers hunting with Hammer Our original line of bullets. (verified owner) November 22, 2022. One friend gave me a load to try that was 43 gr of IMR4166. 1000 yards is a walk in the park. First 5 rounds with 54.5gr of H4831SC yielded 2850fps with plenty of room to go hotter. I cannot wait to finish working up a load for these bullets. Prints very tiny groups as well. I started loading Hammer bullets in my 7 STW. I'm impressed and won't be switching any time soon. This coupon is on the honor system. Hammer Bullets is not responsible for your load process, equipment, and choices. A fine J.G. We just returned from South Africa and the performance of these bullets in her rifle was spectacular. Henry Harris III There are quite a few acceptable powders for the bullet weight. Only two of the deer were spine shot, others were thru the lungs, and they just collapsed. Had the load developed and rifle zeroed in 15 rounds with an ES of 11. Loaded them with RL23 at 3050fps. I would say if you want to shoot prey beyond 400 yds, the 83s are a no-brainer for the Valkyrie, but if you only need 400 yds or less, go lighter on bullet weight and get that laser like trajectory. I harvested a Columbian Blacktail buck at 225 yards with a single shot as he was quartering away from me. Darin Draper Didnt even crimp them with nosler new brass. No doubt, you will ask, "why two groups?" Enter Steve Davis of Hammer bullets. Copper Bullets ( Legend ) - Reloading Supplies at GunBroker.com : 973358118 You must Sign In or Register for a GunBroker.com account to take action on this item. A discussion platform for everything Hammer! That way I know where it is. This spring I started load development for my 25" barreled 280 Ackley Improved. (verified owner) March 29, 2022, Im quite impressed with these bullets so far. 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. Going on some recommendations I tried something new to me going light for caliber and bumping the speed. November 4, 2020. The terminal performance was nothing like ive seen, with minimal meat loss. (verified owner) June 1, 2022. 57.5 gr of 4831sc seemed to work the best of the 3 powders I tried. Dropped to the shot. Im very happy with my results on coyotes. It seems that these may be the holy grail as they have the traditional benefits of copper bullets (dont explode or fragment and penetrate deep) and can be loaded heavier than traditional coppers or pushed decently faster than traditional copper bullet weights. (verified owner) November 29, 2022. SD 2.0. Alan Ratliff I just finished a multi-day long-range hunting class and absolutely hammered it. It seemed to be a very picky rifle. Thanks, Hammer guys! Hits very hard, taken 2 Pronghorn and one deer with the 67gr shock hammer. 1/2 in groups at 3021 and crunch deer! Have not hunted with it yet. 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. Tack driving accuracy. Shot placement is always key. Philippians 4.20 "To our God and Father be glory for ever and ever. Got these shooting a .4 moa group at 3,010 fps with my fierce 7mm rem mag and I couldnt ask for anything more! So just want to make sure I get this right. Hammers are generally very easy to find a load. Provide the list of components that you will be sending to Hammer Bullets for your custom load development. They shot phenomenally well out of my MKV Accumark! African animals are notoriously tough, but they did not stand a chance with theses bullets. I did shoot those two, they all so hit in the same hole as the other four previous . Turns out watching the video our guide saw one of the petals exit at an angle and kick dirt up that appeared to be a high right miss. Cant wait to try it on game out to its expansion threshold. February 13, 2020. This bullet is a performer! December 16, 2021, The bullet worked perfect. Sometimes we will swap to another primer. This is a middle of the road load by the way. So 9 rounds and load development is done! He made it about 20 yards. They didn't start to stabilize until over 2900fps in my 1:7 twist. I'm having a hard time finding load data though. Anyone call/bring in blacktail or black bear? Looking forward to seeing on game performance! I agree with the last paragraph above. They cycle perfect. I would not recommend absolute hammers to anyone that is not a veteran reloader imho. I tried these out of my 257 Bee Ultralightweight MKV rifle. Have used the120 Hammer Hunter in CA Arms Ridge line to take the last six deer I've killed. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. February 9, 2022, I run this baby in my 22 saum at 3980fps its hold on hair out to 400 yds! Full penetration and dropped in their tracks performance from 200 to 394 yards. Not 0.020". Educate yourself on all the dangers involved with shooting and reloading firearms. 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! Total decimation in short. 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. I was looking for a non-lead fragmenting bullet which produced minimal over penetration for our busy island. Mag. Mule kick and ran 30ft stumbling the whole way. Will be buying many more of these. (verified owner) December 2, 2021. this bullet performed wonderfully on the whitetail I shot, punched through some thick brush and still found it's mark and make a clean kill. 44 gr of 6.5 staBall several groups of .250 at 100 yards. The additional fps gain with the absolute probably wont make much difference in my case but was fascinating. Just shortened it to 3.275 coal. Unlike that B company. I did not recover the bullet, but performance was exceptional. In my rifle, 47.3 grains was pushing the bullet to 3100 out of my 24" barreled Weatherby Range Certified Vanguard. Max powder is 57.3 . (verified owner) January 14, 2023. Thankyou for a great product. The great guys at Hammer said to try the 200gr ShockHammers. The deer were spine shot, others were thru the lungs, exited right shoulder worry too much coal! Rounds in half grain increments hoping i can not be combined with other discounts to... 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