Hammer failures
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Ross1147
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124HH in a 300WSM...what are those things going?!? Mach 4??
3810 was as fast as i could get but I was pushing hard 3793 was what it settled in at
Douglas A. Twitty
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First time user for Hammer bullets. Tried a batch thru my Browning A-Bolt 260 Remington. This rifle has a 1 in 10 twist which may explain why I've had trouble shooting respectable groups with 120 or 140 gr bullets of various manufacturer. Tried the 99 grain Hanmer Hunter. My best groups with this bullet is just under 1" at 100 yds.
I was fortunate to take a Texas, 92 pound, live weight, whitetail doe 2 weeks ago. Shot was measured 120 yds by range finder. Doe was broadside to me. One kill is simply that, 1 kill. I have never experienced a more instantaneous kill. Doe was immediately feet up, back in the dirt, 2 kicks and she was dead. Bullet did not exit I'm interested to see if this is a typical reaction. I definitely will try some more.
I was fortunate to take a Texas, 92 pound, live weight, whitetail doe 2 weeks ago. Shot was measured 120 yds by range finder. Doe was broadside to me. One kill is simply that, 1 kill. I have never experienced a more instantaneous kill. Doe was immediately feet up, back in the dirt, 2 kicks and she was dead. Bullet did not exit I'm interested to see if this is a typical reaction. I definitely will try some more.
Douglas A. Twitty
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Right behind the shoulder, center chest.
Douglas A. Twitty
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Yes, sir on the tender!!
shinbone
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To add to what Butterbean said, my 300WSM shooting the 124HH pressured out at a little over 3750. There was an obvious accuracy node at 3550, so that is what I hunted with this year. I'll see if there is maybe/hopefully another accuracy node lurking near max velocity over the winter.
Ronred
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Ronred
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Well....From what I have seen it is impossible for bullet failure. That is with a 6.5-06, 30 nos, 300 win mag, and 300 run. And everything I have shot from antelope to a buffalo it has performed awesomely. I won't use anything else.
they will look like that hitting dirt. I've found the same thing and asked Steve about it. They need hydraulic pressure to expand. I shot a Buffalo at 200 yds and there was a 1" entry hole. It was a frontal so no exit. Didn't realywant to dig through the guts. Shot a bull elk at 600 and you could get teo fingers through the wound channel. Awesome!
Orange Dust
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too far back will also get the same result. I had a buck take a step right when I pulled the trigger one morning at about 500. I knew it was a bad hit when the gun went off. He ran out in a pine cutover. Actually mostly briars with some short pine trees. I just went to camp for a while to let him stiffen up in peace. We went to look for him in the middle afternoon. Easy to find, guts in exit wound snagged on briars and left a trail right to him. Kinda gross. Plenty of blood too. We were pretty surprised when he got up and ran off. He didnt' go far, maybe 100 yds. I snuck up on him and put one in his neck. This after resting for 6 hours with no intestines and very little blood. He also had to have very little blood pressure. Without a hit that disrupts a vital organ or CNS it is amazing what some animals can take.
Yup. I always tried to put it behind the shoulders. But **** it's nice to put it right on the shoulders and watch them drop without so much as a kick.
Orange Dust
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Yep. I usually hunt with guns that are big for animal too. Helps when something like that happens
