1410y Cow Elk Hammered

[RockyMtnMT]

I got a call from a customer last Sunday. He was quite excited about the bullet performance on a cow that was taken at 1410y. After talking for a bit I told him that to my knowledge this was the longest kill that I was aware of with a Hammer Bullet. Then he told me that it was his 14 year old daughter that was the shooter. After a pretty long conversation it became very apparent that this young lady is a very accomplished shooter. On her own she took dry fire shots on the cow and determined that she had this shot in the bag. The conditions were perfect to pull off a great one and done as there was dead calm air that morning. The scope was set for the drop and she executed the perfect shot dropping the cow on impact. His words to me were, "She couldn't have dropped faster if she was hit in the ear.". This young lady owns the longest kill with a Hammer Bullet that we are aware of!

The rifle used for this shot is a .338 Laizure. A Cheytac parent case of his design in the .338 caliber. The rifle is running the 260g Hammer Hunter at 3380 fps with 115g N570 at low pressure. I did not get all of the atmospherics from him but they were at 1600 ft elev. I did some quick calculations and that puts the impact vel at ~1600 fps.

Here are some pics of the carcass. I am pretty sure that I have them labeled correctly. He said the exit hole is about 2" dia.


Entrance

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Entrance inside

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Exit inside

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This is the young lady that made this incredible shot. Unfortunately they did not get a pic with the rifle that was used. There were two more cows taken that day with the same rifle at ~700y and ~800y.

Also I should mention that this is on a private land game damage hunt.

 

[lancetkenyon]

That is AWESOME!!!
Great product + great shooter + great conditions = great results.

 

[CVCOBRA1]

Just.....WOW
I wonder what the optics were for that amazing shot?
Those Hammers are proving themselves every day. Can't wait to see more results after this coming season.

 

[RockyMtnMT]

Just.....WOW
I wonder what the optics were for that amazing shot?
Those Hammers are proving themselves every day. Can't wait to see more results after this coming season.

I'll see if I can find out what scope he is running.

 

[Bravo 4]

Sounds like a challenge to me!

Congrats to the young lady.

 

[sea2summit]

Wow! Whoever their dad is, is doing it right! Amazing. Would be interested in rifle/optic data.

 

[Rum Man]

Congrats to her !
Congrats to you Steve for producing such a great product !
I have a hand full of 338's I might just try some hammers in !
Oh I'm local too !!

Rum Man

 

[bigngreen]

Awesome, to get an exit going three ribs wide is good!!!

 

[RockyMtnMT]

Here is a pic of the rifle. Built on a Stiller Tac 408 with a 36" Benchmark barrel. Nightforce 8-32 NXS.

 

[Don A Parsons]

That's awesome.

Congrats to everyone for a good harvest...

That's what really counts.

Yo Yo Yo

 

[Laizure]

Hello,
I'm the father of this young lady. She is 14 years old. She is a very accomplished shooter for her age. Me and her shoot at least 2-3 times a week. This is how this went down. The young man on the left is a first time hunter in which he shot the first cow he put her down in its tracks with the 280ai in the picture that my daughter is holding in pick. The rest of the herd took off like a scalded dog on the run. My daughter maid the comment when they stopped up the canyon ( dad do you care if I dry fire on one of the cows). I said I don't care. Click then she did it again. She looked at me and said dad I got this will you dope my scope. So I ranged it and I told her it was going to be heck of a poke. She looked me straight in the face and said dad I got this. The only reason why I let her try is because I know her shooting capacity. There absolutely no wind. The dust that was kicked up on the gravel road just stayed lingering around.

The cow absolutely went flat I was absolutely shocked at how it ended up.

The rifle she used is one of my wildcats that I designed. It's parent case is 375 cheytac. I'm pushing the 260 grain hammer at 3380fps.

Thank you for the positive comments. Happy hunting.

 

[newmexkid]

Great story! Well, you went and did it now. She's hooked for good!!

 

[YZ-80]

She has definitely shattered the glass ceiling! It is so cool to see a young lady so disciplined and enthusiastic about this sport! Good job daughter and Dad!

 

[Deleted member 103481]

What a shot