22 cal hammer bullet

[laker]

Anyone running hammers in a 22 cal for coyotes. I've got a tikka 22-250 8" twist and trying to decide what bullet I want to run and not destroy hides. What size exits are you seeing?

 

[Zen Archery]

52 Hammer Hunter or 51 Absolute Hammer if you've got time and components to experiment with powders.

This is actually my fall build. I've had a friend giving me his once shot 22-250 brass for over 3 years. Gonna build mine specifically around 69 Absolute Hammer worn 1:8TR.

Good luck.

 

[laker]

Any experience with them on coyotes?

 

[dogz]

Laker, no experience as of yet but in my 84M with the Lija contour 8 T on it it positively shoots balls out with the Hammer 70 and there 52!

Other than a pigeon (which it was adequate on....no fur experience yet. Perhaps about Sept 15th I'll nuke a big bruin with it...grins

Hope all's well your way

 

[dogz]

Side note, I bought some Hammers for my Howa Light weight .204 as well. Think it'd be a lope and yote slayer for the grandkiddo's. My grandson thought the Hammer sticker was bad *** so he put it on his water bottle

 

[adam32+P]

Any experience with them on coyotes?

I've used the 64gr on coyotes...destroys hides.

 

[dogz]

Adam when you're getting hides that are destroyed are you hitting major bones (IE:shoulder, spine and or on a frontal shot the breast bone)?

Or is this just on rib to rib shots?

 

[adam32+P]

Adam when you're getting hides that are destroyed are you hitting major bones (IE:shoulder, spine and or on a frontal shot the breast bone)?

Or is this just on rib to rib shots?

Shot wherever.

That was also out of a 22-243 at about 3600 fps.

 

[dogz]

Interesting, I'd think on rib shots they wouldn't tear them up much. So much for my thinking eh

have you shot quite a few yotes with that load?

 

[adam32+P]

Interesting, I'd think on rib shots they wouldn't tear them up much. So much for my thinking eh

have you shot quite a few yotes with that load?

No. Only a few. I traded that rifle off. I don't keep hides out here so it wasn't really an issue.

 

[laker]

No. Only a few. I traded that rifle off. I don't keep hides out here so it wasn't really an issue.

How big of Holes were you seeing?

 

[adam32+P]

How big of Holes were you seeing?

Baseball size on exit on yotes.

Deer was golfball size.

 

[dogz]

wowsa that's crazy, never seen anything like that from a 22 CF on yotes, especially on soft tissue.

With my 6/06 and 70 NBT's when I hit major bones we'd seen something like that. But never on soft tissue

 

[adam32+P]

wowsa that's crazy, never seen anything like that from a 22 CF on yotes, especially on soft tissue.

With my 6/06 and 70 NBT's when I hit major bones we'd seen something like that. But never on soft tissue

3600+ fps probably didn't help much.