Lefty G-gear
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The First I've seen these! -- Do you hunt in a lead-free area?
https://hammerbullets.com/product/308-cal-166g-hammer-hunter/
https://hammerbullets.com/product/308-cal-166g-hammer-hunter/
Hey, that's a Nice looking bullet!The First I've seen these! -- Do you hunt in a lead-free area?
https://hammerbullets.com/product/308-cal-166g-hammer-hunter/
Them are goofy looking!
Them are goofy looking!
65 in an 06 sounds way hot..... I'm loading a half gr. under max @ 56.5 maybe a typo ...For elk hunting, I recommend 165 grain Noslor Partiction with 65 grains of IMR4350. My father and I have been using this load for over 30 years with fantastic results
Any difference is between Hammer bullets and Barnes bullets?
disagree call and talk to ty at barnes, he can give you advise on their bullets. as to pressure that's why they came out with the triple shock, and others have followed suite.as with any gun you should play with seating depth, to fine tune the load. turned a 338 lapua into a sub moa gun out to a 1000 for my client, just by changing the seating depth.From another thread I posted;
What's your thoughts on Barnes ?
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Have shot Barnes a long time as I'm in CA but my experiences are;
A) very hard copper, does not expand on soft tissue but somehow does damage to internals. Hard copper does crush bone and penetrate but it also has more engraving pressure resulting in lower velocity from higher pressure.
B) Very sensitive to seating length; this can be a make or break in your particular rifle.
C) The jump seating depth can spike pressure very sharply, I mean from no pressure to blowing a primer.
D) Their support/load data has been dead wrong in many cases.
With the 127 LRX 6.5 x .284 I had over 24 kills mostly pigs, then deer, and 3 elk. I never recovered a single bullet as all were pass thru, all the animals died from shot placement but none had a blood trail...none.
plenty of reloading and hunting experience with other calibers but all were finicky in load development.
The Hammers are exactly the opposite for load development meaning they are the easiest bullet I have ever done load work on.
Try some, they are guaranteed...how can you loose ?
Makes sense, but isn't that reloading 101.as with any gun you should play with seating depth, to fine tune the load. turned a 338 lapua into a sub moa gun out to a 1000 for my client, just by changing the seating depth.
Read their load data from over the last decade, it has been dead wrong in many cases. I have shot their bullets for many years and the Hammers are faster per weight, MUCH easier to load for, not sensitive to seating depth, and a better performing bullet in my opinion, that is why I switched to them.disagree call and talk to ty at barnes, he can give you advise on their bullets. as to pressure that's why they came out with the triple shock, and others have followed suite.as with any gun you should play with seating depth, to fine tune the load. turned a 338 lapua into a sub moa gun out to a 1000 for my client, just by changing the seating depth.