So Hammer, like Barnes, don't damage much meat? I would guess not, since they are monolithic, but never relied much on theory. Meatcutters know best what bullets do. (And surgeons :>). Way too much theory and too little real world experience these internet days.I spent 6 years cutting wildgame so meat damage and blood shot to me is a huge deal BUT so is lethality, I shoot a lot of Berger's and I've never seen one blow up, the inside has a small hole with about an inch or so radiating blood shot then there will be some minor seem blood shot, then the exit if there is one is a ragged 1.5-2 inch hole that tends to have little blood shot. More than some monos but less than any bullet with a tip in it. My shot ranges are 300-800 yards for 90% of my shooting and typically behind the shoulder. I recover 100% of the game I've shot and only shot it once with Berger's, only only other bullet I've seen that performance with is Hammers and they perform excellent in the meat recovery side though for me and my range and placement much difference from the Berger.
I shot Barnes a quite a few years and they don't do as much meat damage but they also don't do as much internal damage which started the search for a compromise between meat loss and lethality, I'll never shoot an elk again with Barnes, they are fine deer bullets but hands down the worst for elk. The Hammers are in no way like a Barnes, they create an excellent internal wound channel by the nose fragging and creating a starburst effect in the lungs then the shank is blunt and it keeps trucking straight through, smashing and exiting.So Hammer, like Barnes, don't damage much meat? I would guess not, since they are monolithic, but never relied much on theory. Meatcutters know best what bullets do. (And surgeons :>). Way too much theory and too little real world experience these internet days.
Just built a 6.5x284. Whats your go to load for 140s and fps? I got a krieger 26in barrelHere are two I shot with 140's out of 6.5x284
I'm looking for pictures of an Amal's that have been taken with Berger bullets. I want to see the damage caused. Also i would be interested in others as well. Thank you!