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Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
Hammer “failure” and the importance of shot placement, kind of….! Pics included.
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<blockquote data-quote="Fiftydriver" data-source="post: 2678495" data-attributes="member: 10"><p>with no flame intended at all but a hit in the neck, especially high on a hog is in an area with no vitals, especially if the spine is not hit. The Hammer bullets, like most all other solid designs do not have the dramatic, instant energy dump like a conventional bullet does. A berger may have shocked the spine with this shot placement, maybe, maybe just enough to knock him down and also get up, maybe enough to break the spine. From what you discribe, the results are what i would expect with any hammer, barned CE or any other solid HP type design. The Hammers do very well but got to put one through the vitals as you proved with the second opportunity. The shot angle you took is certainly a personal preference which some will not take on a non wounded animal but thats a different topic to blow up<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😳" title="Flushed face :flushed:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f633.png" data-shortname=":flushed:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😁" title="Beaming face with smiling eyes :grin:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f601.png" data-shortname=":grin:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fiftydriver, post: 2678495, member: 10"] with no flame intended at all but a hit in the neck, especially high on a hog is in an area with no vitals, especially if the spine is not hit. The Hammer bullets, like most all other solid designs do not have the dramatic, instant energy dump like a conventional bullet does. A berger may have shocked the spine with this shot placement, maybe, maybe just enough to knock him down and also get up, maybe enough to break the spine. From what you discribe, the results are what i would expect with any hammer, barned CE or any other solid HP type design. The Hammers do very well but got to put one through the vitals as you proved with the second opportunity. The shot angle you took is certainly a personal preference which some will not take on a non wounded animal but thats a different topic to blow up😳😁 [/QUOTE]
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