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<blockquote data-quote="Charlie Brown Jr." data-source="post: 2386902" data-attributes="member: 86099"><p>With a 338 Edge, shooting 285 Hammers at 2920 FPS in a 9" 28" long Brux bbl. Only 300 ft. above sea level, I could get 1/2" or better groups at 100 yds. and 3/4" at 200 yds. Shooting at 500 yds we were having trouble keeping rounds on a 12" gong. We looked at the hits on steel and they looked football shaped, so we set up a paper target at 400 yds, and out of 5 shots 4 rds made perfect key holes, but we still had a 4" group. The bullets must have been stable to 390 ish yds. I called the guys at Hammer and they sent me some 260 gr bullets, and that solved the problem, we were killing antifreeze jugs at 1400 yds with the 260s. Looks like if you're shooting in thin air you can get away with shooting the 285s with a 9" twist. I built a 338 Lapua Imp. with an 8" twist and it shoots the 285 accurately way beyond the distance they will expand. I've only shot 4 different Hammer bullets 7mm, 30 cal. and 338s, They all shoot like match bullets, lots of bug holes. You just need to find the right twist at sea level.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Charlie Brown Jr., post: 2386902, member: 86099"] With a 338 Edge, shooting 285 Hammers at 2920 FPS in a 9" 28" long Brux bbl. Only 300 ft. above sea level, I could get 1/2" or better groups at 100 yds. and 3/4" at 200 yds. Shooting at 500 yds we were having trouble keeping rounds on a 12" gong. We looked at the hits on steel and they looked football shaped, so we set up a paper target at 400 yds, and out of 5 shots 4 rds made perfect key holes, but we still had a 4" group. The bullets must have been stable to 390 ish yds. I called the guys at Hammer and they sent me some 260 gr bullets, and that solved the problem, we were killing antifreeze jugs at 1400 yds with the 260s. Looks like if you're shooting in thin air you can get away with shooting the 285s with a 9" twist. I built a 338 Lapua Imp. with an 8" twist and it shoots the 285 accurately way beyond the distance they will expand. I've only shot 4 different Hammer bullets 7mm, 30 cal. and 338s, They all shoot like match bullets, lots of bug holes. You just need to find the right twist at sea level. [/QUOTE]
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