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Hammer Bullets - Different way of thinking????
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<blockquote data-quote="RockyMtnMT" data-source="post: 1608741" data-attributes="member: 7999"><p>Physical bullet size weight for weight the pure copper bullets will be bigger than the lead core bullets. I think this plays into the on game performance of the lighter mono's. I think the idea that copper bullets need more speed is due to Barnes bullets being hard and needing more speed to open quickly. Our goal when we started Hammer Bullets was to make a bullet that would work properly from high to low vel impacts. Terminal performance was, and still is, our top priority. This goal was more difficult that we thought it would be. We ordered and recycled a lot of copper in our search for copper that would reliably do what we expected our bullets to do. It did not take us long to figure out why other bullets, that we had used before we started making bullets, made us feel like something was missing. Just getting a good quality pure copper was not the answer. When we found the copper that we use now, everything changed.</p><p></p><p>As far as using heavy or light for caliber, there isn't a wrong answer. As long as bullets are properly stabilized, terminal performance will be good. I personally like high vel. When you are using a bullet that can handle high vel impacts and retain proper weight, there isn't a down side. Yesterday [USER=67390]@TXAoudadKlr[/USER] took a big bull water buffalo that had gone rogue and needed to be culled. He use our 181g Hammer Hunter. Not the typical dangerous game bullet that would normally be called upon for this task. He shot the bull through the shoulders at under 100y from a 30 AX with a muzzle vel of 3490 fps. At that kind of vel his rifle/bullet combo is a solid 1000y plus hunting combo that is good to go everywhere in between. Most lead core bullets are going to have difficulty surviving this launch speed, let alone hold together to get through a water buffalo at 80y. This bull only went 30y and laid down. The land owner and the guide both said they had not seen one die that quickly. The fact that the Hammer Hunter shed it's nose rapidly ensured that it would fully penetrate the buffalo, even after breaking big bones. He posted pics of entrance and exit holes from the inside of the buffalo. You can see exit holes from the retained shank and a petal. If the bullet had retained the petals to make the pretty, flower looking bullets like Barnes, I would venture to say that the outcome on this buffalo would have been poor. A bullet like that does not penetrate deep enough fast enough to create the wound channel needed for fast kills. They simply slow down too quickly and have difficulty tracking straight after impact. </p><p></p><p>Speed kills when used properly. So yes there is a new way of thinking.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RockyMtnMT, post: 1608741, member: 7999"] Physical bullet size weight for weight the pure copper bullets will be bigger than the lead core bullets. I think this plays into the on game performance of the lighter mono's. I think the idea that copper bullets need more speed is due to Barnes bullets being hard and needing more speed to open quickly. Our goal when we started Hammer Bullets was to make a bullet that would work properly from high to low vel impacts. Terminal performance was, and still is, our top priority. This goal was more difficult that we thought it would be. We ordered and recycled a lot of copper in our search for copper that would reliably do what we expected our bullets to do. It did not take us long to figure out why other bullets, that we had used before we started making bullets, made us feel like something was missing. Just getting a good quality pure copper was not the answer. When we found the copper that we use now, everything changed. As far as using heavy or light for caliber, there isn't a wrong answer. As long as bullets are properly stabilized, terminal performance will be good. I personally like high vel. When you are using a bullet that can handle high vel impacts and retain proper weight, there isn't a down side. Yesterday [USER=67390]@TXAoudadKlr[/USER] took a big bull water buffalo that had gone rogue and needed to be culled. He use our 181g Hammer Hunter. Not the typical dangerous game bullet that would normally be called upon for this task. He shot the bull through the shoulders at under 100y from a 30 AX with a muzzle vel of 3490 fps. At that kind of vel his rifle/bullet combo is a solid 1000y plus hunting combo that is good to go everywhere in between. Most lead core bullets are going to have difficulty surviving this launch speed, let alone hold together to get through a water buffalo at 80y. This bull only went 30y and laid down. The land owner and the guide both said they had not seen one die that quickly. The fact that the Hammer Hunter shed it's nose rapidly ensured that it would fully penetrate the buffalo, even after breaking big bones. He posted pics of entrance and exit holes from the inside of the buffalo. You can see exit holes from the retained shank and a petal. If the bullet had retained the petals to make the pretty, flower looking bullets like Barnes, I would venture to say that the outcome on this buffalo would have been poor. A bullet like that does not penetrate deep enough fast enough to create the wound channel needed for fast kills. They simply slow down too quickly and have difficulty tracking straight after impact. Speed kills when used properly. So yes there is a new way of thinking. [/QUOTE]
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