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Hammer Bullets - Different way of thinking????
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<blockquote data-quote="nevada75" data-source="post: 1608813" data-attributes="member: 75285"><p>Memtb, I hear you loud and clear. It was a gut wrenching experience to step down in weight shooting Barnes bullets. I grew up hunting with a 30-06 shooting 180gr Remington Core-Lokt and a 12 ga with old school rifled slugs Took a small pile of whitetails back east before moving out west.</p><p></p><p>When I started working with monos I tried Barnes, Noslers, and Hornady. Had lots of trouble getting heavy and even some standard weight bullets to stabilize with rifles with standard twist rates. I also shot lots of water jugs and wet newspaper at various ranges to judge expansion. After lots of testing I felt pretty good with my choice including limiting myself to 400 yards max distance on game. Still I was glad a buddy had his 300 Win with Noslers Partitions in case things went sideways that first time.</p><p></p><p>Shooting technologies are really advancing fast these days, copper bullets, fast twist rifles, synthetic stocks of all kinds, high mag optics, fragmenting bullets, bonded bullets, tipped bullets, and more new cartridges than a person can keep up with. Who'd have thought 25 years ago?</p><p></p><p>I think we as a sport are still working out the right combination of rifle and bullet specs for optimal performance with copper bullets. That was a major part of my decision to build a 280AI that will throw moderate to heavy copper bullets. I'm still mulling over what I want but think 1:8 twist and maybe a custom throat to accommodate the long copper bullets.</p><p></p><p>Hammer bullets are of interest to me as much for the copper alloy they use as seating depth not being a major hurdle. As RockyMtnMT says Barnes are pretty hard bullets that need speed to function well. My own experiences agree with that. I always wished Barnes were a bit softer metal.</p><p></p><p>Guess I need to place an order soon and spend time in the reloading room and range.</p><p></p><p>Thanks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nevada75, post: 1608813, member: 75285"] Memtb, I hear you loud and clear. It was a gut wrenching experience to step down in weight shooting Barnes bullets. I grew up hunting with a 30-06 shooting 180gr Remington Core-Lokt and a 12 ga with old school rifled slugs Took a small pile of whitetails back east before moving out west. When I started working with monos I tried Barnes, Noslers, and Hornady. Had lots of trouble getting heavy and even some standard weight bullets to stabilize with rifles with standard twist rates. I also shot lots of water jugs and wet newspaper at various ranges to judge expansion. After lots of testing I felt pretty good with my choice including limiting myself to 400 yards max distance on game. Still I was glad a buddy had his 300 Win with Noslers Partitions in case things went sideways that first time. Shooting technologies are really advancing fast these days, copper bullets, fast twist rifles, synthetic stocks of all kinds, high mag optics, fragmenting bullets, bonded bullets, tipped bullets, and more new cartridges than a person can keep up with. Who'd have thought 25 years ago? I think we as a sport are still working out the right combination of rifle and bullet specs for optimal performance with copper bullets. That was a major part of my decision to build a 280AI that will throw moderate to heavy copper bullets. I'm still mulling over what I want but think 1:8 twist and maybe a custom throat to accommodate the long copper bullets. Hammer bullets are of interest to me as much for the copper alloy they use as seating depth not being a major hurdle. As RockyMtnMT says Barnes are pretty hard bullets that need speed to function well. My own experiences agree with that. I always wished Barnes were a bit softer metal. Guess I need to place an order soon and spend time in the reloading room and range. Thanks [/QUOTE]
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