6.5shaggy
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I had a post last week on Hammer performance on two animals with non-optimal shot placement. This is an updated version based on OPTIMAL shot placement. Two different rifles were used on two separate hogs, a custom 257 WBY Mag 7.5 twist, 121 Hammer hunter @ 3390 FPS and a custom 270 Win 8 twist with 148 Hammer hunter @ 3180 FPS.
First hog was a 180 lb Sow, broadside @ 80 yds. 257 121 Hammer entered low behind right shoulder, exited center left shoulder with a nickel sized wound. She ran about 30 yards, no blood trail( that's usual for hogs). Very little blood from nose or mouth which indicates all heart not much lung and a rapid death. Opened her up and found signs of a quickly opened bullet, massive wound channel entering chest cavity, totally souped vitals, found a petal in the meat tissue outside offside chest cavity, broke off-side shoulder, and then exited.
Second hog was 250+ lb OLD BOAR. 169 yards straight head on, I waited for him to slightly quarter and put it exactly on front crease of shoulder. 270 Win 148 Hammer, impact and he ran for about 60 yards into the brush and flipped over dead. Bullet entered, quick expansion, broke right shoulder, broke 2 ribs, I tried to fish his heart out with a stick without using my bare hand( yep the hole was big enough!) but it was a total soup sandwich. A hunk came out that was lung but looked like liver, it was total devastation in there. I didn't have the tools to split him further but the bullet did continue into the gut and then left a dime sized exit in his left flank. Approximately 30 inches of penetration with an exit.
I really didn't expect either of these hogs to run at all. Hammers are still new to me and I am very used to the instant energy dump of Bergers. But TO BE CLEAR, THE HAMMERS DESTROYED ALL VITALS AND THE ANIMALS WERE DEAD ON THEIR FEET. Hogs generally don't leave great blood trails but the distance thes animals ran shouldn't have made recovery hard even if the cover had been dense. It was literally only a few seconds distance covered. All pics are of the second hog, i didn't take pics of the sow but the chest cavity was very similar.
First hog was a 180 lb Sow, broadside @ 80 yds. 257 121 Hammer entered low behind right shoulder, exited center left shoulder with a nickel sized wound. She ran about 30 yards, no blood trail( that's usual for hogs). Very little blood from nose or mouth which indicates all heart not much lung and a rapid death. Opened her up and found signs of a quickly opened bullet, massive wound channel entering chest cavity, totally souped vitals, found a petal in the meat tissue outside offside chest cavity, broke off-side shoulder, and then exited.
Second hog was 250+ lb OLD BOAR. 169 yards straight head on, I waited for him to slightly quarter and put it exactly on front crease of shoulder. 270 Win 148 Hammer, impact and he ran for about 60 yards into the brush and flipped over dead. Bullet entered, quick expansion, broke right shoulder, broke 2 ribs, I tried to fish his heart out with a stick without using my bare hand( yep the hole was big enough!) but it was a total soup sandwich. A hunk came out that was lung but looked like liver, it was total devastation in there. I didn't have the tools to split him further but the bullet did continue into the gut and then left a dime sized exit in his left flank. Approximately 30 inches of penetration with an exit.
I really didn't expect either of these hogs to run at all. Hammers are still new to me and I am very used to the instant energy dump of Bergers. But TO BE CLEAR, THE HAMMERS DESTROYED ALL VITALS AND THE ANIMALS WERE DEAD ON THEIR FEET. Hogs generally don't leave great blood trails but the distance thes animals ran shouldn't have made recovery hard even if the cover had been dense. It was literally only a few seconds distance covered. All pics are of the second hog, i didn't take pics of the sow but the chest cavity was very similar.
