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Hammer Hunter 146 in .284
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<blockquote data-quote="RockyMtnMT" data-source="post: 2382978" data-attributes="member: 7999"><p>We designed the 146g Hammer Hunter for two reasons. One of the members here was having trouble feeding the longer nosed bullets in his rifle and the need to make as heavy as possible 7mm that would still have a pointed nose and be stable in a 10" twist. The 146g HH fixed both issues. The 146g doesn't sound so light and fills that mental feeling that we all have about what a bullet should weigh for a given cartridge. I tell people multiple times a day that as long as their chosen bullet is fully stable in their rifles twist, it then becomes a personal choice with no wrong answer. We design the bullets and I find myself often feeling like a particular bullet seems too light even though I know it will work very well for the task at hand. We all learned to run heavy for caliber. Particularly for magnum rifles. This was for two good reasons. Bullets couldn't handle launch speeds much over 3000 fps and if they could there was a good chance they would come undone on a close range high velocity impact resulting in poor penetration and a train wreck with a wounded animal to track. The solution was heavier bullets to slow down the muzzle vel and then hopefully there would be enough bullet left after a close range impact to get to the far side. Well, we don't have either issue. So in most rifles being used under 400-500y speed is king. High velocity impacts are more dramatic on game than the heavier slower bullet with more energy. Roy Weatherby was right.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RockyMtnMT, post: 2382978, member: 7999"] We designed the 146g Hammer Hunter for two reasons. One of the members here was having trouble feeding the longer nosed bullets in his rifle and the need to make as heavy as possible 7mm that would still have a pointed nose and be stable in a 10" twist. The 146g HH fixed both issues. The 146g doesn't sound so light and fills that mental feeling that we all have about what a bullet should weigh for a given cartridge. I tell people multiple times a day that as long as their chosen bullet is fully stable in their rifles twist, it then becomes a personal choice with no wrong answer. We design the bullets and I find myself often feeling like a particular bullet seems too light even though I know it will work very well for the task at hand. We all learned to run heavy for caliber. Particularly for magnum rifles. This was for two good reasons. Bullets couldn't handle launch speeds much over 3000 fps and if they could there was a good chance they would come undone on a close range high velocity impact resulting in poor penetration and a train wreck with a wounded animal to track. The solution was heavier bullets to slow down the muzzle vel and then hopefully there would be enough bullet left after a close range impact to get to the far side. Well, we don't have either issue. So in most rifles being used under 400-500y speed is king. High velocity impacts are more dramatic on game than the heavier slower bullet with more energy. Roy Weatherby was right. [/QUOTE]
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