Official Hammer bullets Terminal Performance (picture heavy)

[RockyMtnMT]

View attachment 153302 I'm surprised nobody has any bullets to show...well I suppose I shouldn't be. But I'll show one: 181g from my 300 WM into a mid Asian ibex at 420 yards. I don't have autopsy pics cause I let the guides do all the work but they brought me this.

That is what we are after. Nose shed to the hollow point depth (same weight retention with high or low vel) with a nice flat front on the retained shank.

Congrats on your ibex!

 

[TXAoudadKlr]

They looked for it with my buffalo but couldn't find it.

I might just be able to catch the 117gr SH if I find a big boar or aoudad.

 

[naja302]

FWIW. I shot 2 fox on my trip also (first time shooting animals with hammers) and neither fox was salvageable. One was shot at 166 yards and the other at 402 yards.

I was a little surprised at how much damage was done to such a tiny critter at 400 yards with such a large bullet and where impact velocity was only approximately 2450 FPS.

But certainly these seem to work as advertised!

 

[TXAoudadKlr]

Probably because of the softness of the copper they use. Expands with minimal resistance

 

[RockyMtnMT]

Rapid expansion has been our goal. We want the bullet deformation as quickly as possible. Terminal performance is all about the flat frontal area on the retained shank penetrating deep without slowing down as it goes through the vitals. The shed petals are doing the exit damage on small animals.

 

[stx]

124 Hammer Hunter from 6.5 CM @ approx 200 yds

 

[TXAoudadKlr]

What velocity?

 

[stx]

What velocity?

2950

 

[MagMan]

143 Hammer 280 Ackley 3100fps 467yards. Quartering away high shoulder and ended up under the hide at the base of the neck.

 

[RockyMtnMT]

View attachment 153771 View attachment 153769 143 Hammer 280 Ackley 3100fps 467yards. Quartering away high shoulder and ended up under the hide at the base of the neck.

Nice bull! Well done.

 

[Elkeater]

Finally got to test the 181 hammer hunter out of my .300 win mag. I shot two antelope does on Saturday morning. Not long shots one was killed at 312 yards the other at about 250. Muzzle velocity was 3070fps. I didn't take many pics being by myself and I didn't open up the chest cavity on either one and utilized the no gut method. The first one took the bullet in the point of the front right shoulder. The petals broke off in the chest cavity and exited in four different places in the body. The main shank drove all the way through and came out the left hind quarter. The second was a clean lung shot 2" behind both shoulders. .308 hole going in and a 3" hole coming out. Animals were shot about 30 seconds apart. Moral of the story is that hammers wreck critters.

 

[James Pearson]

.270 Winchester, 145 Sledge Hammer, 56 grains H4831, Federal 215, 75 yards? Pretty much DRT. Wish it had 100% snow cover, so the bleed out would show better. He had a picture with hide off, but since deleted it. Pretty impressive bullet path inside as well.
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Do you have any idea what the muzzle velocity is?

Are you shooting the standard 1:10 twist?

 

[HARPERC]

....Do you have any idea what the muzzle velocity is?

Are you shooting the standard 1:10 twist?

2900 fps, 1-10" twist

 

[Mike 338]

Shot a buck at about 60 yards. 30-06 / 166 gr. SH. Pass through and impressive blood trail in the snow. Ran 80 yards. Tracking was embarrassingly easy. Good internal damage but not much meat damage. Safe to say they won't blow up on you.