Wolf76
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The thought of only picking 1 bullet manufacturer makes me ill, but I understand the original question.
One Hunting Bullet Manufacturer
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bigngreen
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I enjoy testing bullets a LOT but in the mono the Hammer is seriously next level in terminal performance in a mono and the Bergers have been that next level lethal in cup and core.
Nothing except availability. Went well over a year without being able to find the ones I used. I hunted with them for decades with 100% success but if you cant get them, they are useless. I thought when Sierra bought them it would get better but so far it hasn't produced fruit. Perhaps one day. I should also add here that I did have a couple boxes in 2 different calibers where the plastic tips wobbled noticeably when the bullet was rolled on a table. I went to the TSX after that and groups improved.
Bret GRAVELINE Graveline
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Excellent point, sometimes its not up to us, before Barnes I shot Nosler pattitions, I had four failures in three different rifles, I've got rifles that won't shoot partitions and ones that don't like barnes.
I have been shooting barnes and have always found a load that worked in my rifles. Barnes dont seem to be picky with seating depth and they have always dropped animals. Honestly I should probably not mess with a good thing but... With that being said I am switching over to hammers to try to gain some velocity and to just have a new project to play around with.
Good point, which is exactly why I responded the way I did. I've never once had an issue getting a rifle shooting with Bergers.
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Citified
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I think history will lead us to monolithics to eliminate lead from the environment for hunting anyway. Someday we will probably be using something like HH.
crashlanding
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I agree with this statement, in the future I believe more states particularly in the west will only allow lead free bullets. California started this trend, the environmentalists will continue to push it in other states as well. Nothing wrong with pure copper, they are proven killers, I just have a streak of non compliance built into my wiring
Citified
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I admit to having a large supply of cup&core bullets and times are slow to change. Learned many years ago that the historical slower twist rate barrels limited our options for higher bc bullets. The monos give us a lighter bullet that still performs well and higher velocities
Trooper1
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What crashlanding said. Since I currently reside in the People's Republik of Kalifornia, I have to use copper. But it seems more states are leaning that way. Over the years I've had great luck with Nosler - partitions and BT's, Accubonds, Hornady interlocks, and Swift Sciroccos. But since trying Hammers, I'm pleased with the way they shoot. No game yet, as I did not draw the last two seasons, here or out of state. I am loading them in a 264WM, a 280 Ackley, and a 300WM. I am primarily hunting for meat, so my reasoning is the less damage the better. If they work as well as many others have said on game (with little meat loss), and with other states considering going to copper as well, might as well get those loads dialed in now, rather than having to do it again later.
Barnes or Hammers. I moved to all copper years ago and have been extremely pleased with the bullet performance every time. That said. we limit any live animal shots to 500-600 yards.
