Hammer Hunter .270 performance

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09-01-2023, 08:16 PM
Tahr

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Hammer Hunter .270 performance

I'm very impressed by the performance of the 117 grain Hammer Hunter bullet out of my 22" .270wsm. Velocity is 3,450 fps using R19.
Here are some pics of the terminal performance from Saturday.

Fallow buck at 240 yards. Angled lung shout. Good splattering of blood on the ground, and dead on the spot. Both pics are the exit.

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This one (Fallow spiker) was running up hill away from me and I hit it in the spine between the hips (not a very good shot). I found the shank and a couple petals in the front of a shoulder. This is how they are meant to perform with the petals breaking off and the shank driving through. The petals in them selves cause some serious damage.

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Over all Im very impressed with them and also use 124 grn in a 6.5prc and have fiddled a bit with 60 grn in .223.
The are very expensive with the cost of freight from the States spoiling it really.
09-01-2023, 08:21 PM
RUMPY

Are these cast or cnc machined?
09-01-2023, 08:23 PM
Tahr

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Originally Posted by RUMPY

Are these cast or cnc machined?

Machined.

https://hammerbullets.com/about-our-bullets/
09-01-2023, 08:50 PM
csmiffy

They would still go ok out of a normal 270 eh?
09-01-2023, 08:55 PM
Micky Duck

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Originally Posted by csmiffy

They would still go ok out of a normal 270 eh?

3400 for him with that case...SHOULD get 3100-3200fps from std .270w these LOOK to preform much better than the similar barnes along similar weights.
09-01-2023, 09:45 PM
TeRei

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Originally Posted by Micky Duck

3400 for him with that case...SHOULD get 3100-3200fps from std .270w these LOOK to preform much better than the similar barnes along similar weights.

In November hunting with my mate up the coast. He destroyed a big stag in the front shoulder with a 55gr Barnes at 200m. It took 3 of us to lift that animal. The TSX is an amazing pill. No wonder he screams if I ever suggest another projectile.
10-01-2023, 09:26 AM
SmokeyJason

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Originally Posted by RUMPY

Are these cast or cnc machined?

Man of your ability should be able to set up at home?
10-01-2023, 09:46 AM
SF90

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Originally Posted by SmokeyJason

Man of your ability should be able to set up at home?

Yeah - I was thinking that - I made a .303 bullet out of silver when I was in my teens and swapped it with a loaded bullet in a case - and that hit what I was aiming at.
10-01-2023, 10:23 AM
Moa Hunter

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Originally Posted by SF90

Yeah - I was thinking that - I made a .303 bullet out of silver when I was in my teens and swapped it with a loaded bullet in a case - and that hit what I was aiming at.

Vampire ?
10-01-2023, 11:54 AM
dannyb

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Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

Vampire ?

Silver bullets are for were wolves
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_bullet

For vampires you might be better off with garlic bullets :yaeh am not durnk:
10-01-2023, 12:13 PM
SF90

That 'silver' bullet (was .303) was a 'thought' that happened - not very bright .............

But ........... if you approach the idea of making bullets, it's not an impossible thing. People were 'clothing' lead slugs with used .22ir cases years ago to shoot out of their .222's and so on.
Those 'Hammer Hunter's' are a blend of copper, so you cut a blank from a piece of solid rod and squeeze it to shape - just like the company Ajax GKN did half a life time with mild and high tensile steel bolts. Might need to do it in stages .... probably .......
You'll need a stamping machine, or you could go slower with hydraulic presses - the dies will be the thing and I'd probably go carbide for durability - and then you heat treat the buggers.

Bit of thought there and money required - but it ain't impossible ........... :)
10-01-2023, 12:39 PM
Tahr

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Originally Posted by dannyb

Silver bullets are for were wolves
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_bullet

For vampires you might be better off with garlic bullets :yaeh am not durnk:

I have tried the garlic bullets. Taints their meat.
10-01-2023, 12:56 PM
Micky Duck

the .22lr cased bullets are still around.....
10-01-2023, 01:03 PM
Kiwi Greg

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Originally Posted by SmokeyJason

Man of your ability should be able to set up at home?

Unfortunately they would cost more made here than importing them
10-01-2023, 09:13 PM
charliehorse

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3400 for him with that case...SHOULD get 3100-3200fps from std .270w these LOOK to preform much better than the similar barnes along similar weights.

@Mickey Duck Duck here's a 110g TTSX from a couple of weeks ago. Excuse the picture quality.
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10-01-2023, 09:35 PM
ANTSMAN

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@Mickey Duck Duck here's a 110g TTSX from a couple of weeks ago. Excuse the picture quality.
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Geezus- blew the lung out?
10-01-2023, 09:42 PM
charliehorse

A hole big enough for some lung to fall out when it went down I think, that's the entry
10-01-2023, 09:53 PM
LJPRMC

HI,
i use the 120 HH in my 7mm-08 and the 140 Absolute as well . Same experience you are getting . i,d offer though the 120 is more "accurate " and it shoots less than an inch at 100 and i have shot into less than 2 inches at 400 with the same pill . the 120 goes out at 3050 and the 140 goes out at 2850.
The ammo is devastating , I like it alot
10-01-2023, 10:04 PM
Tahr

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Originally Posted by charliehorse

A hole big enough for some lung to fall out when it went down I think, that's the entry

@charliehorse will know what that is but my experience is that Barnes make a bigger in hole than out hole. Still damn effective.
Hammers entry is like a pin prick in the skin.
12-01-2023, 07:03 PM
Micky Duck

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Originally Posted by ANTSMAN

Geezus- blew the lung out?

old school silvertips did that on regular basis.... great performance all the same.
12-01-2023, 07:14 PM
Kiwi Greg

From a few years back now, entry 120 GMX out of a 6.5 WSM under 100m impact

https://hosting.photobucket.com/albu...720&fit=bounds

Light for calibre & max velocity are the secret with mono projectiles
12-01-2023, 07:56 PM
ANTSMAN

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Originally Posted by Kiwi Greg

From a few years back now, entry 120 GMX out of a 6.5 WSM under 100m impact

https://hosting.photobucket.com/albu...720&fit=bounds

Light for calibre & max velocity are the secret with mono projectiles

the deer was wearing a beanie?
12-01-2023, 08:00 PM
Tahr

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Originally Posted by ANTSMAN

the deer was wearing a beanie?

Deer disguise. They are amongst us but we just don't realise it.

GMX have been superseded haven't they? Got a plastic tip and a new name.
12-01-2023, 08:19 PM
veitnamcam

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Originally Posted by Tahr

Deer disguise. They are amongst us but we just don't realise it.

GMX have been superseded haven't they? Got a plastic tip and a new name.

Yes and I think revised to open well at lower velocitys?
12-01-2023, 08:25 PM
Kiwi Greg

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Originally Posted by Tahr

Deer disguise. They are amongst us but we just don't realise it.

GMX have been superseded haven't they? Got a plastic tip and a new name.

Yes, the GMX's had plastic tips, the CX is their replacement, looking forward to giving them a whirl
15-01-2023, 11:46 AM
Moa Hunter

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Originally Posted by Kiwi Greg

From a few years back now, entry 120 GMX out of a 6.5 WSM under 100m impact

https://hosting.photobucket.com/albu...720&fit=bounds

Light for calibre & max velocity are the secret with mono projectiles

Fawn Murderer !
15-01-2023, 11:49 AM
Moa Hunter

The best muzzle loader benchrest groups ever shot back in the day ( 100 + yrs ago ) were with pure gold bullets that were collected from the mound and re-cast for each shoot.