Thread: 124 Hammer vs Red Hind

Originally Posted by Steelisreal

Did you get the classic shank punching right through and a cluster of petal holes around the exit @craigc?

I shot a fallow hind last week with a 109 grain Absolute Hammer that had exactly that sort of result.
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Haven't seen it concentrated like that before. Craig is using Hammer Hunters. I use them (HH) in 270wsm and .223 and the petal damage is more random but still nasty. The shank almost always passes through although I have recovered the odd shank.

The 124HH are a good bullet in a short barrel (20") 6.5PRC because their design lifts the speed - I had one and they went really well with Hammers but it didn't turn out a decent advantage over my 6.5x55 with ordinary 140's.

117 grn HH 270 wsm (3500fps) exit, and shank and petals from a different deer (sorry about the hijack Craig, but Im your bloody Father ):