Thread: Hammer Damage

Originally Posted by nor-west

Better than cutting edge CBH?

I haven't tried Cutting Edge. I've seen them mentioned on the Africa forums, also Northfork I think.

I have tried Outer Edge made in Orange, NSW Australia. I tried one pack, I don't remember anything negative on them.

There is another company Atomic 29 doing monos.

What I did find with Hammer 124gn HH was a tight 3 shot group. Impressed myself but also it's a new barrel fitted aftermarket by a good gunsmith.

Mostly shooting pests so if it's down and dead it's a good projectile.

Anyone tried any 'absolute hammers'?

"Absolute Hammers are very similar to the Hammer Hunter bullets with the same 1.5mm hollow point and the same basic form. We designed the Absolute Hammer so that it can not be engraved on the ogive of the bullet. The only part of the bullet that encounters the barrel is the PDR drive bands. This greatly reduced the engraving pressure of the bullet which in turn increased the potential velocity in most cartridges. Because of the very low engraving pressure the Absolute Hammers do not line up well with conventional bullet loading data. They should only be loaded by expert reloaders that are capable of working up a load without any supporting data."

Originally Posted by Rich007

Anyone tried any 'absolute hammers'?

"Absolute Hammers are very similar to the Hammer Hunter bullets with the same 1.5mm hollow point and the same basic form. We designed the Absolute Hammer so that it can not be engraved on the ogive of the bullet. The only part of the bullet that encounters the barrel is the PDR drive bands. This greatly reduced the engraving pressure of the bullet which in turn increased the potential velocity in most cartridges. Because of the very low engraving pressure the Absolute Hammers do not line up well with conventional bullet loading data. They should only be loaded by expert reloaders that are capable of working up a load without any supporting data."

I've been happy with their "Hunter" bullet and don't want to ruin a good thing. Don't want to have to start again with new load development. Im sure that they will be good though.

Revival.
Ive now tried these Hammers at longer range. 270wsm. 117grn @ 3450 fps.
Here's 2 one shot kills at 425 yards. Both pass throughs. Dropped on spot. Forward shoulder on the hind and shoulder for the younger one. Big exit holes and petal damage.

I did a bit of nosing and roughly it was say 70 bucks for 200 projectiles but only 80 bucks for 400 on the freight, so worth while putting in a bundle together. I'll buy some 17 cal.

the only real hammertime !

The hammer petals are capitalising on the projectiles energy stored in RPM

Energy that’s not as well utilised in std cup n core projectiles

For years we found better wound channels in 1 in 8 7mm barrels than 1 in 9.25 and it diddnt take long to work out why

With any chambering if you tighten the twist up a notch and if the projectile deforms suitably (or has petals) on impact, you will notice a more suitable wound channel.

RPM does not decay at the same rate as FPS, in fact it hardly decays at all over the external ballistic flight time of a projectile.

Originally Posted by SmokeyJason

I did a bit of nosing and roughly it was say 70 bucks for 200 projectiles but only 80 bucks for 400 on the freight, so worth while putting in a bundle together. I'll buy some 17 cal.

Talk to @ckp he might be able to off you some info from when he did it

Originally Posted by charliehorse

Talk to @ckp he might be able to off you some info from when he did it

Txks, I've got a friend coming over from the states in four weeks.

https://hammerbullets.boards.net/thr...ssure-velocity

$80 freight for 400 sounds cheap. I think it was $70/100 and no combined freight when I bought some in.
Potty the nzd is so low against the usd atm

I have some light Absolutes showing up this week

It will be interesting to compare them to the TTSXs I have been using

Here's a 250 yard exit, and a shank and petals I retrieved (cant remember the circumstances). 270wsm and 117 grn.

@Tahr what are your thoughts on 270WSM vs 6.5PRC ?

Originally Posted by Bagheera

@Tahr what are your thoughts on 270WSM vs 6.5PRC ?

If you have a 6.5prc you don't need a 270wsm. But if you have a 270wsm you don't need a 6.5prc because its the next level. I rate the 270wsm better than the prc by a good margin. In my experience the 270 wsm kills quicker, and is less fussy to load and tune.