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Amazingly fast service from Montana to Kentucky, on a sample of 447-gr./.458-cal. Shock Hammers.
Mercy bo coop to Steve and Brian.









Some musings:
About the only way to improve the 405-gr/.458-cal. “Backward Solid” Hammer (my BS Hammer)
would be to make the FN meplat 0.300″ diameter inside the edge bevel (about 66% of bullet diameter),
stretch the nose forward in length, maybe eliminating the first PDR wave,
6 instead of 7 troughs might do,
eliminate hollow in base and shorten the base portion length,
making a true flat base.
A nose projection of 0.450″ when crimped at centerline of first PDR trough would be perfect for all .45-70 Gov’t. rifles.