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No criticism here on shed pedals, in fact I like the concept.

Seems to work for Hammer and CEB’s.

DF

I don't see shedding petals as one would design for when others that aren't so designed have proven successful for decades. Marketing? Particularly when a basic Speer, Hornady or Sierra will kill a whitetail or hog.

i have had no problem with Hammer bullets with accuracy or shooting some animals so far. the buck i shot this year was bigger than most bucks / deer at 193 lbs. weighed dressed weight and at velocity of 3680 FPS out of a 103 gr. Hammer Hunter bullet went thru this bucks shoulder and was a bang flop at 125 yards . i will use this 103 gr. Hammer Hunter bullet again next in my same rifle a 257 Weatherby mag. , son and myself will continue to use this great bullet we see no reason to change brand of bullets . i will admit Nosler Partitions and Swift A-Frames have also worked well in the past out of my 257 Weatherby mags. too in the past .the other great thing about Hammer bullets is this company always have bullets in stock . good luck with your choice. Pete53

I stopped using lead core bullets because I don't want lead in my food. I will gladly pay the extra for custom Hammer bullets.

I stopped using lead core bullets because I don't want lead in my food. I will gladly pay the extra for custom Hammer bullets.[/quote

Lead in the food is irrelevant. Quit buying the bs. Hammer bullets are available, because they are terribly high priced. No thanks. Maybe for African game.

Price is relative.

A 50ct box of Accubonds is $55-ish these days.

The last couple boxes of 100ct Hammers I purchased were $118 each.

Well there you go. They're $63 more.

Maybe I'm a little slow, but let me gets this straight.

Hammers per 100 are $118. Accubond per 50 are $55.00. So if you take said numbers and make them equal, doesn't this make the accubonds $110 and hammers $118 so isn't this an $8.00 difference?

Maybe my common core isn't working today.

Or maybe I don't understand the meaning of a whistle emoji.

Fer crissakes, relative ain't absolute, nor is it equal – it's in the ballpark.

lol......

I think, the big guys are making ammo for Joey.

I am trying to decide if Hammer is hype or a legit choice.. Anybody not sponsored/affiliated or in complete fanboy mode kill anything big with a hammer? Bears?

WBY likes them enough to load in their ammo.

i have been reloading and shooting Hammer bullets for 2 1/2 years , these Hammer bullets are very accurate. i have shot 20 some critters with the 33 gr 22 caliber Hammer bullets in my 22 K-Hornet rifle , fall of 2022 shot a Antelope buck at 460 yards , shot a whitetail buck that dressed 193 lbs. at 125 yds. and adult whitetail doe at 60 yards all were one shot bang flop kills with a 25 caliber 103 gr. Hammer bullet with a 257 Weatherby mag. cartridge . > thes e Hammer bullets are the real deal for accuracy and hunting. Pete53

I think they are a good bullet; the design is kind of unique.

That bullet enters the animal and goes to work on them, with no lead in the bullet if that were to bother you.

They are not fussy about seating depth; I've found them to shoot very well for me.

Sorry, fella. I'm not buying any B.S. I saw lead flecks in a deer and decided right then I was finished with cup and core bullets. To each his own.

I don't approve of forcing people to use something instead of what they want, though.

Lead compounds are dangerous, elemental lead, not so much. Now unless elemental lead can be turned into a lead compound, probably not that big a deal.

But, it wouldn’t surprise me to see lead free gradually becoming more and more of the norm.

So developments in improved lead free bullet technology is probably a good thing, just in case.

DF

Accuracy is excellent with Hammer Hunters. I didn't have the best of luck DRT on deer. I finally found a load for the Barnes LRX that shoots almost as well as the Hammer Hunters. I'm just not sure if a large mushroom wound channel is better than the trauma of 4 pieces of shrapnel and solid shank. I definitely don't feel like Hammer Hunters are magic.

My nephew and I have used the absolute hammer(162) out of our 308’s with very good accuracy and velocities (3000+ fps) and we’ve taken a total of 6 whitetails and 1 bull elk…..terminal performance, meh, we both went back to Barnes bullets. Pay utmost attention to the twist rate recommended by hammer and than twist them a bit faster for good measure, according to them it’s imperative for satisfactory terminal performance on game, no matter how good they shoot near or far….