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Got a speed on them yet?They’ve got a perfect G7 BC of .257, so they’re a pretty efficient little projectile.
Upper end with 4350 got 3350, just shot for pressure though, no groups.Got a speed on them yet?
That’ll do.Upper end with 4350 got 3350, just shot for pressure though, no groups.
Nope..but..Old ammo boxes are cool to look at..picture??I was recently at my LGS and picked up a 100 pieces of Speer 9.3 250 grain bullets that were NOS. I have used the Speer 270 grain but this was the first time I have seen Speer 250’s. Original price on boxes was $13.49. Any one have any idea how old these would be?
Here you go sir.Nope..but..Old ammo boxes are cool to look at..picture??
Nope..but..Old ammo boxes are cool to look at..picture??
Here you go sir.View attachment 379839Nope..but..Old ammo boxes are cool to look at..picture??
I've got boxes like that and they are from the late 80's.Here you go sir.
Thank you for the information. Now to see how they shoot.I've got boxes like that and they are from the late 80's.
My custom 358 Norma 26" bbl prefers 73 gr IMR 4350 pushing a 250 Nosler partition at right about 2800fps. Pleasant to shoot and have zeroed at 250, 4" high at 150 and ~18" drop at 400. Has tipped a couple elk over at ~400, dead.Working up Hammer loads for the 358 Norma.
196HHT with H335
215HHT with W748
255HHT with H335
275PH with BL-C2
Primers are Norma large rifle magnum.
I kind of wish I had gone with 748 on the 196HHT, but I'm not going to tear them down. Targeting 3200+fps on 196 and 215 loads. I kind of suspect on the 196HHT that I will not hit pressure at all. Just going to find pressure on the 255HHT & 275PH and see where we are for velocity.
I will end up going back for another sampler pack. I read that some of y'all are getting 3200+ with the 199HHT out of a 300 Win Mag. I'm not sure what spells and prayers @p_ham put over my rifle, but I've yet to flatten a primer with it. Really intriguing because when it was a 7mmRM, it pressured up pretty fast. The rifle consistently outperforms Quickload predictions; but I am a start slow, finish strong kind of guy.
I have a killer pet load already with my 250 Grand Slams, but I can't abide these samplers just sitting on the shelf. If I end up with a laser shooting Hammer load, I will carry it for elk this fall.

Sweet rig. You'd probably be kissing 3350 with the 90gr. Hammer HHTs. I'm about to start prepping brass and working up loads for a 25-6.5PRC. What are you doing to neck down-- are you using custom-built dies or a bushing inside a 6.5PRC die? Are you encountering any donut issues?Just picked up the 6prc from the smith tonight. Was a tikka 8” twist 243 Winchester barrel I had reamed out to 6prc. Barrel was already cut and threaded at 20” so I left it alone. Loaded up 3 rounds to find pressure and then another 3 to see if it had potential with that load. Guess it did. 57.5 grains of h1000 under a 108 grain Berger elite hunter for 3120fps. Going to try some 108 grain eldms tomorrow if the weather holds and the mosquitoes don’t kill me
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Sweet rig. You'd probably be kissing 3350 with the 90gr. Hammer HHTs. I'm about to start prepping brass and working up loads for a 25-6.5PRC. What are you doing to neck down-- are you using custom-built dies or a bushing inside a 6.5PRC die? Are you encountering any donut issues?
Good to know, thank you.They have their new 89grain hbc that would really sing. I’m just using a bushing die with two different bushing. No donut issues.