7-08 119 Absolute Hammer

[hunter24605]

Other powders may get the speed up some, especially with these slippery absolute Hammers, but better than I expected with Lever when I started playing around. It's shown itself to be a very versatile powder. Worked it up and passed it to my brother in law to shoot for groups.


7mm-08
119 AH
LeverEvolution
1:9.5 22"
Nosler brass 2x fired, annealed, trimmed 2.025"
2.825 COAL
CCI 34
1/8 turn LFCD
.003 Neck tension

45.0 3021
45.3 3041
45.6 3066
45.9 3108
46.2 3112
46.5 3119
46.8 3156
47.1 3161
47.4 error
47.7 3182
48.0 3235 Faint ejct mark, slight primer crater
Excellent fill rate. Still room, est 95%

TEST GROUP @ 100 yards
47.0 3163
47.0 3177
47.0 3161
47.0 3181
47.0 3170

4 inside .428"
1 flier (shooter error)
SD 7.8
Ave 3170
ES 20

 

[AFG270]

Excellent!

Have you shot any game with any Hammers yet? They are amazing.

 

[hunter24605]

Excellent!

Have you shot any game with any Hammers yet? They are amazing.

just a 200lb hog with the 143 HH from a 280 Ackley. Hit in the ribs and exited the off shoulder. He just bulldozed with his nose in the mud in a circle for a few seconds and dropped about 10' from where he was shot. 2 of the petals stopped in the hide about 3" away from the shank's exit. Didn't gut it, but rolling it over the insides sounded like a washing machine. They are 3150 at the muzzle from RS Magnum.

 

[AFG270]

just a 200lb hog with the 143 HH from a 280 Ackley. Hit in the ribs and exited the off shoulder. He just bulldozed with his nose in the mud in a circle for a few seconds and dropped about 10' from where he was shot. 2 of the petals stopped in the hide about 3" away from the shank's exit. Didn't gut it, but rolling it over the insides sounded like a washing machine. They are 3150 at the muzzle from RS Magnum.

Nice!

I have only shot coyotes with my 22-250 and 243, in several cases they were DRT. I just loaded some 90g Absolute Hammers for my 25-06 to use on hogs.

 

[JD338]

Nice work with your load development.

JD338

 

[RL338]

Looks like you got your BIL an outstanding load worked up

 

[wvbuckbuster]

Good load work up and thanks for sharing. Dan.

 

[SJB358]

Man, that's a great sounding load.. Those darned Hammers are popping up alot lately..

 

[nhenry]

just a 200lb hog with the 143 HH from a 280 Ackley. Hit in the ribs and exited the off shoulder. He just bulldozed with his nose in the mud in a circle for a few seconds and dropped about 10' from where he was shot. 2 of the petals stopped in the hide about 3" away from the shank's exit. Didn't gut it, but rolling it over the insides sounded like a washing machine. They are 3150 at the muzzle from RS Magnum.

They're fantastic bullets. I also used the 143 in a 280AI for my mule deer last year. He dropped at the shot. It was a frontal heart shot and the bullet exited out on the inside of one of the back legs. All the petals were somewhere in the intestines.

No meat was wasted at all, except the heart of course.