QL request, 7mm-08 and 162 Eldx

[highoctane]

Ok I just looked at the Hammer Hunters online forum load data. Varget was IMPRESSIVE with 3130fps@26" barrel, that is until I looked at Staball 6.5 velocity numbers. Holy sheep shyt 3250fps!!! With a 132gr!!! So let's say I shoot a 22" barrel, so subtract 100-120fps ish. 3100 is smoking! My original thoughts were 2900-2950 fps wow! Color me impressed!!!

What you see from others when it comes to velocity may or may not transfer to your rifle. Just to be honest, unless you know or have some sort of connection with this trove of data you had better be careful.

Case in point, my 280 Rem will digest 57 grs of IMR 4831 and spit a 139 gr SST bullet 2930 fps, however, 58 grs of same 4831 and same 139 gr bullet shows ejector marks and sticky cases but if you do a little research you will find many instances of those saying 58 grs is perfectly fine. It wasn't fine in my rifle.

Do your due diligence and work your load up with a chronograph. Primers are not a reliable pressure indicator. Once you see catering, flattening and such you are WAY OVER PRESSURE most times, sometimes exceeding 70,000 psi. That kind of pressure if it gets loose because a case failed is "gonna leave a mark"

 

[Aussie Wanderer]

Ok I just looked at the Hammer Hunters online forum load data. Varget was IMPRESSIVE with 3130fps@26" barrel, that is until I looked at Staball 6.5 velocity numbers. Holy sheep shyt 3250fps!!! With a 132gr!!! So let's say I shoot a 22" barrel, so subtract 100-120fps ish. 3100 is smoking! My original thoughts were 2900-2950 fps wow! Color me impressed!!!

That sounds like peak alloy stuff. There is that expression, "just because you can, doesn't mean you should." I would hazard a guess that those velocities are way over max saami pressure

 

[RL338]

I’ve tried some of the Hammer load data and I can’t get nowhere near their published data. I’m thinking they’re opening the bolt with a dead blow hammer , hence their name Hammer Bullets