154HHT, 163HHT and 168HHT in a 300 RUM

[joe16]

Mails in. Will be playing hooky tomorrow afternoon

 

[DaveM]

Mails in. Will be playing hooky tomorrow afternoon

Can't wait

 

[cbjr]

Waiting to see what you come up with!
Mine should be here today. Won't get to play with them for a bit. Wife is buying me some good brass for helping her work a wedding next weekend, lol.

 

[mtmuley]

Interested in the speed of the 163. mtmuley

 

[les]

My pills should be here today. I have 40 rounds of 300 RUM prepped and ready to go! This is going to be fun! If all goes well I could draw 2 deer tags this year.

 

[Mountainman]

Mine will be in tomorrow. Going to try the 132's in my 280 AI. Thinking of running the 145's in the 28 Nosler

 

[joe16]

The weather said play hooky this morning

Rem mod 700
300 RUM
30 IN. 11 Twist Pac Nor w brake
Bert. brass
GM F215

154 HHT W Rx26. 1/2 FCD
96.0. 3642. No Pressure Signs
97.0. 3734. NPS
98.0. 3766. NPS
99.0. 3787. Slight ejector swipe
I've got room to go but I'm also going to explore that velocity plateau between 98 and 99

163 HHT W. Rx26. 1/3 FCD
94.0. 3508. NPS
95.0. 3584. NPS
96.0. 3603. NPS
97.0. 3683. NPS.

154 HHT W H1000. 1/2 FCD
97.0. 3508. NPS
98.0. 3555 NPS
99.0. 3593. NPS
100.0. 3623. NPS
101.0. 3663. NPS

163 HHT W H1000. 1/3 FCD
96.0. 3394. NPS
97.0. 3472. NPS
98.0. 3481. NPS
99.0. 3527. NPS
100.0. 3584. NPS

All bullets were loaded to a cbto of 3.995. This length lined up perfectly in the Valley of the top Groove for the 154s. What's nice is this is the exact spot the 137s load to also. The 163s were a different story. All PDR bands had to be inside the neck for it to function in my magazine.

Also nice to see was none of the pressure columns scattered bullets. All seem to be in clusters (So far). H1000 had smaller clusters. All were under an 1 1/4 in. though.

I am aware that I am marginally stable as far as the tables are concerned. I've seen this pill function perfectly in a 1-11 twist Sako 300 rum in Tasmania. I have no concerns at this point.

I figured I'd add 2 more grains to the Rx 26 loads and 3 more grains to the H1000 loads and get a long string I'm also going to explore WC 857 and see what kind of velocity it'll give with each pill. Maybe, if Rx 26 gets me the numbers that I want. And the accuracy. I'll save the pills, but curiosity might just shoot them anyway



This place is awesome

Joe

 

[les]

Joe - Thanks for the load data. I have a feeling tomorrow's chores are going to be put on hold.

 

[Mountainman]

Joe - Thanks for the load data. I have a feeling tomorrow's chores are going to be put on hold.

There seems to be a lot of that going around these days

 

[Mountainman]

Okay! Mine came in a day earlier than I expected. Guess I'll put off tomorrow's chores too

 

[cbjr]

Mine came in the mail today. Didn't have time to play with them, so they came to camp with me. Just opened it and wow.

 

[BFD]

They are the sexiest looking, feeling, (Thanks Steve, you made them so slick I kept dropping them) bullet to date. I can't wait to get some loaded up. I'm only shooting 308 and 708, not the RUMs like you power house hammerheads do!

Talk about a gapping hole in these! The shed pedals look like they will be much larger than the HH pedals?

 

[gltaylor]

Ok guys, don't forget to post your new loads on the "Share Your Hammer Loads" thread. Otherwise you'll have me looking everywhere as each person makes a post about his new load.

 

[andron]

My 132 HHT for my 280 AI came in, now to decide what powder to use.
Mountainman, I will be interested in your results as won’t be getting to mine for a few weeks

 

[gltaylor]

Mine came today too. When I get time I'll be playing with the 163s and the 118gr 6.5s.

I started the new Hammer HHT Spreadsheet just now. When I get some data, I'll post it for everyone.

No computer whiz kids have volunteered to take over (yet)

 

[les]

Mine didn't come! Oh well, I have arrows to fletch. Antelope hunt is about 2 months away.

 

[les]

They are the sexiest looking, feeling, (Thanks Steve, you made them so slick I kept dropping them) bullet to date. I can't wait to get some loaded up. I'm only shooting 308 and 708, not the RUMs like you power house hammerheads do!

Talk about a gapping hole in these! The shed pedals look like they will be much larger than the HH pedals?

Gingeman - Nothing wrong with the 308. I continue to be amazed at how efficient a cartridge it is. Those additional FPS that one can get out of a 300 RUM comes with a much larger dose of powder and recoil. That said, I do enjoy the RUM.

 

[BFD]

Mine didn't come! Oh well, I have arrows to fletch. Antelope hunt is about 2 months away.

You sure got us on that one, Les!

 

[BFD]

Gingeman - Nothing wrong with the 308. I continue to be amazed at how efficient a cartridge it is. Those additional FPS that one can get out of a 300 RUM comes with a much larger dose of powder and recoil. That said, I do enjoy the RUM.

Yassir, I was amazed when a Vortex podcast brought up the math on the 708 vs 7Mag. 40% more powder for only 9% more velocity!? 708AI said me!

 

[gltaylor]

When it comes to efficiency, inherent accuracy potential, adequacy of power, and lethal distance...the 308 capacity cartridges (and smaller) are hard to beat ! This class of cartridges is an excellent choice