HH vs HHT bloodshot

[alg25]

Small sample size, but I've shot 4 deer with the .257 90gr AH at a little over 3611 fps muzzle velocity, and 1 deer with the .264 85gr HH @ 3402 fps muzzle velocity. In all cases, dead deer quickly with next to zero bloodshot meat and certainly nothing like no meat on a shoulder...having disappeared.

So....deer to 500 yards with .277. I want them dead, but minimizing meat loss:

116gr AH @ 3700 fps
-or-
122 HHT @ 3400 fps

At 500 yards, the AH is still 50 fps faster than the HHT. Do I use the HHT, sacrifice meat, and have quicker/more certain kills.....or is the AH just as deadly/terminally efficient but with less meat loss?

Good info, thanks for sharing.

About the AH vs the HHT at 500 yards I was wondering the same thing. For now I'm staying with the 90g AH'S as they are a little more accurate in my 25-06.

 

[MeatBuck]

Thanks everyone for the replies. I think for the smaller blacktails out here I’m gonna stick with the hammer hunters that have performed amazing for me and so are my buddies. They are both gonna try the 110 grain hammer hunters in their 270 wsm’s.

Maybe you already saw our videos of the 110hh out of the 270wsm on blacktails at 400-515yds. If not, they are here in the 2023 big game success thread (with stories) or on hammer bullets YouTube.

H4350
mv3680fps(hot load)
No crimp
MAG primers

Pm for more details on bullet/load if interested.

 

[Sprint1006]

A couple of weeks ago I did load development for my XBolt 270 WSM using 122gr HHT. Ended up with a 3 shot group measuring 0.4" after a grand total of 11 shots fired that day.

Tell your buddies to be mindful of COAL in their rifles.

With the 110’s loaded at the last band I think they will not be even close to the lands.

 

[Sprint1006]

Maybe you already saw our videos of the 110hh out of the 270wsm on blacktails at 400-515yds. If not, they are here in the 2023 big game success thread (with stories) or on hammer bullets YouTube.

H4350
mv3680fps(hot load)
No crimp
MAG primers

Pm for more details on bullet/load if interested.

Thank you. We have a lot of IMR 4350 so that’s what we plan on trying first.

 

[choprzrul]

With the 110’s loaded at the last band I think they will not be even close to the lands.

I had initially loaded rounds with the case mouth crimpled into the bottom center of what I call the top band (closest to the tip). That gave me a COAL of 2.860". I figured no way it would be a problem....except it was. Measuring my rifle, my max COAL with the 122gr HHT is 2.836".....or 0.024" of jam into the rifling.

I then put the crimp (lighter crimp this time) on the front slope of the top band to give me a COAL of 2.810", or 0.026" jump instead of a jam.

For illustration purposes, I took a snip and put some marks on it. The RH mark shows where I started initially at 2.860" COAL. The LH mark shows where I'm loading to now for 2.810"