The 135 Power Hammer Goes To S. Africa

[OutdoorEdventure]

Adam allowed us to repost his pictures from his Safari in S. Africa. The Black Impala, Warthog, and Kudu were shot with the 135 Power Hammer and a .308 Winchester. The 135PH is an incredible bullet for traditional hunting ranges. Congratulations Adam and thanks for letting us share your hunt.

 

[les]

Nice! Another confirmation that you don't need to go with traditional weights with Hammers to drop big game.

 

[ButterBean]

I Love This Place

 

[Steve Davis]

Kudu are so cool!!! Bigger and tougher than elk.

 

[LightTheTower]

TAC for the win!

 

[RLL]

Well done, that’s awesome.

 

[Mountainman]

RLL that is an impressive looking sable you have in your avatar.

 

[RLL]

RLL that is an impressive looking sable you have in your avatar.

All thanks to a 299 Shock Hammer from a 375! Fun story, wasn’t looking for sable but bumped this old guy 3 days in row hunting for my buddies Oryx on a low fenced property. He was cunning and smart. He outwitted us after we decided to chase him for the next 2 days. The day we got him, bumped him first thing in the morning and I mean 3 min out of the truck…I thought not again. Tracked him through the koppies, no sign. The tracker went back and he’d double backed on us. Tracker pushed him out of the hills we were in, he ran 500 yards around us and up a draw in front of water 400 out, back in the hills we were working. Was able to stalk to within 205 and ran out of room…sent 1 off sticks in the boiler room and that’s all she wrote. And my buddy got a pretty good video to boot!

 

[Mountainman]

Same bullet I took for my 375 when I went to Zambia.

Great story and good shootin!!

 

[RLL]

Same bullet I took for my 375 when I went to Zambia.

Great story and good shootin!!

Thanks man. I really liked the terminal performance of the 299 as well as the ballistics but I think next time, the 270gr will do the same job with a bit better MPBR.

 

[Nicoli7153]

Any idea what the load info is for what he used for the 135 in .308?

 

[gltaylor]

There's load data on both 135s and 137s (same) in the spreadsheets

 

[Nicoli7153]

There's load data on both 135s and 137s (same) in the spreadsheets

Yup got that, just wondered which one it was

 

[joe16]

Here's an interesting fact that we discovered about the 135 a few weeks ago. You can swap the data over to a 137 HH or a 120lh and will have the same point of impact at 300 yards. What I thought was pretty cool is there is no adjustment to your seating die either.

These bullets are simply awesome!!!

 

[Gerald Dilgard]

Any idea what the load info is for what he used for the 135 in .308?

He told me 45.4 of TAC. Should give him 3050 -3100 fps rifles vary some.

 

[Nicoli7153]

He told me 45.4 of TAC. Should give him 3050 -3100 fps rifles vary some.

Thanks very much! Standard or magnum primer, if you know.

 

[les]

I found TAC to be too temperature sensitive for my liking. I don't understand why Benchmark doesn't get more love in the 308. I have been getting 3176 average velocity in my 308 with the 137HH. Average spread is 8fps and I am getting ragged holes at 100 yards.

 

[Farleg]

Thanks man. I really liked the terminal performance of the 299 as well as the ballistics but I think next time, the 270gr will do the same job with a bit better MPBR.

Gday RLL
There’s a new kid on the block now
This one is mmmmmyyyyyy favourite of all time
Cheers

 

[Mountainman]

Gday RLL
There’s a new kid on the block now
This one is mmmmmyyyyyy favourite of all time
Cheers

This new kid hasn't made it to my block yet

 

[CBH Australia]

Kudu are so cool!!! Bigger and tougher than elk.

I've taken Kudu in South Africa using the PH 7mm rem mag.

I expected Elk were bigger but I have not been to America

Gemsbok tasted better than Kudu but they tell me Eland are massive and excellent eating.