Theres been a lot of discussion of the heavier class of bullets for medium size game+.. but I'm curious if anyone has been using there Ham'rs for hunting coyotes etc.? Especially which rounds you chose and why

Are you just wanting to kill coyotes or hunt them for the pelts?

If you just want to kill them the Hornady 110gr SP, Speer 125gr TNT or Speer 130gr HP are all excellent choices. If your after minimal pelt damage the Speer 150gr HAM'R BONDED should work well.

Good point

Update on the performance of the Hornady 135gr FTX

I've killed 13 hogs with this bullet so far and it's performed well. Accuracy is stellar which gives confidence for longer shots. I'm impressed enough with it that we're going to start offering ammo with this bullet in the future.

27gr CFEBLK (2430fps) seems to be the sweet spot for velocity and accuracy in my rifles. I'm loading to 2.250"-2.255" OAL which is at the top of the cannelure.

How does that bullet compare to the 150gr sst? They both seem to be constructed very similar.

Very comparable except the 135 doesn't penetrate as deep, I wouldn't shoot an Elk sized animal with it

Shot these two good boars late yesterday with the 135FTX

That's awesome! I'm glad to see that you're going to offer it in a factory load. I loaded up five with different charge weights to do a work up and I couldn't get my chronograph to cooperate so I didn't get velocity numbers. I got my rifle on paper at 25 and 5 rounds down the barrel to start breaking it in. I'll get more loaded and take it to 100 yards next trip.

That's awesome! I'm glad to see that you're going to offer it in a factory load. I loaded up five with different charge weights to do a work up and I couldn't get my chronograph to cooperate so I didn't get velocity numbers. I got my rifle on paper at 25 and 5 rounds down the barrel to start breaking it in. I'll get more loaded and take it to 100 yards next trip.

What's your break in process consist of? I'm not really much of a target shooter and all the guns I've bought are used so I'm kinda new at this.

I usually shoot 18rds (6 three shot groups), clean and then clean every 200rds or so. I've shot some of my best groups with over 200rds through a barrel though. Based on my personal experience barrel cleaning of quality barrels is way over rated.

What's your break in process consist of? I'm not really much of a target shooter and all the guns I've bought are used so I'm kinda new at this.

I just joined the forum for the purpose of posting in this thread. I've enjoyed the comments here immensely. I own an 11.3 inch Wilson Combat 300 HAM'R and I absolutely love it. It has become my do-everything gun. The combination of increased bullet weight and still high velocities makes it more useful to me than a 5.56/.223, but I still get it in a light weight AR and with a relatively light recoil. Incredible!

Bill, I have a request. I don't reload, but I would love to buy a 300 HAM'R cartridge designed for AR pistol lengths. One that maximizes velocities for the short barrel. You've already posted on this thread several thoughts about alternative powders that might help this. I would just like to encourage you to bring a product like this to market, folks like me will buy it. I'm already planning to buy more 150 gr ammo based on the data you showed about less velocity loss in short barrels. You wouldn't need to offer all the bullet weights, even just one round optimized for the 11.3 in barrel (maximizing accuracy with weight and velocity) would be very much appreciated.

And I would love to test it and give my feedback!

Your not the first one to make this request, so we'll work on it.