[Mat1840]

Hi everyone, was wondering, I just opened my 2 boxes of federal hammerdown to take a look at the ammo, and something seemed weird to me. Look at the picture, are the bullet seated a little sideways? Or the brass is not trimmed evenly? Every cartridges are that way. Someone here have some hammerdown on hand? Are they like it for you too?

 

[Suredan]

Does the bullet seem to be concentric if you roll the cartridge across a flat surface or the bullet tip appear to be oscillating? Have you tried trimming a fired case to see if the trimmer starts cutting one side of the case mouth before the other?


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[44 Hunter]

Appears to me the brass wasn't cut square. They'll likely shoot fine. I'd hit them with the trimmer prior to reloading....

 

[222LEW]

Does not look right. Shoot Federal a note with the box lot numbers. Perhaps, Federal had a bad run.... I have Hammerdown bullets in 357mag and they look fine (have yet to shoot any).

 

[cajun56]

Did you buy from a person or a store?
Return to store if bought from store!
From a person, well your stuck with them.

 

[Mat1840]

Didn't shoot them yet, bought it from a store 3 hours from here.. 45-70 ammo and reloading supplies are hard to get in Canada...as suggested rolled the cartridge on a table, bullet isn't oscillating.. most likely brass not trimmed square.. I'll try to shoot a few soon! Thanks for your time and sorry for my English.

 

[BrokenVet]

Did you buy from a person or a store?
Return to store if bought from store!
From a person, well your stuck with them.

Haha, store won't take ammo back for legal reason. Maybe a mom and pop place will, but not the bigger stores. So you could be stuck either way.

 

[3crows]

Maybe that is one of the special features to make the Hammerdown feed better in "Henry" rifles since it was developed for their lever guns?

On a serious note I have several boxes of the nickel plated Hammerdown and it does not look like that. Neither does the Federal Fusion which is the exact same ammo best I can tell. I think due to supply chain shortages resulting from the C word, you know, the ubiquitous excuse everyone uses now when they cannot get their sXXt together, the cases are brass instead of nickel for the Hammerdown line of ammo.

 

[Charlie-NY]

It's probably impossible to cant a bullet to the extent that it appears. I think that the case mouth was not manufactured square. I'd just shoot them and square the case mouths up in your trimmer.

 

[Officer29]

It's probably impossible to cant a bullet to the extent that it appears. I think that the case mouth was not manufactured square. I'd just shoot them and square the case mouths up in your trimmer.

Agreed.