-: HSM ammunition that delivers confidence
and consistency.
Tom, let's talk about cartridges
and bullets loaded in a little bit
of a off the beaten path kind of style here.
We all like the big manufacturers,
but sometimes they're, you know,
they're producing ammunition for the, for the masses.
We need a smaller company like what we have here,
HSM family based company in Montana.
They've been around for almost 60 years now.
We've got two lines from them.
They're Bear defense line and they're trophy gold line.
We're looking at hard cast bullets or the bear defense,
and we're looking at heavy for caliber burger
bullets, which is kind of interesting.
What are you looking for in a high powered
rifle cartridge load?
-: Well, when it comes to high powered rifles, you know,
guys will fall in love
with specific brands of bullets, right.
For any number of reasons.
And so, you know, for example, HSM, they're trophy gold.
They're loading burger bullets.
So burger bullets got started decades
ago in bench rest shooting.
Yep. And so super duper consistent.
They got a jacket called the J four.
It's on all their match bullets.
They're just known to be some of the most consistent.
And if it's consistent, that means
accurate bullets out there.
They also pay a lot of attention to ballistic coefficient.
-: Yep. -: So they make very aerodynamic bullets
that hold their muzzle velocity.
Well, and they resist the effects of the wind Well,
and then they put it in a package that is really accurate.
Yeah. And so, you know,
they burgers started making competition bullets,
and then years and years ago started making hunting bullets.
Well that's great. They, they've got a huge following,
but almost no one is loading burger bullets and ammunition,
but HSM is, and
so they're hitting all your popular cartridges, you know,
everything from, we got 3 0 8 6 5 CRE or six five PRC
and two 70 Winchester.
But they're taking those high BC bullets
and putting it in those cartridges.
And let's say, for example, I was looking, you know, reading
through all the, the different SKUs that they offer,
let's say you're a seven millimeter REM mag fan.
Yep. Right. There's about a
bajillion of those things out there.
Well, if you put a custom barrel on you, you're like, Hey,
I'd like to be able to shoot factory ammunition,
but I put a tighter twist on it.
Well, you can get 180 grand burger loaded in seven rem mag
from HSM and like, that's the only game in town.
If you want a 180 from a seven ri mag
anywhere else, you're loading it.
-: Burger VLD bullets are well-established
as a premiered load, but they're not often seen an
off-the-shelf box ammunition.
They have high ballistic coefficients, they expand well,
low velocities, and of course they're shot
to shot accuracy is impeccable.
-: Now, dangerous game defense here we have their bear
defense load, but it really applies
to anything that might want to come out in niet.
You hard cast bullets.
This is another example of a bullet
that you don't really see necessarily
loaded by the big boys.
Let's talk about terminal performance
for dangerous game defense.
-: So your big boar revolver hunters have known for decades
that you put a hard cast, flat nose bullet in large caliber
and shoot the dangerous game.
They call it a long distance hole punch.
You'll measure penetration in feet, not inches.
And so, and,
and you're like, well, what kind of, you know,
it doesn't expand.
You get great terminal effects.
Again, this is something that people have been
doing for decades.
Yeah. With the way that flat nose works, the fluid dynamics,
the way it, it, it, it repels fluid
and then that sharp edge of the flat nose,
you do get wonderful terminal effects combined
with great penetration.
So if you're in somewhere where like, Hey, this,
there might be a critter out there that's going to eat me.
It's a, it's a great choice for that. Yeah.
So if you've got some specialty needs
or you feel pretty strongly about the a particular bullet
type or what you want your ammunition to do,
check out HSM ammunition.com.
-: HSM is also a huge supporter
of US servicemen and veterans.
And since 2009, they have funded numerous outdoor programs
through the sales of the Bear Load
and Pro Pistols hunter ammunition, which promotes healing,
comradery, and hope by taking veterans on hunting
and fishing expeditions in the outdoors.