We always enjoy opening the mail—we just never know what we’ll find. Everything from copies of targets to recovered bullets and pictures from successful hunts to fascinating stories. We do appreciate the feedback we’ve had over the years and want to say — Thank You.
"Your Hawk bullets were extremely accurate and devastating, in a surprising way—we had several days of rain and the backstops were saturated red Virginia clay. Paper targets were mounted on parallel, horizontal rails 5-10 yards in front of the backstops. The 300gr Hawks (.416 cal.) literally blew down these targets from behind with mud fragments. In fact, a large puddle at least 25 yards in front of the targets, showed large evidence of mud fragmentation a few seconds after impact. I can only speculate that the hydrostatic pressure generated by the Hawks in the backstop was driving liquefied mud back through tunnels made by other bullets. 400gr Hornady’s and 350gr Barnes-X bullets did not have this effect. In fact, it was a unique experience for the range officer.
"I am convinced that if someone were to calculate the kinetic energy released per inch of penetration, and multiplied this factor by the percent retained weight, Hawk bullets would be at the top of the list. They are accurate, deadly, and kind to bores."
— Ned S., Virginia
"Having tried a variety of bullets in various calibers over by 30 year hunting career, I grew dis-satisfied with the performance of the generic brands mainly because of their excessively stiff construction. . . Finally I heard of Hawk bullets. . . This past season I and two hunting buddies loaded 6.5 x 55mm 160gr-.030" (jacket thickness), 7x57mm 160gr-.030", both loaded maximum and .30-06 200gr-.025" loaded to 2300fps. Between us, we shot a total of 4 whitetails varying in weight between 80 and 150 lbs. (2, 1, 1, respectively with the aforementioned guns.) Of these four deer, three including a 150 lb. five point buck, were hit square in the chest cavity, not the shoulders or the the nervous system, and each dropped in their tracks . . . a 120 lb. doe, was hit from behind and the 160gr 6.5mm plowed through gut and into the liver putting it down within 40 yds. The deer hit with the .30-06 was a small 80 lb. buck; a desperation kill on the last day of season; this bullet darn near cut the little thing in half, leaving a 4" diameter exit hole. Not only did it drop in its tracks, it did not even twitch after it hit the ground.
"In three decades that I have been hunting during which time I have killed 50 or more deer, I can only recall a couple of lung-shot deer dropping in their tracks. Yet with this year’s sample, we are batting 75%. Hawk bullets are the projectiles I will use for all future deer hunting."
—Tom Buckley, New Brunswick, Canada
". . . your Hawk bullets performed perfectly on my recent bear hunt. I shot two big black bears with your bullets. One with your 250gr RT 8mm from my 8x68s at 2630 muzzle velocity; the bear was quartering towards me at 80 yards. I broke the left front shoulder and exited in front of the right back hip, he was 6’-3". The second bear was an impressive kill at a measured 411 yards. I shot him with your .375 250gr RT from my 378 Wby. at 3251 fps muzzle velocity. It was a standing, broadside shot. The bullet exited and left a 1" exit hole. Very impressive performance; the second bear was 6’-4"."
—James Black, Yukon
"Last year I ordered your Precision bullets for my 44 Mag. to hunt some hogs. I had good success and really didn’t give it much thought. When I put my boat back in the water it was outfitted with the 44 Mag. and the Hawk handloads.
"Later, a charter brought a large shark up to the side of the boat and I used the revolver to dispatch the beast. The goal was to take the fight out of the shark and insure my client’s efforts were not in vain. A well placed slug through the center of the head and they will thrash about out of control a bit, and succumb in a minute or so. Not this time. The exceptional shark just quivered and shook like it was in trauma. So far I’ve dispatched 19 sharks with the Hawk’s and can’t believe how well it puts them in shock, they just can’t move enough to swim or fight."
—John S, South Carolina
(John was typically striking the sharks after going through at least eight inches of water. The range is close and the bullet had expanded to make entrance holes and wound channels that were significantly larger than the mass produced handgun bullets are capable of. It was almost as though John was using a shotgun diameter projectile.)
This bullet is a .338 x 250 grains x .030 FP, custom made with more exposed lead. The bullet was recovered by T. Crawford in Montana from an extremely large ten-point buck. Mr Crawford states, "I have used your bullets on a variety of game from impala to cape buffalo with great satisfaction . . . .they cannot be beaten." To learn how you can order a custom bullet click here.
"The Two- year-old bull moose stood in a clear-cut, facing me, about 300 yards away. His head was down a little, so I put the crosshairs of my scoped Browning 7mm Mag. right on his chin and fired. The hit was good, centered on the chest.
"Later, we traced the 175-grain Hawk bullet’s path through the animal’s body. To our amazement, we discovered that the slug had punched clean through the moose. . . end to end, all eight feet of him. . .doing terrific damage along the way."
"We never recovered the slug, since it exited out one of the bull’s rear hams, after smashing the leg bone. The exit hole was about the size of a nickel. The moose didn’t go too far."
—Ben Evans, London, Ontario, Canada
"....I have been for a week in Hungaria to hunt wild boar in the swamps of the danube directly on the borderline of Hungaria to Serbia with my two hunting pals. We hunted from stand in the night only lightened by moonlight. Because of the loaction directly to the Serbian frontier there is no chance to bag a shot boar that walks more than 50 yards. Also you cannot walk after a shot boar with a flashlight in the night because the Serbian frontiersman would almost instantly open fire from nearby watching towers. In the past we have always lost some animals due to not banning it to the place before it reaches the swamps. This year we took 12 wild boar and not even one that was shot into the middle by accident walked more than 30 yards."
—Stefan Kovacs, Austria
"I collected a nice 8 point with your 170 gr .308 flat point with the .030" jacket. It was fired in a 30-30 Marlin with a 20in. barrel."
"Penetration was through and through after breaking the inside shoulder and I have never seen a wound channel from a 30-30 like your bullet created, it looked like a bigger caliber was used."
—Scott S., Tennessee
"I must say I'm very impressed with your bullets. I shot a bull moose running at 125 yards and at the shot the moose did a flip. I used the .375 x 270 gr .035" RT. I didn't recover the bulletand it did tremendous damage on it's path."
"My buddy used your .358 x 275 gr .035" SPZ in his 358 Norma Mag. He killed a bull at around 250 yards with one shot with the same results.
—Mike R., Alaska
"I just returned from Montana where I was hunting mule deer with my three sons. I loaded your 165 grain round tips having the .030 jacket thickness for a 30-06. .........The bullet struck about 3 inches to the rear of the foreleg and the deer dropped like a stone and never quivered. Upon examination during field dressing, the top of the heart was separated and it came out in two pieces, it was also separated from the aorta and one of the lungs was blown apart as well. A large amount of blood pooled in the chest cavity and did not coagulate. The bullet did not hit any bone on impact but rather penetrated between ribs........Most deer I have observed in some thirty plus years of hunting have run when heart of lung shots were made. I was pleasantly surprised at the performance of the bullet as it did not strike bone and did a magnificent job."
—Arthur W.,
