Anyone here have any experience with any of the Hawk cartridges? Was on the Z-Hat website looking at them.

I shoot my own wildcats based on a 280 case. Kind of like a Hawk on steriods. Another option is the Howells from AHRs. For me Hawk left case volume on the table. I don't doubt his velocity claims but make sure you take note of the barrel length.

I have a 375 Hawk I got from fireball 168, nice rifle, nice cartridge, not sure what you want to know?

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I don't doubt his velocity claims

I do!.....The laws of physics don't grant Hawk immunity!

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Originally posted by theback40:
I have a 375 Hawk I got from fireball 168, nice rifle, nice cartridge, not sure what you want to know?

I was just hoping a few folks had them and could say they were good or not worth the effort. I am liking their 6.5 version.

I havent tried to see what it would do balls to the wall loaded. But the 375 with 260 grn noslers does 2675 fps and I cant wear the cases out it seems! Thats factory 338 win mag power, good enough for me.
I have a 6.5 gibbs, the same idea as the hawk, and it still amazes me the vel it gets. A smooth lilja tube and 26" barrel helps of course.

I had a 300 Hawk...Sold it to my buddy...he has it...is his favorite rifle.

I found the velocities on the website very achievable.