214 gr hammer in a 300 prc?

[widgeon]

I have a 300 prc built with a 26" 1-9 twist barrel. Does anybody have experience with the 214 gr hammer hunter this combo or just the 214 in general?
thanks widgeon

 

[bbelgians]

You might want to drop to the 199gr, the 214s have a hard time stabilizing in a 1-9 twist or at least I never could get them to.

 

[widgeon]

You might want to drop to the 199gr, the 214s have a hard time stabilizing in a 1-9 twist or at least I never could get them to.

thanks for the sharing your experience. have you had success with the 199gr?

 

[bbelgians]

No I haven't tried them, after the 214s keyholed with all the different powders I tried, I just went back to bergers

 

[snox801]

I'm also curious as I will be running them in my 300prc improved with a 1/8.
Also considering the 199gr.
The added speed may be very helpful as I can easily reach way out with either.

 

[widgeon]

I have been going back and forth trying to decide between the 199 and 214. I hunt in western Oregon and shots can be anywhere from 5 yards to a 1000. thats whats making me interested in the hammers.

 

[RockyMtnMT]

No I haven't tried them, after the 214s keyholed with all the different powders I tried, I just went back to bergers

With your 9" twist what elevation are you at? 9" is definitely a min for this bullet. I would be happy to replace the bullets that you got with a different one that will stabilize. Does neither of us any good for you to buy bullets that you can't use.

@widgeon

I prefer to run with higher stability than the min twist recommended, so I would run with the 199g Hammer Hunter as well.

 

[widgeon]

unless i draw mule deer tags for eastern Oregon almost all my hunting is under 1000 ft . I was trying to take advantage of the higher bc with the 214 . so i guess i will give the 199 a try as soon as i get the barrel broken in.

 

[RockyMtnMT]

unless i draw mule deer tags for eastern Oregon almost all my hunting is under 1000 ft . I was trying to take advantage of the higher bc with the 214 . so i guess i will give the 199 a try as soon as i get the barrel broken in.

That is what I would do.

 

[snox801]

If it makes you feel better I am also going to give the 199's a try in my 30 Sherman.
Speed in my experience kills faster than anything. Since the vast majority of my shots are under 1000 yards. And I would not want to risk wounding a hunt of any caliber other than hogs I think the 199's are gonna win out but I may just do both and see what happens.

 

[TXAoudadKlr]

another vote for the 199

 

[twister]

how fast are you getting them?

 

[Allen Kitts]

I am shooting the 199 Grain Hammers in my CA Traverse. 80 Grains of H-1000 gets me 3053 FPS and it is shooting 1/2 MOA to 600 Yards. I did try the 214 Hammer Hunters and they shot excellent as well but I haven't had time to work on the load as I developed the 199 for a trip to Africa next month. the load I tried was 76.9 Grains of H-1000 and it shot great also but was quite slow. It was a starting load. My CA has a 1-8 twist.

 

[Elkeater]

I've done both the 214s and 199s in my 300 win mag. Both shot well. I found I can accurately drive the 199s at 3128 fps so I went with the 199s. Killed 4 animals ranging in size from 50lb javalina to a 350lb oryx with them. Wrecked everything all animals including my Aoudad were bang flop.