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<blockquote data-quote="SAM55" data-source="post: 2819729" data-attributes="member: 106766"><p>Another thumbs up for Hammers. Between my shooting buddy and myself we've used Berger, Hornady, North Fork, Barnes and Hammers for African plains game hunts and have seen the best results with the Hammers. Not saying the others were bad, but Hammers have performed the best. I have no relationship with the Hammer folks, just reporting my experience. On my last trip I used 166 grain Shock Hammers at ~3200 FPS in a .300 WSM. The eland in my avatar photo was taken with that load at ~100+ yards. He staggered about 20 yards before collapsing. The only animal on that trip that took two shots was a Gemsbok. All shots exited the animals except one on the Gemsbok. It was recovered just under the hide on the far side. All four petals had sheared off and the shank drove through the Gemsbok to the opposite side. I have a black bear hunt coming up in a couple weeks. I've loaded up 180 grain Hammer Hunters at about 3020 FPS. I can drive them faster, but I'm sort of babying this new barrel. And, I know I could use a much lighter, faster Hammer for black bear, but these bullets were in my bullet inventory. But, even better than the Hammer's performance is their availability - you can actually get the Hammer bullets when you need them. Each time I've gone to a new bullet it's because my previous favorite bullet was not available when I needed it. I got tired of working up a good load in my rifle, then the bullet being unavailable. (This was meant to be 2-3 sentence post - sorry for rambling. To much coffee with breakfast!) Good luck on your hunt!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SAM55, post: 2819729, member: 106766"] Another thumbs up for Hammers. Between my shooting buddy and myself we've used Berger, Hornady, North Fork, Barnes and Hammers for African plains game hunts and have seen the best results with the Hammers. Not saying the others were bad, but Hammers have performed the best. I have no relationship with the Hammer folks, just reporting my experience. On my last trip I used 166 grain Shock Hammers at ~3200 FPS in a .300 WSM. The eland in my avatar photo was taken with that load at ~100+ yards. He staggered about 20 yards before collapsing. The only animal on that trip that took two shots was a Gemsbok. All shots exited the animals except one on the Gemsbok. It was recovered just under the hide on the far side. All four petals had sheared off and the shank drove through the Gemsbok to the opposite side. I have a black bear hunt coming up in a couple weeks. I've loaded up 180 grain Hammer Hunters at about 3020 FPS. I can drive them faster, but I'm sort of babying this new barrel. And, I know I could use a much lighter, faster Hammer for black bear, but these bullets were in my bullet inventory. But, even better than the Hammer's performance is their availability - you can actually get the Hammer bullets when you need them. Each time I've gone to a new bullet it's because my previous favorite bullet was not available when I needed it. I got tired of working up a good load in my rifle, then the bullet being unavailable. (This was meant to be 2-3 sentence post - sorry for rambling. To much coffee with breakfast!) Good luck on your hunt!! [/QUOTE]
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