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<blockquote data-quote="Allen Kitts" data-source="post: 1816429" data-attributes="member: 103317"><p>As one person said it is always fun to throw your two cents worth in so here is my opinion. I just started reloading for my newly purchased 300 PRC for an upcoming trip to Africa in April. I have chosen the 199 Grain Hammer Hunter purely based on the opinions and writeups I have seen on this website. I have no real world experience to pull from with these bullets but based on what I have read and from talking with Steve at Hammer, I am confident they will perform just fine as long as I do my part. The load development has been the easiest I have ever attempted. I started with one grain below what I was shooting the 200 Grain Barnes LRX bullets at and the 199's shot into a .75" group at 220 yards with a 79.0 grain load of H-1000. I changed the load to 80.0 grains to give it a try and gain a little velocity and they are shooting into a .5MOA out to 500 at roughly 3091FPS, so I am pretty excited about the upcoming hunt and seeing what these bullets will do. I guess the reason for my two cents worth is I went to Africa two years ago with two friends. I read multiple post and threads on here about not using Berger bullets for African game and had several people where I live tell me I was making a big mistake, blah, blah, blah. I shot four animals with the 140 grain Hunter Elite bullets from a 6.5 x 284 running at 2790 fps. Not a single animal got out of sight and three of the four dropped in their tracks. All animals shot from 60-401 yards. The largest being a beautiful Kudu bull killed at 401 yards and he made it 20 yards before falling over because I had hit him a little far back. My fault, not the bullets. My other two friends also took multiple animals from 75-375 yards and not a single animal made it ten yards from point of impact if they weren't dead right there. We walked away from that hunt thinking Berger's were the best bullets made. I guess the point I am trying to make is everything you read on here is subjective and everyone wants to give their two cents worth, whether they have experience or not. Its fun to be part of the group and part of the conversation. Take a chance and try the bullets like I am, maybe they will work out great and maybe they will not but getting there is half the fun. Every hunt is different, every animal taken is different. If you do your part and put the bullet in the vitals the bullet will perform just fine. When I get back from Africa I will post my findings.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Allen Kitts, post: 1816429, member: 103317"] As one person said it is always fun to throw your two cents worth in so here is my opinion. I just started reloading for my newly purchased 300 PRC for an upcoming trip to Africa in April. I have chosen the 199 Grain Hammer Hunter purely based on the opinions and writeups I have seen on this website. I have no real world experience to pull from with these bullets but based on what I have read and from talking with Steve at Hammer, I am confident they will perform just fine as long as I do my part. The load development has been the easiest I have ever attempted. I started with one grain below what I was shooting the 200 Grain Barnes LRX bullets at and the 199's shot into a .75" group at 220 yards with a 79.0 grain load of H-1000. I changed the load to 80.0 grains to give it a try and gain a little velocity and they are shooting into a .5MOA out to 500 at roughly 3091FPS, so I am pretty excited about the upcoming hunt and seeing what these bullets will do. I guess the reason for my two cents worth is I went to Africa two years ago with two friends. I read multiple post and threads on here about not using Berger bullets for African game and had several people where I live tell me I was making a big mistake, blah, blah, blah. I shot four animals with the 140 grain Hunter Elite bullets from a 6.5 x 284 running at 2790 fps. Not a single animal got out of sight and three of the four dropped in their tracks. All animals shot from 60-401 yards. The largest being a beautiful Kudu bull killed at 401 yards and he made it 20 yards before falling over because I had hit him a little far back. My fault, not the bullets. My other two friends also took multiple animals from 75-375 yards and not a single animal made it ten yards from point of impact if they weren't dead right there. We walked away from that hunt thinking Berger's were the best bullets made. I guess the point I am trying to make is everything you read on here is subjective and everyone wants to give their two cents worth, whether they have experience or not. Its fun to be part of the group and part of the conversation. Take a chance and try the bullets like I am, maybe they will work out great and maybe they will not but getting there is half the fun. Every hunt is different, every animal taken is different. If you do your part and put the bullet in the vitals the bullet will perform just fine. When I get back from Africa I will post my findings. [/QUOTE]
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