Ruggedsportsman
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Last year I swore off Hammer bullets due to inconsistent performance, inflated BC estimates, and their bullet tester Dallas' attitude. I still had half a box left over of loaded ammo in 300prc so I figured I would just use them up insteading of pulling and discarding them. These "199s"(really 197gn
) hammer hunters were moving 3107fps at the muzzle out of my 300prc. These are over 4200ft/lb energy at the muzzle for those interested. Impact velocity was 2880fps. I shot a pig last year at 150yds with this same setup behind the shoulder and it penciled in and out, zero blood, and ran about 400 yards but thankfully we were able to watch it die on the opposite hillside and we were able to recover it. This shot was 352 yards. My buddy behind his swaro BTX's said impact was right behind the shoulder and was surprised it didnt drop it. We tracked this pig for 1.3 miles up 2 canyons until it dropped into a chaparral thicket and we lost the blood trail. Never recovered it. That shot should have absolutely anchored that pig or at the very LEAST not run over 50 yards. For a reference video I added my previous much larger pig shot with a 308win and a barnes 110 ttsx flat base going around 3k muzzle velocity with a substantially further back shot placement. This is my 2nd failure with the 199s and the 3rd out of 5 we've seen with the HH line. 2nd unrecovered pig. I had better performance out of the 110gn TTSX and actually a darn 45gn tsx out of a 22 hornet on pigs this season than the 199s.
) hammer hunters were moving 3107fps at the muzzle out of my 300prc. These are over 4200ft/lb energy at the muzzle for those interested. Impact velocity was 2880fps. I shot a pig last year at 150yds with this same setup behind the shoulder and it penciled in and out, zero blood, and ran about 400 yards but thankfully we were able to watch it die on the opposite hillside and we were able to recover it. This shot was 352 yards. My buddy behind his swaro BTX's said impact was right behind the shoulder and was surprised it didnt drop it. We tracked this pig for 1.3 miles up 2 canyons until it dropped into a chaparral thicket and we lost the blood trail. Never recovered it. That shot should have absolutely anchored that pig or at the very LEAST not run over 50 yards. For a reference video I added my previous much larger pig shot with a 308win and a barnes 110 ttsx flat base going around 3k muzzle velocity with a substantially further back shot placement. This is my 2nd failure with the 199s and the 3rd out of 5 we've seen with the HH line. 2nd unrecovered pig. I had better performance out of the 110gn TTSX and actually a darn 45gn tsx out of a 22 hornet on pigs this season than the 199s. 
