Dirtfarmer,
Based on what you said, yeah, I'd just move forward with the recommended loads and see if they are minute of buff! As long as they were, I'd leave it right there and let your buddy go to Africa. Even the softs and solids shooting to the same POI, I wouldn't worry too much about that. You're typically not threading the needle on a buffalo, especially on the follow-up with the solid.
Thanks for all the help.
I'm about where you are and will put something together without a lot of shooting. And, if 400 Gr. Swift A-Frame ammo shoots around 2,350 fps or so, ammo assembled in my shop, using their data, should be close enough.
IIRC, my .350 gr. Speer load was 77 gr. of 4064. I'll pull the 350 gr. Speers, tweak the powder charge and seat the 400's. A Lee Factory crimp die should seal the deal.
DF
