FWIW, a 400 grain bullet at 2375 fps produces 5000 ft-lbs energy. that's a significant increase from the original 404 Jeffery load (400 grain @ 2125 fps, KE ~ 4000 ft-labs). Without pushing the recoil envelope to the punishing range 5K ft-lbs is big-bore NE (450-470 class) terminal ballistic performance.

The 400 Swift AFs and the 400 Barnes Banded Solids can be made to shoot close to same POI - although it may take a bit of experimenting - and seem to work well on African game at ~2350 fps, based on my very limited experience.


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