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My PHs were big fans of Swift A-Frames. Oddly, they were much less enthused with the Partition. Both are great in my book, as are TTSXs.

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I haven't personally used a 7mm on plains game, but in 2012 I did a leopard/PG hunt in Namibia with a .338 Winchester. I brought both 225 grain Partitions and 250 grain Woodleigh Weldcores, both loaded by Superior. The leopard was DRT with a 225 grain Partition, as were the PG animals hit with the same load. However, I found the 250 grain Woodleigh to hold together better and mushroom more consistently than the Partition, which usually lost it's front section and then turned into a "wadcutter".

For cats, I would suggest the Partition. But for an "allrounder" either the Woodleigh or an A-Frame. YMMV.

I am currently working up an all around loading for my 7x57 based on the 160 grain Woodleigh.

Good hunting!

If I were leaving for Africa with a 7RM, I'd try 160 and 175 Partitions, 160 Accubonds, and the 140 TTSX- and then use whichever the rifle seemed to prefer. As other posters have mentioned, any of them should do a fine job.

I used 140 grain Ballistic Tips on my first trip to South Africa. They were on the light side, but they did make one shot kills on Kudu, Gemsbok, Blue Wildebeest, and a few others.

I used 160 grain Accubonds on my second trip, and one PH, who also shot a 7 mm RM, was constantly impressed with the large internal damage the Accubonds did on the animals that I shot.

I just returned and shot a pile of Mt. Zebra and Gemsbok with a 7mm Rem Mag. using hand loaded TTSX 140gr. Barns.

My comments relate solely to TTSX Bullets. In a given caliber, they all expand to the same frontal area.

For example in 270, the 110's and the 130's end up with the same frontal area because the expansion cavities are pretty much identical.
Increasing velocity increases penetration.

The 7mm 140 TTSX is just perfect.

I believe the TTSX's are much better than any Nosler product except the E-Tip.

The Nosler-E Tips are nothing more than the Original Barns X Bullets. (The X bullets were improved by using the multiple bands.) The E-Tips have to much baring surface and shoot well in some guns but not so much in others. But yes they do kill.