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A box of 50 300 gr Swift Aframes cost $65 bucks....pretty cheap compared to the cost of an African hunt. True, but he did say he was looking for a soft bullet that opens easy at low velocities. Isn't he just shooting whitetails?
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Yeah but I thought we had sort of moved "off topic".. I can't think of a 375 bullet that won't do a through job on a whitetail. I'd grab a 235 gr Speer.
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It's gone way the f uck off topic. I was almost going to suggest these: They aren't real "soft", harder than the speer or Hornady's, but would knock the hell out of a whitetail..
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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Yeah but I thought we had sort of moved "off topic".. I can't think of a 375 bullet that won't do a through job on a whitetail. I'd grab a 235 gr Speer. It would likely kill little things like whitetail and small antelope more decisively than the heavier and tougher bullets that are perfect for animals 10 times the size. I do tend to use one bullet for everything in the .375 though, and that one is the A-Frame.
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I always used 300 grain bullets in mine, for everything that I've pointed it at. I like the way 300 grain Nosler Partitions that fly from my rifles and especially from the .375 H&H.
Never really had a complaint, although I had one that didn't quite penetrate deeply enough on an Alaska/Yukon bull moose at 700+ yards that a client had wounded and which I was trying to prevent from escaping. But, I hit a shoulder blade. Even still, it got into the chest cavity.
And I once had another client-wounded bull moose which was directly below - virtually straight below - at about 20 feet and the bullet ricocheted off the left shoulder, without penetrating the skin (even).
However, in terms of deer-size game, I've always had plenty of penetration with 300 grain Partitions. I once whacked a Sitka blacktail buck on Kodiak Island, that was somewhere over 400 yards, and the 300 grain Partition bullet went clean through to the hide on the off-side.
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It's gone way the f uck off topic. I was almost going to suggest these: They aren't real "soft", harder than the speer or Hornady's, but would knock the hell out of a whitetail.. Those will work!
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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As will 260 Accubond seconds
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I believe you... Haven't tried them yet.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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As will 260 Accubond seconds Send some my way. I'll put them to the test and see if you are right
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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260 gr Accubond recovered from a good size black bear, about 10' away: I suppose it would work just fine on a whitetail too.
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Life begins at 40. Recoil begins at "Over 40" Coincidence? I don't think so.
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Shot a lot of stuff with 300 grain A-frames. They shoot very well in my Ruger 77 Safari Grade H&H. They perform perfectly every time. I see no reason to use anything else.
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Yeah, I thought that was interesting too. I've had them go right on through, leaving a very dead bear behind. This one was the final shot on a wounded bear we followed up, into the brush, at very close range, through both shoulders. It was actually hanging backwards out of the hide, with just the base of the bullet exposed. Never saw that before. Regards, Guy
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.375 260gr accubond, lengthwise through a hog...starting velocity mild, this one was a 375jdj carbine.
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