What do you PH's and hunters think of them please? A-Square is bankrupt and no more, but I have opportunity to buy a large quantity of their 300 gr 375 diameter monolithic solids

They are from dismantled 375 H&H proof loads and have minor blemishes but as new

I understand they are not good for doubles amd old guns but wwhat about newer bolt guns and game performance

Thank you

There are much better mono metal bullets available today. CEB for example. Personally I wouldn't use blemished bullets on a DG hunt that costs thousands of dollars when premium bullets are such a comparatively small safari cost.

CD as for a large amount one does not need many of them. They would be good but what is the price? Cheap why not can always sell some.
North Forks and CEB bullets are the proven ones in the 21st century. Banded solids.

Mike

Thanks guys

As for the blemishes, i would say they are inconsequential. Slight mark where the bullet came out of the case. Certainly less significant than a mark left on a bullet in a magazine when a round is fired

Also have a very large quantity of dead tough soft points in 308 diameter, 180 grain if you guys have opinion on those - performance wise

The A Square solids I have (400 gr .416 and 220 gr. .308) are round nose. I think that the superiority of the flat nose solid over round nose has been proven. See Michael's experiments in the Big Bore Rifles section.

I am in definite agreement on a big flat meplat over a round nose. And I spoke to Barnes about why they dropped most of their solids and also changed the profile back to round

What they told me is it is feeding issue. Occasionally in some guns the flat meplat solids would hang up and not feed - especially after the violent recoil pushed them forward to the front edge of the magazine

Barnes claimed US law required them to stop offering monolithic solids in diameters where factory chambers exist in am AR caliber. Ie, no .458 monolithic solids because a .458 SOCOM exists, but they can still sell .416 diameter solids. They can sell loaded ammunition with those bullets - but not the bullets as a component where they can be loaded in an AR caliber

Cave: I fixed the feeding issues rather then use an inferior designed bullet. It was easily accomplished. If I am carrying a 416 with solids I feel better with all the straight line penetration I can get. Plenty of other manufacturers offering flat nosed monolithic 458 solids. As was previously suggested, look at CEB.

I read a book, ("Bwana Babu", I think), where the author claimed his fine, old double rifle, had its rifling ruined from shooting monolithic solids. He had to have it re-barreled in .470 NE, after having shot several rounds of the monos.

BH63