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Originally posted by bakes:
I was thinking A-max, but will this bullet be tough enough for donkeys and large boars?

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There's no way on God's green earth that I would use that bullet for hunting big animals. NO way. In 140 gr weight, the only suitable bullet would be the A-Frame or the Partition, but my reccomendation would be to go with 155-156 gr pills instead, like the Norma Oryx.

-- Mats

The 160 round-nose and fairly close-in shots have been recommended to me for larger animals like elk. ScottH posts here quite a bit, and has some actual experience. Maybe we'll hear from him on this.

Other than some varmint shooting, I have only shot one mule deer buck with my swede (last Sunday.) I used a Speer 120 spitzer. It performed very well. The range was roughly 180 yards, the bullet took out heart arteries and and lung tissue and sailed on downrange. He made about six little hops and collapsed.

My experience with the swede has been for the most part punching paper and load experimentation. Yet, the more I use it the more impressed I am by its performance.

Playing with 160 Sierra and Hornady bullets, my swede has shot its tiniest groups ever. The magic powder for this is a case full of IMR 7828 (49.0 grains) This load clocks 2740 in my 29" barrel and the pressure signs are quite low. I believe this load would be effective for almost any big game within reason.

This said, I will defer to Mats's experience, since he has taken much more game with his swede than I. I have never shot a donkey and don't know what is the best medicine for them. For big boar, I would want maximum penetration and Mats's suggestion fits the bill here.

I am now in love with a 125 Nosler Partition load 45 grains Rel 19 giving 2665 in my 20 inch Stutzen. Nice and slow but accurate too. That load is with the small stuff in mind (sub 100lbs)

I am working up a 140 gr Barnes X load on Sunday which should work fine on big pigs. I intend to use it as a bushveldt round for plains game, if my 8x57 ever breaks down.

I have used the 160 grain Hornady but not often as I could never close in down under inch and a half.

If you are interested I'll post the results of the Barnes 140s.

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Regards

Richard

Mats - thanks I'll steer clear of the Amax, unfortunatly I've never seen Norma Oryx advertised in Australia, If I do find them they might prove a bit pricey!

Deerdogs- Love to hear the results of the X bullets. I also thought of the x but thought they might be too much for pigs. And they go for $50 a box!
Bakes