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Anyone know where I can find them? Nowhere to be found. Some guy did respond to my "WTB" post in classifieds, but he had been on AR for only a year with zero posts. So ruled him out as sketchy. I'm getting ready to try 165 gr TSXs - you can find them and they have worked well in my other rifles. But been shooting the Swifts in the my Tikka 308s since 2011. "Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid" -- Ronald Reagan "Ignorance of The People gives strength to totalitarians." Want to make just about anything work better? Keep the government as far away from it as possible, then step back and behold the wonderment and goodness. | ||
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I don't know that much about Swift as a company but their bullets (all of them) have been very difficult to find since the pandemic. Same with Alliant powder. I can find just about every brand of powder with a little effort but Alliant is very difficult still. Good luck, if I had some I would see what we could work out. | |||
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Same observation here - Swift extremely hard to find. I have lots of other .30 cal Swifts on hand - 165 gr Sciroccos, 180 gr Sciroccos, 200 gr Aframe. Luckily, I just use them for my .308 Win. Those 165gr at 2,775 fps are killers - most PG in Africa including Kudu and Blue Wildebeest; Elk and Aoudad here. I have enough for practice and 60 rounds for my wife this summer in RSA. I loaded some 180 gr Sciroccos for my friend's 30-06, but he has enough loaded ammo from me for 2 lifetimes, so he's good. Strangely, this is the only rifle I could ever get the Sciroccos to group well; struck out on my 7 Mag, two diff 300 WMs, and my 300 WBY. Still trying on my 280AI. I guess I will move to Barnes TSX (keep the bullet short for powder!). I use Barnes in my 7 Mag (TTSX), 300 WM (TTSX), 300 WBY (TTSX), 35 Whelen (TSX), and 375 H&H (TTSX and TSX). No flies here. And you can find them! Heck, I haven't been happy with the 160 gr Accubonds and Sciroccos on my 280AI load development, loaded up some 150 gr TTSXs tonight. I have always believed that Barnes "punch above their weight". If I had to use one bullet only, it would Barnes. Two, I'd add Northfork - I use for my 404J and 458WM. And did some good loads for my 35W and a friends 270 Win. "Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid" -- Ronald Reagan "Ignorance of The People gives strength to totalitarians." Want to make just about anything work better? Keep the government as far away from it as possible, then step back and behold the wonderment and goodness. | |||
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I placed a back order from Swift on 300 gr 375 A frames about 6 months ago, had to wait a month or two but did get contacted by them & filled the order. Pretty quick considering the times. Maybe they’re taking longer on other calibers, I’m waiting on 30 cal 200 grain still. | |||
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Ive found Accubonds to be the most accurate bullet out there today, its a Balistic tip with a bonded core, nothing more, nothing less..Ive used it on deer and elk in my 30-06,338 and 9,3x62..Maybe your using the wrong powder combination..that said the Barnes are working for you so better stick with them..They are a good bullet, I like them better on large animals.. Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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I have a 120 gr Nosler BT Alexander Arms load for my 6.5 Grendel. Just killer and 2,500 fps from a 16" barrel. The Nosler BT is the original Accubond, but not bonded. Now AA doesn't make that load anymore, so need to duplicate. I shoot 200 gr Accubonds at 2,450 fps in my 8x57 Mannlicher. Great bullet. Taken 2 red stag, one elk, and waterbuck with that rifle - an too many hogs to count. I was going to try that bullet, along with a Barnes TSX 200 gr for my 8x68s. "Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid" -- Ronald Reagan "Ignorance of The People gives strength to totalitarians." Want to make just about anything work better? Keep the government as far away from it as possible, then step back and behold the wonderment and goodness. | |||
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