Has any body got any time in with either the factory ammo or loading the heads? What do you think of it for heavy plains game ie: Eland, Zebra?

Thanks

No real life experience yet, but I have 40 loaded up and ready. Looks like a good bullet to me. 375 H&H with 300 gn DGX, IMR 4064, Fed 215 in WW Super cases with a fairly heavy crimp.

The Hornady DGX is designed for Cape buffalo. Eland and zebra would not be an issue. I use Remington brass, Remington magnum primers, 67 grains of IMR 4064, and a crimp with the 300 grain Hornady DGX. I use 64 grains of IMR 4064 with the DGS. I want the solid to go no more than 2400 fps at the muzzle. Two seaters, and a Lee crimp die keep things simple and effective.

The new DGX and DGS series from Hornady foul the bore badly. Wipe-Out bore cleaner with its accelerator, keeps bore cleaning short and effective. They are copper washed steel jackets. The copper seems to peel off these damned things. They work, but I have fired enough of them to know that they foul the bore (Good bores,too!) like few other bullets are capable of doing.

Ezra,

For the game you are hunting I think you would do better with a bit more expanded frontal area.

I would class the DGX and Barnes X as a low expansion bullet, the Swift and North Fork as medium expansion and Woodliegh and Kodiak as high expansion.

Andy

I agree with Andy. If your not hunting buff with your 375H&H, go with a softer bullet.

I've used Federal's standard velocity 300gr Trophy Bonded Bearclaws on one eland and seven or eight zebra, as well as a large number and assortment of other plains game from wildebeast to impala in size and they work well on everything.

They shoot very accurately in my rifle too, so I don't bother loading softs for my 375H&H.

Might try this factory load or loading these bullets.

I load Woodleigh solids, but developed my loads prior to Hornaday reintroducing steel jacketed solids (and have a large supply of Woodleigh bullets) or I'd be using the DGS.

JPK