American Hunter magazine had an article in the September issue (page 76) regarding " Three New Barnes Bullets."


One of these bullets is a .375.... 350 grn TSX. The ballistic chart given claims the 350 grn velocity is 2339.


Question: Would this be the best choice for the .375 for buffalo? Or is the 300 grain the better choice?


Please advise.

dale

Personally I would stick with the 300 grain bullets. There are many out there that will work in the 375. I took the 375 as my light rifle on my last safari and actually ran out of ammo and had to use what was in camp, 300gr. PMC RN. It worked fine for what I was shooting. I am a little suspect of stabalization of the 350 grainers but that might be unwarranted. The 300 have been the mainstay for almost 100 years and that is a good track record. Just my $0.02.

I haven't tried the 350gr TSX but have used the 350gr Woodleigh on buff.I was able to get 2400fps with the Woodleighs and they worked fine on buff and everything else. Note that the Woodleighs are lead core and are actually shorter than a 300gr TSX. The 350gr TSX may start running in to case capacity issues and/or stability problems. Personally with an H&H I would stick with the 300gr TSX and leave the 350gr TSX for the 375RUM.

I agree with Blacktailer.

Barnes promotes their monometal bullets, when compared to the conventional cup and core design, as using the next step lighter, so even their 270gr offering is considered ideal for the H&H.

Barnes have been known to pencil through if the on-target velocity isn't great enough to open the petals.

The 350 monolithic is not needed and may be too long in fact and that might lend to tipping?? I would stick with the 270 or 300 gr. myself, I know they work.

I have used and in fact I tested the 350 gr. Woodleigh PP and RN for Woodleigh prior to its introduction and it is a fantastic bullet in the .375 and takes it right up there to a .416 IMO..The RN is softer, expands more and penetrates less so its great for herd hunting as the bullet stops on the off side skin..The PP will punch two hole in them 99% of the time, and its good for those old dagga boys wondering around the bush in twos and threes..I love both of those bullets and the 450 gr. Woodleigh in the 416 is another favorite of mine..I have a number of recovered RN bullets and they splay out those cutting edges and rip and tear like nothing else.

For the hotter 375s 375 Weatherby, 375 Rum and 378 Weatherby, the new 350g North Fork Softpoint should be an awesome bullet at 2550 fps and up ... I wish I could talk them into making it into a sabotted round for my 500 Jeffery, I figure I could get close to 3000 fps out of it, but 2700 fps would probably make more sense.



Chuck