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This is not the greatest pic, clarity wise, and I have not weighed or measure the bullet yet, but I thought I'd go ahead and post it anyway, for all you recovered bullet junkies. Hopefully it will motivate me to get off my butt and get the thing measured up etc!

This bullet is from my very first cape buff. Its a 500gr .475 Swift A-Frame. My first shot hit the bull in the junction of the neck and shoulder and dropped it in its tracks. We never recovered that bullet. As we approached the bull, I gave it one more between the shoulder blades for good measure (as my friend Dave E. says...its not so much about the anticipation of the hunt as it is about how much powder you burn when you get there! Big Grin ). The bullet entered the spine perfectly centered and we recovered it under the skin, centered on its "belly" close to the diaphram. About 3.5 feet of penetration, including the entire depth of the spine.

Its definitely a tough bullet!





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Canuck



 
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I've got a BUNCH of those from .30 to .375. They all look the same. thumb

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I'm one of those recovered bullet junkies.....thanks for posting the pics.....that A-Frame sure does well.


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Thanks for the pics...

Do those A frames ever fail???

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Considering price of Remi 'Safari Grade' pack they better not fail! Wink Thank Marxie, .375H&H Core-lokt is plenty good for North American game. dancing
 
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Do those A frames ever fail???



I have a 300gr .375 Swift A-frame recovered from a bison that doesn't look too good! But I can't say that the bullet failed. At the time I thought it may have failed to open, but in light of subsequent events with the same rifle and different bullets, I am now of the opinion that there was something wrong with the barrel that caused the bullet to arrive with insufficient stability.

So my short answer is, I don't think they ever do fail! They are by far my favorite soft.

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Canuck



 
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That looks just like the one I recovered from a Giraffe in 375H&H.

I hear Federal is trying to figure out how to load A-frames. Problem is Rem has a pretty tight contract with Swift.
 
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HI Chris,
That bullet looks great considering how much spine it took out. It just goes to show that 2500 fps isn't too much withtop quality bullets.

The best of the season to you Chris. Hilary and I are off to Africa on the 28th. Armed with a Fuji F10 and a 2 gig card.
Take the best of care,
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belive it or not i shot a hog some years back actualy two hogs in the brazos bottom with a 375H&H shooting 300 grain swift aframes and recovered two it took 7 shots to get both hogs starting at 80yds and ending at 200+yds but the funny thing the bigger of the two hogs weighed over 550 lbs which 550 is what my scale goes to but any how his cape had all these little nots in it out of curiosity i cut some of the nots out they were bullets i found dozens of them from .22 rim fires to .30 cal like 30-30win and 30-06 spr just by looking at the expansions of the bullets. and every thing in between. i know it is a little off subject but i thought i would share.


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Awe they look too much like an ice cream cone. Wink


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i just love bullet pics

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Well, I was thinking about importing some 275grain 338 A-Frames for my 338/378 Weatherby.

Will be doing that now Big Grin thumb
 
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Canuck, I'm gonna guess .850" and 485g.


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A pair of 416 A Frame's recovered from a Buff. As I recall, about 97% weight retention.


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Awe they look too much like an ice cream cone.


Dave, I think you've been watching my Ray A. videos again! Wink Next you'll be saying they are too smooth to be effective on buffalo!

Cheers and all the best of the season to ya buddy,
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Canuck, I'm gonna guess .850" and 485g.


NOT BAD!! You are dang close Bwana-be.

It is 481 grains and the dia ranges from .825" to .850"!

Cheers,
Canuck



 
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Chris how did you know that? Big Grin Big Grin Big Grin
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Here you go guys: Three 375 A Frames recovered from a Zebra (125 yards), eland, (175) and wildebeest (65). The one on the far right is a 189gr 30 cal Hornady recovered from an impala shot at 80 yards. The A Frames retained around 97% plus weight while the Hornady only weighed 78gr or so. jorge


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