Hello,I have just get myself a Sako 375 and will be going to OZ in July hunting water buffalo. I'm going to load swift A-Frames and either barnesX solids or hornady solids which would you use and why???? Using solids is new to me,thanks for any help.

Be careful of those solids-see my post on buff.

https://forums.accuratereloading.com/eve/forums/a/tp.../458107373#458107373

TOP,

If you are using Barnes Xs, you won't need any solids. They are all I'd take.

Love my Sako .375 H&H, and would think that the Swifts should be more than adequate for your needs.

I like solids for some situations. Ask your outfitter what he recomands. If some solids, you won't go wrong with Woodleighs.

JPK

I used 300gn barnes X bullets in my Sako .375 H&H in africa on cape buff and plains game, they performed perfectly. Basically the Barnes X bullet is a expanding solid, and if they shoot well (accurately) in your rifle, then go for it! some will say the copper fouling is a issue , this only matters if you don't clean your firearm regularly.

They also have a 300gr TSX that is suppose to
foul less and be 100 fps + or - faster.

A friend of mine has a stainless synthetic sako in .375 h&h. Last year he bought some trophy bonded sledgehammer solids that were 300 grains. We did some penetration tests into wood. At first we couldn't find a tree with a base big enough to stop one and then we couldn't line up enough in a row to stop it. We finally ended up cutting down a pine tree and shot up it lengthwise. The bullet penetrated about 7 feet of solid wood. My .338 with a 250 partition went about 2 feet just a little ahead of the .375 shooting a 260 accubond. So if you are going to shoot solids the moral of the story is make sure there is nothing behind what ever you are shooting at.

Oh yeah I forgot, we recovered the solid that went 7 feet into the tree and it was still perfectly intact. It only had rifling marks in it, the T on the top of it wasn't even affected.(the trophy bonded sledgehammers have a T on the top of the bullet)