I'm tryng to made a decision about bullet selection for my best friend for hunt buff in Argentina. For this hunt he will take only his old friend 375 HH.
For you guys, wich is the better chioce for Argentina's Buff between 300 grs Woodleigh RN SN, FMJ RN, Barnes X and Swift A-frame???

Thanks in advance for your help from me and my friend

Ciao


P.S. no way to rent him my .500 Jeffery

I would pick the 300gr. Swift A-Frame; it worked very well on Cape buffalo (plus everything else I've ever used it on).

George

I believe I'd pick the barnes x 1st and the swift 2nd. I've always had the barnes x bullets penetrate right alongside of a solid, but some of the softpoints mushroom to quickly to give me really deep penetration

Among the problems we face today is a list of very good bullets and the Swift A-Frame and Barnes X and woodleighs are among them. Add to this the TBBC, the NorthFork and Noslers Partician and bonded bullets as well....you almost can't go wrong. I'm a fan of the Swift A-Frame but the Barne'x would be tested for accuracy and if my gun liked it....I'd use it for those bigger than sin buffalo.

I personally would pick the Northfork cup point or soft point and in that order, I would back up any soft with a cup point or flat nose solid, always necessairy when the bull takes the first shot and turns to run, only a solid or cup point is good for going away Buffalo and most go away at the first shot.

The Nosler, BarnesX, Woodliegh and Northfork softs are all good bullets.

My friend bought 2 boxes of Win Fail Safe 270 grs.
I've made 30 rounds with Wood 300 grs FMJ RN for his back up.
It's a strange guy but he shoot very well.

Thanks to all for your help.
I'll let you know the results of hunt.
Ciao

I've had excellent results using Win Fail Safes, .308 Win., 150 gr. on wild hogs. I will be testing the 270 gr., 375 H&H before I use it on anything big and nasty.

The thing with Fail Safes is that some rifles like them and others don't. My .308 Win groups pretty well with them but my .300 Win Mag doesn't.

I know there is nothing exotic about 300 grain Nosler Partitions in the .375, but they haven't ever let me down.

I found the new 350 gr. Woodleigh for the 375 to be an outstanding killer of buffalo, either the RN or the PP..It will hammer them very hard and you can see it..

How does the trajectory compare between Woodleigh's 300gn & 350gn .375 and how far out before they start to diverge a lot if they are close? As in will the 350's shoot close enough to piont of aim out to say 100 yards that you dont need to change sight settings? I was thinking 300gn Woodleigh for all around and 350gn for Buf & Ele? allen

Oh yeah, what speed do you get out of the 350s? allen

From what I have been told the A-square bullets are great. However I have not tried them yet. I will be going to RSA in April so I will have a better knowledge then.

My choice: 200gr Impala . This bullet has profen to completely penetrate buffalo and hippo, killes fast and, at 3100fps it shoots flat. Recently I fired 3 shots( 72gr N140) with a Blaser R93 at 100m....6mm(1/4")

Helmut, you'll get roasted most anyplace for choosing a 200gr. 375 cal bullet for buff and hippo (brain shots excluded).

I have never even heard of the "Impala". While you achieved great accuracy and velocity, I think that it would be best servd as a Leopard and Impala (the animal) bullet.

I would use woodleigh solids and softs and might even choose the 350 gr woodleigh softs and solids if it where my trip.

The A-Square Dead Tough would be my choice without hesitation. I have had experience with their .338 250gr on Elk. The petals of my recovered bullet opened up to a nice .580 in diameter and the overall bullet length was .670.

I have found the Nosler Partitions and Swifts to be my second favorite, even though they almost always lose their front lead core the jacket petals remain to give a good diameter of about .600 in .338/250gr and a length of .570.

Barnes and Failsafes are good, but the petals always seem to break off leaving me with a flat nosed solid. This is good for penetration but does little for transfer of energy.

The key is to find a bullet that never expands to a diameter greater than its length. This gives the straightest and deepest penetration possible. A-Square's Dead Toughs are expensive, but they have never let me down. unlike Hornady and Sierras!