Anyone ever loaded Swift A Frames soft popints in there doubles???

Mike

Yes, I have loaded 500gr swifts in 470NE Merkel. I loaded 86gr of RL15 with a #2 Kynoch wad and 215M primers. My normal load for woodleigh soft nose is 87gr of RL15 and everything else the same. I have shot 2" groups at 50yds and 4" groups at 100yds with them.

They shoot great in my 400.

Retriever they are the best shooting bullet in my 450 No2.

I have shot several cape buff and an eland with them [500gr], and with 480gr Woodleigh Softs's.

Recovered bullets have expanded perfectly and seem to penetrate just a little bit deeper than the Woodleigh.

I use the same powder charge for all of them 88gr of RL 15, with filler of course.

Some say the solid Partition section of the A- Frame might cause problems with a Doubles barrels.

I would shoot nothing else in a DR BUT Swift has not released the 570 grain soft they are making for the 500N.E. Swift's are slightly harder so you drop your loads 1-3 grains like a solid verses soft and it should regulate very well with other softs. IMO a Swift bullet will not harm an older DR, they're not harder than steel jacketed Woody.

Used exclusively the 225 gr. swift A-frame in my now sold .350 Rigby No. 2 double. Good accuracy and great performance on the big antelope, notably gemsbok.

Regards

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Originally posted by dirklawyer:
Swift's are slightly harder so you drop your loads 1-3 grains...

That's my experience too, but Mike Brady told me that it wasn't because they were harder but because they were softer.

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Originally posted by new_guy:

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Originally posted by dirklawyer:
Swift's are slightly harder so you drop your loads 1-3 grains...

That's my experience too, but Mike Brady told me that it wasn't because they were harder but because they were softer.

Chris, I don't know about them being softer, I actually think the primary reason might be that the bearing surface of the Swift's is greater than most other soft's so more pressure, anyway I like em a lot if you don't know by now.

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Originally posted by dirklawyer:

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Originally posted by new_guy:

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Originally posted by dirklawyer:
Swift's are slightly harder so you drop your loads 1-3 grains...

That's my experience too, but Mike Brady told me that it wasn't because they were harder but because they were softer.

Chris, I don't know about them being softer, I actually think the primary reason might be that the bearing surface of the Swift's is greater than most other soft's so more pressure, anyway I like em a lot if you don't know by now.

I agree.

I also don't think they are tapered like or as much as Woodleigh's.