Anyone ever used the Swift A-Frame bullet
03-18-2009, 10:50 AM
#1
Fork Horn
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Anyone ever used the Swift A-Frame bullet
Have any of you guys ever used this bullet? How did it do?
Here are some links to the bullet I'm talking about.
http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/?productNumber=288379
http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/?productNumber=384854
Here are some links to the bullet I'm talking about.
http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/?productNumber=288379
http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/?productNumber=384854
03-18-2009, 01:08 PM
#2
Boone & Crockett
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RE: Anyone ever used the Swift A-Frame bullet
I've not tried them as I tend to shy away from buck-a-bullet models. I know center fire shooters have nothing but good things to say about them though.
My bullet philosophy with regard to muzzle loaders is this. Just about all of my shots will be under 100 yards, and at most as far as 150 yards on very rare occasions. Basically, I tend to mimic 45-70 loads - a heavy bullet at somewhere between 1600 and 1800 fps. Two tried and true bullets, the 300 grain Gold Dot and 300 grain XTP, will do the job for me. I play around with other bullets for fun, but when it comes to hunting I'll be using one of those twoor a fat round ball in either .54 or .58 caliber.
My bullet philosophy with regard to muzzle loaders is this. Just about all of my shots will be under 100 yards, and at most as far as 150 yards on very rare occasions. Basically, I tend to mimic 45-70 loads - a heavy bullet at somewhere between 1600 and 1800 fps. Two tried and true bullets, the 300 grain Gold Dot and 300 grain XTP, will do the job for me. I play around with other bullets for fun, but when it comes to hunting I'll be using one of those twoor a fat round ball in either .54 or .58 caliber.
03-20-2009, 03:24 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: Anyone ever used the Swift A-Frame bullet
ORIGINAL: SHulion
Have any of you guys ever used this bullet? How did it do?
Here are some links to the bullet I'm talking about.
http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/?productNumber=288379
http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/?productNumber=384854
Have any of you guys ever used this bullet? How did it do?
Here are some links to the bullet I'm talking about.
http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/?productNumber=288379
http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/?productNumber=384854
The above was a quote from Peterson's Hunting, May 2008, in an article titled "Tipped and Bonded" by Craig Boddington. Notice in the quote what his "ideal design is" for a hunting bullet of "controlled expansion type", it is a long shank, with a perfectly mushroomed head of about 2x diameter and no weight loss. If you follow Boddington on bullets, you willhear him say this is the ideal for bullet design for a "balanced bullet", a balanced bullet is one designed for expansion without weight loss.
Chap
03-20-2009, 08:12 AM
#6
Nontypical Buck
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RE: Anyone ever used the Swift A-Frame bullet
Notice in the quote what his "ideal design is" for a hunting bullet of "controlled expansion type", it is a long shank, with a perfectly mushroomed head of about 2x diameter and no weight loss.
Mike
03-20-2009, 09:51 AM
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RE: Anyone ever used the Swift A-Frame bullet
ORIGINAL: driftrider
Sounds like he's talking about a Barnes X bullet. That's exactly what they do.
Mike
Notice in the quote what his "ideal design is" for a hunting bullet of "controlled expansion type", it is a long shank, with a perfectly mushroomed head of about 2x diameter and no weight loss.
Mike
Chap
