Practice bullet for 375 H&H MAG

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I'm looking for some economical jacketed bullets to load in my 375 H&H MAG for practice and possibly deer. I'm looking for the Speer .375 235gr bullets, but can't seem to find any.
I'm a new reloader, so I'd prefer to stick with jacketed bullets, but don't feel like shooting hunting bullets just for practice. If you have suggestions for other bullets I'd appreciate that too (and a place to buy them too).
 
Is the amount of work for practice bullets really worth it? I don't find it worth it so I find a load my rifle likes and practice away and then off to the hunting grounds.

The two bullets will have different points of aim, so you will be constantly re-sighting in your rifle. Keeping track of the different loads, data etc. What happens when you grab the wrong bullets to go hunting. These are the reasons why I keep one bullet for each gun. If I want to practice, I have guns with less recoil I can practice with.
 
It's pretty easy to keep track of point of impact with a reliable scope. I have never had anything bigger than a 30-06 before, so I want to practice with the 375 H&H before I take it hunting. I'd like to put a few hundred shots through it before hunting season, but not at $70 per box of 20 for factory ammo. All the bullets I've seen for handloading have been expensive hunting bullets, looking for something cheaper to shoot.
 
I used Hornady's 220gr FP for target shooting & groundhogs. Unfortunately Hornady has stopped producing the 220gr bullet but Sierra has started producing the 220gr FP again. The Speer 235gr Spitzer would be the better choice for deer I would think.
 
X Reload is showing 270 Grain Hornady Interlocks for about 40 a box. You aren't going to do much better than that. They aren't going to bounce off of deer, if you wanted to plaster a couple.
 
I agree with Mike and Phil...270gr Hornady is probably the best you wil find. You could try to find some 235 gr Hot-Cors but they aren't lying around just everywhere.
 
I find the hornady 225 grn recoil proof spire point loaded with 4064 to be a fairly economical combo with manageable recoil and good accuracy. I think I paid around $50 a box(100 count) last time I bought them and the unfortunately discontinued combo of 220 flat points and sr-4759 make a great pop gun round.
 
Dogleg said:
X Reload is showing 270 Grain Hornady Interlocks for about 40 a box. You aren't going to do much better than that. They aren't going to bounce off of deer, if you wanted to plaster a couple.
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Actually they are adequate for practice and anything you are hunting.
Served me well for decades..
 
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