Why aren't swift bullets more common up here?
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leveractionjunkie
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- Kamloops, BC
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The Sciroccos are 100 to a box. The A-Frames are 50. The second are the best darn buffalo bullet you can get.
The A-Frame has always been a very, very good bullet. Like a Partition, with the front section bonded. [Read - tougher than a Partition]
The Scirocco II is also quite a tough bullet, and will hold together under the most severe conditions. I have a few dug out of game...
They look very good, even when breaking big bone. They can be a bit finiky to get to shoot well, but by experimenting, the holy grail
can be found. Dave.
The Scirocco II is also quite a tough bullet, and will hold together under the most severe conditions. I have a few dug out of game...
They look very good, even when breaking big bone. They can be a bit finiky to get to shoot well, but by experimenting, the holy grail
can be found. Dave.
Swift's freight from Kansas to Canada is very expensive on their mininum $5000USD shipment. And then you have the import permit hassles. Poor marketing in Canada, and no entry level price point bullet to catch the average consumer.
I also would love to know if there are any big differences between them.
hunter7mmRM
CGN Regular
- Location
- Northern Alberta
THere are a few threads where the OP did some bullet testing and they compare them a bit.
The Swift is a harder bullet and will out-penetrate an Accubond most of the time, and retain more weight. I had a bit of
a game going where Id try to get two reds with one shot with a 257 Weatherby. Did that with 100 grain Sciroccos a half a dozen times and the bullet would exit the second one as well.
The Accubond is very likely to kill faster due to partial fragmentation, especially on smaller game.
a game going where Id try to get two reds with one shot with a 257 Weatherby. Did that with 100 grain Sciroccos a half a dozen times and the bullet would exit the second one as well.
The Accubond is very likely to kill faster due to partial fragmentation, especially on smaller game.
We had a small merchant - cidistribution -who advertised on this board that sold Swift Bullets and Triggers. I ordered bullets from him several times over a couple of years as his costs- bullets and shipping - were very reasonable. I don't know why he decided to close up shop last year but I really miss his service.
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If I had to bet on the accuracy out-come I'd pick the Accubond over the Scirocco 11. Between the A-Frame and the Partition its a tougher call; its not hard to find rifles that hate either one of them. That one could go either way.
Me too.
Me three!! lol. Dave.
