Swift A-Frame 40 Caliber 200g Bullet

[ronlaughlin]

This bullet is provided by Jamie Mayfield

The bullet was shot into the bottles using 80 grain Blackhorn powder. From muzzle to the first bottle was 25 yard.

VIDEO

The bullet blew the plywood in half; destroyed the first two bottles throwing them into the sky; did damage to the third bottle; holed the fourth bottle, and was captured by the fifth bottle.

 

[GM54-120]

Excellent!!!!

Only potential problem i see is the heavily rounded transition from side to base of the bullet. That could be a problem with hot loads and drilling sabots.

 

[Ninering62]

This bullet is provided by Jamie Mayfield

The bullet was shot into the bottles using 80 grain Blackhorn powder. From muzzle to the first bottle was 25 yard.

VIDEO

The bullet blew the plywood in half; destroyed the first two bottles throwing them into the sky; did damage to the third bottle; holed the fourth bottle, and was captured by the fifth bottle.

Thanks for another great test Ron. It looks like that bullet put the smackdown on them bottles. Out of the trusty ole Omega too I see.

 

[brownisdown]

could you knurl that bullet and use it in a sabot?Looks good.

 

[Ninering62]

could you knurl that bullet and use it in a sabot?Looks good.

Its not necessary to knurl a bullet up to use it in a sabot, unless you need a slightly larger dia for proper fit to your bore. BUt, yes, you can easily knurl that or any other bullet up to suit your needs.

 

[LHR]

Looks just like their picture.

 

[Ninering62]

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Looks just like their picture.

Thanks for the pic. I'd hunt with that bullet in a sabot. Thats a heck of a lot better performance than those dang 200gr SST's

 

[brownisdown]

I like to knurl my bullets just to grip the sabot a little better.Always thought they might slip in the sabot when fired.

 

[Jamie Mayfield]

Thanks Ron. I appreciate the work you do. This bullet has given me great accuracy at 2219 fps, in a harvester smooth blue sabot, out of my patriot. This is exactly what I was expecting with how the bullet performed on deer at roughly 15 yards.
Jamie

 

[LHR]

Thanks Ron. I appreciate the work you do. This bullet has given me great accuracy at 2219 fps, in a harvester smooth blue sabot, out of my patriot. This is exactly what I was expecting with how the bullet performed on deer at roughly 15 yards.
Jamie

If you don't mind sharing, what is your load in the Patriot?
As I sit here impatiently waiting for Mark to send me one!

 

[brownisdown]

I use a hornaday 40 cal 200 grain sst and was looking for something different.And I also use a hlb sabot for mine.

 

[Jamie Mayfield]

If you don't mind sharing, what is your load in the Patriot?
As I sit here impatiently waiting for Mark to send me one!

Please send me a private message or tell me how to send a private message. I still know very little on this site. My load is smokeless and I don't want to post it here. Thanks
Jamie

 

[dbowling]

I gave a Amish guy I sold a muzzleloader to a bunch of Swift A-frame 300 gr, probably 60 at least also gave him some lighter ones 260 gr I think. Looks like I should maybe of kept them got them in a bullet deal and figured I would never use them.

 

[ShawnT]

So far the only down side I have seen with the Swift A-Frame is cost. I have shot several of the .429 dia 300gn and .452 dia 300gn in sabots out of my MK-95's. They all shot great. I took several deer and the Black Bear in my Avatar, that Bear was shot with a .452dia 300gn, about 430lb. The Bullet from this Bear is the only one ever found. Broke his neck and traveled down the spine and was found under the hide, was the definition of DRT.
There is the Bullet with the rear claws. This bullet looks like those others. At one Time Knight packaged them in 10rnd packs with sabots.

 

[ShawnT]

Just checked and found I had one pack left. I got a ton of them when Gander Mountain had a close out. I think I bought out all that the store in Chambersburg Pa had, maybe like 20 or 25 packs IIRC.
This is the last one. If Ron wants this one I would send it to him.

 

[brownisdown]

Saw some of those at a gun show this week-end./

 

[LBAhunter]

This bullet is provided by Jamie Mayfield

The bullet was shot into the bottles using 80 grain Blackhorn powder. From muzzle to the first bottle was 25 yard.

VIDEO

The bullet blew the plywood in half; destroyed the first two bottles throwing them into the sky; did damage to the third bottle; holed the fourth bottle, and was captured by the fifth bottle.

Impressive!!
Way better than the Hornady 200gr XTP.

 

[ronlaughlin]

Hey Shawn,

Believe we already caught one of them bullet. Look here

Thank you for the offer!

 

[twild]

Looks great is there going to be a 50gr test??

 

[phalanx]

Excellent! Thanks for testing Ron and to Jamie for sending them. I feel a whole lot better now having seen the results about using these bullets. If I recall correctly, the only other bullet to break the board was a 245gr powebelt but it sure didn't perform like this A frame.