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Swift Scirocco II from 7RM?
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<blockquote data-quote="Dot_3" data-source="post: 2679859" data-attributes="member: 124757"><p>They don't make a tougher hunting bullet as far as I'm concerned. I've shot eastern white tails from as close as 30 yards to 475 yards with the 150gr 308 version. Moving them at 3050. At 30 yards, I didn't get a passthru but weight retention was very high. I've only recovered a couple of them. I would trust my life to them if I were in a situation where I needed high velocity penetration through some gnarly hide and bone. </p><p></p><p>But.</p><p></p><p>They had their downsides for me. Not knocking the bullet, but I finally gave up on finding a load that actually looked good on paper. I also switched to a bullet that wasn't as tough…I know I know dead is dead. I was ending up with longer recoveries with minimal blood in a lot of situations. They were TOO tough for the hunting I do. Now if I'm going after something sturdier than a 190 pound whitetail, I'll think about the sciroccos. I'll also think about accubonds. The ogive on the accubonds looks to facilitate load development a lot better and from what I hear, they're bonded just as good as the swifts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dot_3, post: 2679859, member: 124757"] They don’t make a tougher hunting bullet as far as I’m concerned. I’ve shot eastern white tails from as close as 30 yards to 475 yards with the 150gr 308 version. Moving them at 3050. At 30 yards, I didn’t get a passthru but weight retention was very high. I’ve only recovered a couple of them. I would trust my life to them if I were in a situation where I needed high velocity penetration through some gnarly hide and bone. But. They had their downsides for me. Not knocking the bullet, but I finally gave up on finding a load that actually looked good on paper. I also switched to a bullet that wasn’t as tough…I know I know dead is dead. I was ending up with longer recoveries with minimal blood in a lot of situations. They were TOO tough for the hunting I do. Now if I’m going after something sturdier than a 190 pound whitetail, I’ll think about the sciroccos. I’ll also think about accubonds. The ogive on the accubonds looks to facilitate load development a lot better and from what I hear, they’re bonded just as good as the swifts. [/QUOTE]
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