Swift A-Frame

[Mark Biggerstaff]

sorry... 375 H&h... loaded rounds. Not wanting to reload.

For 375. Several good options.
Swift Factory loads, Federal Safari Aframes or TBBC, Barnes TSX.
For 375 i personally use the Federal 300gr Aframe load.

 

[uplander01]

Use Barnes or North Fork, I gave up on swift a long time ago. Can’t justify working up hand loads and practice witha completely unreliable supplier. Sadly between woodleigh struggling to rebuild, Bertram basically telling the US market to pound sand, Norma being a completely unreliable supplier, Swift hardly ever building anything in larger diameters, I think the marketplace is going to start determining which calibers we’ll be using well into the future. I’ve already started transitioning over to only buying from reliable US suppliers. Hornady brass and bullets, Nosler brass and bullets, Barnes and sierra bullets, atlas brass. The exception would be North Fork, for the time being they seem to be serious about supplying the US market.

 

[sgt_zim]

North Fork.

Bonded core with a tapered jacket for controlled expansion up front like A Frame, solid on the base like TSX.

 

[DLSJR]

Unless Northfork has very recently had large caliber bullets become available, you can’t get them either. I tried about 10 days ago and couldn’t get any in .338, .375 or .416.

 

[coreydb]

I bought my ammo with Swift A-frames from Federal.

 

[samson7x]

I bought my ammo with Swift A-frames from Federal.

These shot well out of my rifle but I haven’t seen them in stock in a very long time. I inquired about next production run and never heard back from federal.

 

[coreydb]

These shot well out of my rifle but I haven’t seen them in stock in a very long time. I inquired about next production run and never heard back from federal.

They seem to be seasonal or in limited batches-for lack of really knowing.....In the past, I saw them available in late Fall, running out in late Winter to very early Spring. I buy the DG ammo usually in late Winter.

 

[sgt_zim]

Unless Northfork has very recently had large caliber bullets become available, you can’t get them either. I tried about 10 days ago and couldn’t get any in .338, .375 or .416.

North Fork's website has 430 gr .416 in stock and 550 gr .458, probably looking for 400 and 500 gr, I imagine.

 

[Datchew]

Use tsx.
They're excellent and more importantly, readily available.

The chasing after near unobtanium is not a worthwhile effort.

 

[Hyde Hunter]

I reached out to them 2 weeks ago about .416 400gr and they told me they are slated to be run late August/September of this year not sure how soon they will hit the street?

that is what they told me about the 250 gr 9.3x62 bullets 2 years ago and still no joy. So now I shoot CEB bullets also for my 458 win mag

 

[Hyde Hunter]

Use Barnes or North Fork, I gave up on swift a long time ago. Can’t justify working up hand loads and practice witha completely unreliable supplier. Sadly between woodleigh struggling to rebuild, Bertram basically telling the US market to pound sand, Norma being a completely unreliable supplier, Swift hardly ever building anything in larger diameters, I think the marketplace is going to start determining which calibers we’ll be using well into the future. I’ve already started transitioning over to only buying from reliable US suppliers. Hornady brass and bullets, Nosler brass and bullets, Barnes and sierra bullets, atlas brass. The exception would be North Fork, for the time being they seem to be serious about supplying the US market.

Hornady has stopped making 458 win brass for reloaders and sometimes Raven Rocks has 458 brass, or you can take 338 win mag brass and fireform it out to 458

 

[Parkerpusher]

Use Barnes or North Fork, I gave up on swift a long time ago. Can’t justify working up hand loads and practice witha completely unreliable supplier. Sadly between woodleigh struggling to rebuild, Bertram basically telling the US market to pound sand, Norma being a completely unreliable supplier, Swift hardly ever building anything in larger diameters, I think the marketplace is going to start determining which calibers we’ll be using well into the future. I’ve already started transitioning over to only buying from reliable US suppliers. Hornady brass and bullets, Nosler brass and bullets, Barnes and sierra bullets, atlas brass. The exception would be North Fork, for the time being they seem to be serious about supplying the US market.

I love everything about the A Frame, right down to the box they come in. But…. To agree with you, any rifle that matters to me is sighted in for something else and hunting with swift bullets remains a dream like hunting elephant for ivory with a 7x57.

If they were available regularly I’d pay double, but not knowing when I can get more is a hill I won’t climb over and over.

 

[samson7x]

They seem to be seasonal or in limited batches-for lack of really knowing.....In the past, I saw them available in late Fall, running out in late Winter to very early Spring. I buy the DG ammo usually in late Winter.

Yeah who knows. I last bought them in July. I just got on the notification list for a few dealers and maybe I’ll get some eventually.

 

[coreydb]

There's nothing better than consistent inconsistency. That said, just be prepared to purchase when you see them.

 

[Hornedfrogbbq]

Riddle me this -- if the demand is so high and the supply is not meeting it, why doesn't Swift increase production? I realize capex and all but goodness, run an extra line or shift or something.

It does make complete sense to me why Barnes has picked up market share.

 

[matt85]

Midway has ammunition with Barnes tsx bullets. Personally i would check out the 270gr loads from buffalo bore.

 

[Hyde Hunter]

Riddle me this -- if the demand is so high and the supply is not meeting it, why doesn't Swift increase production? I realize capex and all but goodness, run an extra line or shift or something.

It does make complete sense to me why Barnes has picked up market share.

Swift Bullets are made in a very small town in Kansas and they do not have a work force there, farming community and no one it seems wants to move into a very small town with not much to do. If I had known they need some to work I would have offered myself when I retired 14 years ago, we moved to a smaller town in So Dakota.

 

[sgt_zim]

Swift Bullets are made in a very small town in Kansas and they do not have a work force there, farming community and no one it seems wants to move into a very small town with not much to do. If I had known they need some to work I would have offered myself when I retired 14 years ago, we moved to a smaller town in So Dakota.

Yeah, unfortunately for Hober, the employment model changed not long after Swift was founded.

 

[Hornedfrogbbq]

...if there was just some way to make these bullets with a machine and automate the process. Oh, wait...

 

[Twraska]

...if there was just some way to make these bullets with a machine and automate the process. Oh, wait...

Still takes employees to run and feed the machines, along with inspection, processing, sorting and shipping the product.