May l ask why not a good Monolithic solids in .375 HH Magnum ? I hear good things about them , except a recent report from a friend in Grizzly bear country who used A - square Monolithic solids in an M1 Garand ( .30-06 ) and a Colt Sauer ( .458 Winchester Magnum ) . The guy's rifle barrels got ruined. The .30-06 lasted 700 rounds , give or take. And he documented the .458 properly and counted 571 rounds before the barrel bore rifling was unacceptably worn out .
I have only fired 12 monolithic solids from my .375 till now and am really impressed.
First, it is necessary to let you know that I don't reload...and I'm not looking to start.
What I am doing is trying to keep my point of impact the same for softs and solids.
In a perfect world Federal would get off their ass and load 300 grain Woodleigh Hydros, but that ain't happening.
So, plan B is going with Norma loaded ammo with Woodeigh bullets.
Figuring the same ammo company and the same bullet company with the same bullet profile...should be close.
The reality of me needing a solid is pretty slim and I'd only load one if my PH asked me to.
I'll stick mostly to softs and the 350's may not make the cut anyway because I do take shots out to 300 yards.
Wondering what kind of arc I would have to account for with a 20% increase in weight at that range.
Norma doesn't even list a drop for the 350's at 300 yards which really means that they are for up close and personal use.
I'm just gonna buy a couple of boxes and see how they shoot.
If they don't shoot well, I can fall back to the 300 grain Swift A-Frames and look for a mono-metal solid that shoots close to that.