Safari Bullet Company bullets?

[jpr9954]

I am heading to RSA in a couple of weeks. I have reached out to Rudi Fischer of Safari Bullet Company and he can ship his bullets to me at my outfitter or my hotel.

They look interesting but are they far superior to other premium bullets such the Nosler Accubond/Partitions, the various Barnes bullets, or the Swift A-Frames? I am looking at the 7mm and .30 caliber bullets for use on plains game.

If anyone has experience with bullets from Safari Bullet Co., I'd love to hear it.

 

[Piet Brood]

They have built up an excellent reputation in South Africa in a short amount of time. I’ve only loaded them in my 404 Jeffery with good accuracy but have not been able to hunt with them. I’m about to order 140gr 7mm for my 7x57.

I am sure [mention]DWB [/mention] and [mention]Frederik [/mention] will chime in here..

 

[saswart]

SBC is great bullets, correct Frederik wil undoubtable give feedback.

I asked Rudi for 160gr 7mm bullets for my 7x57. He gave me a load, speed etc was all 100% correct. Gave him feedback on the group (I was satisfied) and he wasn’t he worked and gave more advice. This is what I appreciate, great service and real interest in your experience.

I have to say as well the finishing is great, which make them look as great as they perform

 

[DWB]

I have hunted 5 x Buffalo Cows with them as well as a bunch of plains game.

@Frederik and I was fortunate to be part of the developmental process.

In fact I fired the first ever .423" 400gr bullet ever out of a rifle, straight into a beautiful Nyala bull

It's all I use. These bullets are damn tough.

 

[ThinusS]

I have used them, and seen them used, in my 7x57 (140 & 160gr), .30-06 (150& 180gr), 9.3x62 (285gr), .375 H&H (300gr) and .416 rem mag (400gr) on blesbuck, black wildebeest, blue wildebeest, eland, kudu, red hartebeest, waterbuck, warthog and one buffalo bull.

They are easy to load, accurate and effective on game, giving a large entry wound and a wide wound channel. I would rate them as the best close- to medium range hunting bullet that I have used.

I will post some pictures of recovered bullets later.

 

[DWB]

Welcome Oom Thinus!

I think few people has used them as much as @ThinusS

These aren't high BC sniper bullets, but they are as consistent as can be and the hit hard and drive deep! And they look good too!

 

[ThinusS]

150gr SBC .308", recovered from a zebra stallion shot at 160m. .30-06 @ ±2900fps.

180gr SBC .308", recovered from a large eland bull, shot at 200m. .30-06 @ ±2650fps.

 

[FlyGuy]

Never tried them, but think I should see how my 300H&H likes the 180gr.
In 2025 the 300 H&H is 100 years old, so it goes without saying that I should have a great load ready for the centenary season.

 

[RayAtkinson]

IM sure they are a good bullet, appear to be a monolithic bullet in the photograph, are they better than other premium bullets? lets just say they are equal as most all Monolithics are about equal! No majic here..The days of bullet failure are all but over, the bullet makers produced bullets and listened to the crowd..I recall the day of bullet failure being pretty common, they killed but performed poorly from time to time as was expected and many a hunter got to practice his tracking skills. The Rem corelokt shined through it all and still does, but long forgotten by most..

 

[ThinusS]

They have a solid copper shank and a bonded lead core in the front part of the bullet, the solid shank prevents over expansion when thick bone is hit. They do expand to a larger diameter than any monolithic bullets I have used, so the wound channel is somewhat larger. Penetration is still very good. Due to the blunt nose, they punch a large entry hole which does not close up, this helps with providing a good blood trail from the entry wound, especially if the bullet does not exit.

In my experience, there is no such thing as a magic bullet, all bullets have their strengths and weaknesses and there are situations where a different design of bullet will be a better choice than this one. However, as a short to medium range hunting bullet for plains game and buffalo, the SBC has really impressed me.

 

[RichieG]

I am heading to RSA in a couple of weeks. I have reached out to Rudi Fischer of Safari Bullet Company and he can ship his bullets to me at my outfitter or my hotel.

They look interesting but are they far superior to other premium bullets such the Nosler Accubond/Partitions, the various Barnes bullets, or the Swift A-Frames? I am looking at the 7mm and .30 caliber bullets for use on plains game.

If anyone has experience with bullets from Safari Bullet Co., I'd love to hear it.

I've loaded them in 375 H&H, 404J and 9,3x62. Very accurate and superb on-game performance. If I didn't have such a stash I would load them in all calibres I own. They look like perfect TBBCs on extraction from animals.

They are available, local (for us) and super effective (unless you are hunting beyond 400m where bc and bullet hardness/lack of frangibility probably starts to make other bullets look more appropriate).

Bullets are like cars, people will buy what they want often in the face on inconvenient facts. But in my experience this is the LandCruiser of bullets. Effective, reliable, available, super easy to load and accurate, without too much fluff. And Rudi is a good man who will help you find a load. Hard to beat the service level. And the bullet will do its job if you do yours.

 

[cmk]

They have a solid copper shank and a bonded lead core in the front part of the bullet, the solid shank prevents over expansion when thick bone is hit. They do expand to a larger diameter than any monolithic bullets I have used, so the wound channel is somewhat larger. Penetration is still very good. Due to the blunt nose, they punch a large entry hole which does not close up, this helps with providing a good blood trail from the entry wound, especially if the bullet does not exit.

In my experience, there is no such thing as a magic bullet, all bullets have their strengths and weaknesses and there are situations where a different design of bullet will be a better choice than this one. However, as a short to medium range hunting bullet for plains game and buffalo, the SBC has really impressed me.

It sound that this is the same (or at least similar) design concept as North Fork and also the Rhino bullets. Of course, things such as the shape and size of the leaded nose may differ, as well as jacket thickness and at which velocities they are engineered to open. And not to forget the shape/size of driving bands.

Nice to hear that more and more quality products come to the market.

 

[VertigoBE]

I’m very interested in these for my 7x64 and 500NE

But I’m a bit confused with the nomenclature. I thought monolithic meant “out of one single piece of metal” such as 100% brass or 100% copper, to contrast with bullets made combining lead core, steel jacket and copper gilding/liner for example.

 

[Dewald]

It sound that this is the same (or at least similar) design concept as North Fork and also the Rhino bullets. Of course, things such as the shape and size of the leaded nose may differ, as well as jacket thickness and at which velocities they are engineered to open. And not to forget the shape/size of driving bands.

Nice to hear that more and more quality products come to the market.

Indeed. Exactly the same concept. Better QC than the old Rhinos, although the new Rhinos are very well made.

 

[Dewald]

I’m very interested in these for my 7x64 and 500NE

But I’m a bit confused with the nomenclature. I thought monolithic meant “out of one single piece of metal” such as 100% brass or 100% copper, to contrast with bullets made combining lead core, steel jacket and copper gilding/liner for example.

Yes. They are not monolithic or monometal. They should be called solid shank bonded bullets.