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Swift built the A-Frame for people who hunt hard and want their bullet to show up when the shot lands. This .308 diameter 165 grain projectile pairs a soft semi-Spitzer lead nose with a bonded front core and a protected rear core, giving you wide, controlled expansion up front while the back half drives deep. The pure copper jacket wraps around the base, so the bullet keeps its weight and shape instead of coming apart on heavy bone or big muscle.
The A-Frame name comes from the internal cross member that separates the two lead cores. The front core is bonded to the jacket, which is the big difference between this and a traditional partition style bullet. That bonding is what gives you the roughly 2.2x expansion and 95 percent plus weight retention Swift is known for. The semi-Spitzer nose profile also stands up to recoil in the magazine, so your points stay true round after round through a hard kicking rifle.
At 165 grains with a .248 sectional density and a .367 G1 ballistic coefficient, this sits in the sweet spot a lot of .308 Winchester handloaders reach for first. It gives you a flat enough trajectory for sane hunting ranges while still carrying the mass for deep penetration. Worth noting, the A-Frame runs a bonded pure copper jacket, so it can build pressure differently than a standard cup and core bullet. Work your loads up from a starting charge and lean on published Swift data when you have it. Popular powders for 165 grain .308 loads include Varget, RL-15, and the 4895 family.
Hunters have leaned on the 165 grain A-Frame across a wide spread of game, from whitetail and hogs to kudu, elk, and bear. The reputation is simple: it penetrates deep, opens a wide wound channel, and holds together on tough, heavy animals. For folks who want a single .30 caliber bullet that does nearly everything well, this is a dependable pick.
This bullet is a true all-rounder, equally at home on deer and hogs or tougher animals like elk, bear, and plains game such as kudu. The bonded front core and protected rear core give you deep penetration and a wide wound channel, so it handles raking shots and heavy bone well. Plenty of hunters reach for the 165 grain A-Frame as their one bullet for a .308 or other .30 caliber rifle.
The soft semi-Spitzer profile is designed to shrug off recoil while the rounds sit in the magazine, so the tips do not deform shot to shot in a hard kicking rifle. That shape also helps the bullet feed smoothly. You trade a touch of long range ballistic coefficient for toughness and reliability, which is exactly what this bullet is built for.
The A-Frame runs a bonded pure copper jacket, and bonded premium bullets like this can behave differently in the pressure department than conventional cup and core designs. The safe move is to start low and work up, using published Swift load data whenever you can get it. Varget, RL-15, and the 4895 powders are all popular choices for a 165 grain .308 load.
This is a component projectile for handloaders, not loaded ammunition. You get 50 bullets ready to seat in your own prepped and primed brass. You will still need cases, primers, and powder to assemble a finished round.
| UPC | 713351301657 |
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| Manufacturer | |
| Manufacturer Part Number | 301657 |
| Shipping Weight | 1.2875 |
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