Does anyone have any experience with this bullet? I’m looking at running these in my 30-06 and 300 WSM. Looking to hunt with these and wanted to know what y’all think.
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Originally posted by Homer75 View PostI should ask, how far have you killed with them? I might have an opportunity to go antelope hunting and don’t want to bring a bullet that’s going to make a mess like the A-max.
The Nosler has the core bonded to the jacket which is designed to mushroom, penetrate and hold together. It's a hunting bullet.
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I used the accubond on an Elk hunt in 2012. 200 grain out of .300 Wby Mag. I can't remember if it was the LR or not. Hit my bull multiple times with little reaction. 4 th shot broke off side leg and he fell. He barely reacted to the first three. They are too tough in my opinion. All 4 exited at 259 yards. They all went through the ribs. Antelope are so light I would use a less sexy cup and core bullet or ballistic tip style bullet. I have done well on em with SSTs. Pic is a B&C awards goat I smoked with a 129 sst out of a .260 Rem.Last edited by Jon B; 12-04-2018, 04:58 PM.
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I have never had a deer or hog take a step after impact with 140 gr Accubonds out of a .270 Weatherby Mag. Max distance about 350 yds. All shots were in the shoulder or just behind the shoulder. Excellent hunting round, great ballistic coefficients, and game stoppers with proper shot placement
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Originally posted by Homer75 View PostI tried the Hornady A-max and HATED the way they fragmented and I loved the Ballistic tips performance. Do they hold together as well as the B-tips?
That’s because the AMAX is not a hunting bullet, the Accubond is.
I will say that the BC on them is pretty grossly overstated.
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Some of these comments seem to be confusing the Accubond LR with the original Accubond. I was researching this myself yesterday cause I was thinking about trying some of the .270 150 gr Accubond Long Ranges in my 270.
The original Accubond is a tried and tried deep penetrating bullet that I personally like. They’ve always performed excellent in my 270, 257 and ‘06. Their BC isn’t all that great but they do what they’re intended to do... kill stuff.
The Accubond LR was kind of the first generation of ELD-X, high BC bullet designed to kill stuff at long range. The problem was that their initial BC was wildly overstated and, as a result, they didn’t fly as advertised at ranges of 1000+. They recently verified and revised their BCs, which are pretty close to similarly weighted Bergers and ELD-Xs.
Now the problem I’ve read is that, because they’re intended to be expand at a 1000 yards where velocity and energy is substantially reduced, they tend to come apart at high velocities when you shoot at something in the 100-200 yard range. That’s just what I’ve read... no real world experience. I’m still thinking I might try those .270 150s on some paper and hogs this offseason and see what happens.
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