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<blockquote data-quote="woods" data-source="post: 401050" data-attributes="member: 6042"><p>Hey cf, that performance is typical of the Accubond. Here is a description of how it is engineered</p><p></p><p>Quoting from NRA's American Rifleman from their May, 2004 issue:</p><p></p><p>"While other bulletmakers tout 90 percent weight retention from their bonded bullets, Nosler took a different approach. Its goal is deeper penetration, even at the sacrifice of weight retention. The problem with bonded bullets that are designed for high weight retention is that they quickly form a large frontal area that impedes penetration. Nosler designed its bullet to have about 60 to 70 percent weight retention. That obviously means that it will lose some weight. That's because it's designed to shed some of the expanded bullet material to keep the frontal area of the Accubond bullet a little smaller than some other bonded bullets. Accubond is designed for early expansion, but rather than tear completely apart as a Ballistic Tip often will, the Accubond's petals are designed to fold back tighter against the bullet shank. This makes a slightly smaller diameter mushroom to allow deeper penetration."</p><p></p><p>so the small exit should be no surprise. In all likelihood a Partition would have done the same thing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="woods, post: 401050, member: 6042"] Hey cf, that performance is typical of the Accubond. Here is a description of how it is engineered Quoting from NRA's American Rifleman from their May, 2004 issue: "While other bulletmakers tout 90 percent weight retention from their bonded bullets, Nosler took a different approach. Its goal is deeper penetration, even at the sacrifice of weight retention. The problem with bonded bullets that are designed for high weight retention is that they quickly form a large frontal area that impedes penetration. Nosler designed its bullet to have about 60 to 70 percent weight retention. That obviously means that it will lose some weight. That's because it's designed to shed some of the expanded bullet material to keep the frontal area of the Accubond bullet a little smaller than some other bonded bullets. Accubond is designed for early expansion, but rather than tear completely apart as a Ballistic Tip often will, the Accubond's petals are designed to fold back tighter against the bullet shank. This makes a slightly smaller diameter mushroom to allow deeper penetration." so the small exit should be no surprise. In all likelihood a Partition would have done the same thing. [/QUOTE]
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