Nosler accubond

[Johnny blade]

I'm shooting a 700 Remington 24" factory barrel in 7Stw with a 160 Nosler accubond @2974 fps I shot an 5 pt bull last weekend over in Idaho my question is any of you have problems with accubonds disintegrating on impact. The shot was 60ish yrds

 

[fabricator21]

I haven't shot an elk with one but have shot a pile of deer. Shoulder, heart and lung shots from 68 to 570 yards, most having an exit hole and not recovered. The bullets that did stay inside the animals were really nicely mushroomed. Where was your bullet impact on the elk?

7mm rem mag, 160 ab @ 2975 fps. My wife shoots a 7mm-08 with 140 ab @ 2840 fps and my brother shoots a 270 wsm with 140 ab ( don't remember the velocity). All with the same results that Ive experienced

 

[manitou]

I have had nothing but great performance on antelope, whitetail and mule deer with 140 gr accubonds out of my .280s going 3040 fps. Of the last 11 animals I shot, only one left its tracks... and not by much.

 

[Johnny blade]

Not the most desirable it was in the shoulder.

 

[nmbarta]

accubonds have been one of the most reliable bullets I've been around, until two days ago when my 10 year old son shot his first deer. It was a 130 out of a .260, 200 yards broadside on a decent little whitetail. Shot was perfect behind the shoulder, but the deer ran about 100 and went down, but kept his head up for several minutes, then tried to get up. I set my son up for a second shot, he hit in the heart at 250. The first bullet didn't get into the vitals, entrance hole was the size of a baseball. I've never seen an accubond do this, I've heard they don't always open at long range low velocity impacts, but haven't seen it personally. Nobody is perfect, I'm going to chalk this one up as a fluke until I see it happen again.

 

[Johnny blade]

Here's a couple of pics I guess I just expected better performance

 

[Johnny blade]

And I ended up having to hit him in the neck, not impressed.

 

[laker]

Killed quite a few elk with them started at 3200fps. Never an Issue. Sometimes things happen

 

[reelhardmt]

Im confused...whats the problem sir?

 

[Zman99]

I shot a 6x6 bull this year with a 180 Accubond. It was fired from my 300Wby at 3266 fps. The shot was 150 yards slightly quartering away. The bullet struck a rib behind the shoulder and completely exploded. The biggest peice I found looked like 8 shot. It was copper with lead stuck to it. The bullet did not even penetrate through the front side lung. Lucky the entrance side lung was severely damaged and the bull piled up after 30 yards with a very large blood trail. I was very surprised at how terrible the bullet did as I have had good luck with Accubonds. The picture shows the entrance wound. Looks like a point blank shot with 12ga birdshot.

 

[Zman99]

I will continue using them because based on my experience this was a fluke. Even thou penetration was no more than 5 inches.

 

[Johnny blade]

Wow that did really have a come apart, weird but from what everyone is saying guess I'll stick with them, thanks

 

[Plinker147]

I have seen two come apart. One was a 250gr out of 338 rum. It's was a steep down angle with mule deer facing me at 300 yards. I shot right at his spine between shoulder blades. Dumped him instantly. Only found pieces of the bullet and no exit.

The other was out of 30-378 wby. 180 gr blew up and about blew the front shoulder off. It killed it dead but wow was it a mess. That was extreme velocity and close range.

All others have performed well, they are a great all around bullets.

 

[jd5521]

Are you shooting the original Accubond or the Accubond Long Range?