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Offline martin1

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nosler accubond?????
« on: December 29, 2013, 09:08:55 AM »
Who shoots nosler accubonds on deer elk and bear? How have they performed for you? Are they accurate at long range? I was thinking about making some hand loads for a 300 Remington short mag. They would be 180 grain.

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Re: nosler accubond?????
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2013, 09:20:08 AM »
Love em. While guiding in southern Colorado and New Mexico I had many clients that used them and took many elk with that exact load.  I also *censored* my bull moose this year with my 300 wsm and 180 gr nosler accubond. Bull fell in his tracks and never new what hit him.  1 bull in particular I remember I could put my fist through the lungs and he was shot at 400+yards. Hope this helps.

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Re: nosler accubond?????
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2013, 09:24:16 AM »
I need to try them myself ...always been a Hornaday kinda guy but the issue right now is trying to find some to buy  :dunno: :chuckle:

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Re: nosler accubond?????
« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2013, 09:35:46 AM »
Many 270wsm's love the 140. I like the performance and am confident out to 500yards. Good luck.

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Re: nosler accubond?????
« Reply #4 on: December 29, 2013, 09:40:07 AM »
I have had very good luck with Accubonds in my 300WM, accurate and great retention

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Re: nosler accubond?????
« Reply #5 on: December 29, 2013, 09:40:54 AM »
"Are they accurate at long range?"

Accuracy is a factor of many, many variables. Bullet selection is quite a ways down the list.  Most guns can be made to shoot most bullets well most of the time for most shooters.

I prefer Barnes bullets but have used Accubonds with good results.
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Re: nosler accubond?????
« Reply #6 on: December 29, 2013, 10:11:13 AM »
The Accubond is more accurate at long range than the Partition. Boat tail bullet is stable. I shoot 200 Gr Accubonrd out of my 30-378. I shot a deer in New Mexico at 975 yds this year. 1 shot , 1 kill. Double lung shot.

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Re: nosler accubond?????
« Reply #7 on: December 29, 2013, 10:12:07 AM »
I switched to nosler accubonds this year and love them .  2 antelope , 1 blacktail , 1 muley , and 1 elk this year couldn't disagree more .  My 270 loves them too.

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Re: nosler accubond?????
« Reply #8 on: December 29, 2013, 10:13:03 AM »
I've used Accubonds in my 270 win, 7mm SAU, and 300 Ultra mag. Accuracy has been great with out to 500 with the 270, 7mm and the 300 will shoot 2 inch groups at 600! 10-15 animals have been taken from coyotes to elk between the three guns.
 I had always been a partition fan with my handloads until nosler developed the accubonds! I still use partitions in my short range thumpers but everything else gets fed Accubonds.

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Re: nosler accubond?????
« Reply #9 on: December 29, 2013, 10:20:26 AM »
300WSM with 180 gn accubonds have been awesome for me. I got lucky with my Browning A-bolt. Not only do they have awesome terminal ballistics, but they shoot about .6 MOA with the factory ammo. All around great set up for elk and bear. Maybe a little overkill for blacktails.
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Re: nosler accubond?????
« Reply #10 on: December 29, 2013, 10:21:37 AM »
I went to Accubonds from Barnes in my 30-378 three years ago.  The Barnes performed great and the Accubonds even better.  Since I switched a few deer and an elk so far with this years mule deer at < 600 > yards, double lunged with fantastic performance.  Still shoot Barnes out of the .243 with satisfactory performance on a very large bear at 75 yards last year.  Cannot go wrong with either IMO. 
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Re: nosler accubond?????
« Reply #11 on: December 29, 2013, 12:47:43 PM »
Ive shot deer elk and bear with my 225gr accubonds out of my 338win. Every animal didnt make it very far. Ive made shots from 10yds-550yds and the accubond expanded and held together. Ive had bad luck with barnes.

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Re: nosler accubond?????
« Reply #12 on: December 29, 2013, 01:53:07 PM »
Here's a 150gr Accubond shot from my .300 WSM recovered from a Mulie just under the hide on the off side. The shot was just shy of 400 yard, I believe 379. I can't exactly recal.





This is a 260gr Accubond I recovered from a Mulie, shot from a .375 Ultra Magnum at 560 yards.



Great bullets! Accurate, good BC's. Since they hit the market it's bassicaly all I have shot for hunting  in all my rifles with the aception of a Hornady here and there.

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Re: nosler accubond?????
« Reply #13 on: December 29, 2013, 04:13:16 PM »
Thanks for the input I'll have to try and get some loaded up!

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Re: nosler accubond?????
« Reply #14 on: December 29, 2013, 04:35:06 PM »
I've had good accuracy and performance on game with mine, will continue to use them

 


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