Accubond performance?

[Damnimissed]

I haven't used accubonds until this year, when I started handloading. I'm loading 140gr accubonds over 57gr of imr7828 in my 270win. It should be in the neighborhood of 2950fps.
The other day I took a hard quartering shot on a blacktail, which entered through 3 of the back ribs center punched the heart and exited out the brisket with pretty much no bloodshot. Now, I'm used to 300wm performance with core-lokts. A heart shot with that combo is devastating. So I'm wondering if this kind of performance is typical. The penetration was impressive but does expansion look ok?

[actionshooter]

Looks like it died............

I have had great luck with accubonds all the way around, penetration and retention.

[Griiz]

Looks good to me. That bullet is made to hold together and penetrate and not blow up like a corlok.  You will put animals down, get exit holes, and not ruin as much meat. I personaly like knowing I will get good penetration.

[Hunting7mm]

I shoot 160gr. Accubonds out of my 7mm mag. I matched my bullet speed 2850 to my Leupold BC reticle.  I've been shooting accubonds for years and have taken numerous animals.  My problem is the amount of damage Accubonds do.  This years blacktail had a hole the size of my fist exiting. 

[Damnimissed]

yeah, I'm aware of how tough they are. It just got me wondering if had I not hit his heart, would it have been a long tracking job. I really like the lack of bloodshot

[Biggerhammer]

Hahaha! It's dead!

Their supposed to do "Damage".

Accubonds are pretty much all I shoot. But I still have soft spot for the  Hornady Interlock's and depending on the cartridge still slum them and animals die just the same.

Here's a few we have recovered.

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







150gr Accubond I recovered from just under the hide on the off side of a mulie I shot in the 380yard range or so with a .300 WSM.










Those two bucks are almost identical, accept the point sides are reversed. Both shot within 300 yards of each other 3 years apart.

[jrebel]

I would have expected more damage.  My muzzleloader did more damage to a bucks heart with significantly less velocity.   With that said I think if you hit vitals it will kill it with the expansion seen there.   

[BOWHUNTER45]

I shoot 160gr. Accubonds out of my 7mm mag. I matched my bullet speed 2850 to my Leupold BC reticle.  I've been shooting accubonds for years and have taken numerous animals.  My problem is the amount of damage Accubonds do.  This years blacktail had a hole the size of my fist exiting.

I loaded some for a friend and he just killed a dandy blacktail and the exit hole was about the size of a quarter .. very little meat wasted and dropped on the spot ...1st time I ever messed with them ...he now loves them 

[Biggerhammer]

I feel they perform almost identical to the Nosler Partition but have a higher BC and the polymere tip. I really like the Nolser Partition.

[sirmissalot]

Looks perfect to me

[RadSav]

How far was the shot?  Hard to tell what the damage should look like until you know what the impact velocity was.  What did the lungs look like?

[Taco280AI]

I've had great performance with them. Only recovered two out of ten(ish). Had a blacktail a bit over 200 yards, quartering away downhill. Broke three ribs on impact, took out a third of his heart, one of his lungs, broke the off shoulder, and gone. Another was a quartering away BT at 100 yards. Broke seven ribs before crossing the body and two more on the off side before coming to rest under the hide.

[lewy]

  I have recently changed to accubonds and have killed deer, elk and moose so far with them. I have yet to try em on a bear, and am a little concerned due to the pinhole in affect and minimal blood trail. I typically hunt bear on the westside in the thick stuff so a blood trail is vital in recoverey.

[starbailey]

I've had nothing but good results with Accubonds and have been shooting them for years. 180s in a 300 ultra, 160s in 7mag, 140s in 270 win. I've killed more with the 7mm combo with the latest being a moose at 220 yards. First shot took out the front shoulder and was found next to hide on far side. Bullet performance looked perfect.
 All around great bullet.

[Damnimissed]

How far was the shot?  Hard to tell what the damage should look like until you know what the impact velocity was.  What did the lungs look like?

I knew I forgot some critical info lol
It was about an 80yd shot. It clipped a lung, as well.
I guess I'm just used to scooping out liquified internals and this is the first non magnum I've used on game (I'm not a kid anymore) so I was just a little surprised at the results.