.30 caliber 200 grain accubond

[ACCUBOND]

Killed several animals with accubonds, average about 67% retention. Usually find them just under the hide on the far side. I love what a rep. said at a sportsman show when a person complained that his accubond failed when he killed his elk (only went 30 yards)  because he never had a ton of retention. The rep. said "so tell me, at what point in the elk dying did the bullet fail" 

[actionshooter]

The largest peice of the bullet I found the first time was about 90 grains and the second time the I never found the majority of the bullet but found several pieces of jacket. Both times the jacket, lead completely seperated. I haven't read anything bad about accubonds, but thats my experience.
 FYI, my shots were at 175yards and then 250. So it wasn't really close.

 In both cases I found the elk within 50 yards of where they were hit.  Maybe I got a bad batch 

Did they exit?

1 did 1 didn't. Like I said the Elk died, I didn't have to chase them.  I have had perfect performance out of TSX but the accubonds fly a little better. Nothing is perfect 

[JoshT]

Damn straight nothing's perfect... You shoot enough bullets into enough stuff... and you'll always be able to find an anomally. At the end of the day... there is no perfect bullet, unless you ask the Kennedy cospiracy theorists.

The Partition is truly about the closest thing we have to a "perfect" bullet... except for the soup can BCs. I like a bullet that sheds a little weight... they do more proximity damage... but I also like exit wounds when I can get them. I've killed piles of stuff with the ballistic tip... most guys hate them... but I like the 50% weight retention... and they have exited 90% of the time for me. I think the Accubond is just a step up from the NBT... and that's a good thing.

[jackelope]

i've seen about 5 deer killed by a 7mag shooting 120 NBT's and all 5 were very dead right now as a result.
never a bad experience from them on deer...    about elk or bears.
they also kill coyotes really dead too.

[Craig]

For the last couple years I have used 200 grain accubonds. They worked great. I bought a box of 180 grain barns triple shock to try. I have seen some people say the triple shock go right through the animal and not enough damage is done. I am starting to second guess buying the triple shock bullets. I am shooting a 300 RUM.  I will be hunting elk.

[jackelope]

i've been hunting the last 5 years or so with 165 grn triple shocks out of my '06 and they do the job really good. deer were dead right away.

[bearpaw]

I'm with jackelope....

Seen lots of deer and elk out to 500+ killed with Barnes 165 and 180 TSX, I can't say for sure about them on bear yet though.

The partition is very good, but don't get the penetration and don't always exit because of that. Exit wounds make better blood trails and result in less lost game in my opinion. However, you do need heavy damage before the bullet exits, and the tsx seems to do that.

[Yak-NDN]

Accubond is an outstanding bullet use it with my 338/225gr and my 270wsm 140gr my 338 usually don't penetrate threw but that is fine I only need to use my Indian instincts and track them for about 30yrd and they are down.
The way I look at it is if it doesn't go threw they just took a ton to the side now that is a hit. Almost not blood shot.

[Yak-NDN]

Oh almost forgot I do use 200gr accubond in my 300mag excellent..

[Intruder]

I'm with jackelope....

Seen lots of deer and elk out to 500+ killed with Barnes 165 and 180 TSX, I can't say for sure about them on bear yet though.

The partition is very good, but don't get the penetration and don't always exit because of that. Exit wounds make better blood trails and result in less lost game in my opinion. However, you do need heavy damage before the bullet exits, and the tsx seems to do that.

+1 on the TSX and exit wounds.  Been super duper impressed with what their terminal performance is... although not quite as accurate as some others. 

Accubond, Interbonds, Sciorrocos, A-Frame, BearClaws are all good too.