Post by: Rob on October 04, 2016, 02:39:00 PM
Post by: 4T on October 04, 2016, 08:33:42 PM
Post by: Rob on October 05, 2016, 07:32:37 AM
Does anyone notice a difference between I7828 and I7828SC?
Post by: BULLBLASTER on October 05, 2016, 07:59:58 AM
Google "getting the most out of vld bullets" and it should show up. It's been posted here before also.
If they will stabilize I'd look at the 180 personally.
Good luck
Post by: 4T on October 05, 2016, 12:54:47 PM
Post by: theleo on October 05, 2016, 02:39:41 PM
I hope it will handle a big bull shoulder without fail.If you give it a couple hundred yards to slow down and don't mind an entire shoulder being blood shot, it'll do just fine. I love Accubonds but asking them to stay together while impacting bone at the speeds the 7 RUM is capable of is a pretty tall order. Anything under 300 yards and I'll bet they come unglued if you hit any bones besides the ribs.
Post by: jackelope on October 05, 2016, 02:52:03 PM
I hope it will handle a big bull shoulder without fail.If you give it a couple hundred yards to slow down and don't mind an entire shoulder being blood shot, it'll do just fine. I love Accubonds but asking them to stay together while impacting bone at the speeds the 7 RUM is capable of is a pretty tall order. Anything under 300 yards and I'll bet they come unglued if you hit any bones besides the ribs.
I completely severed the spine of a very mature mule deer buck at about 75 yards with a 180 grain .30 cal accubond out of a .300 win mag. Accubonds are a bonded, weight retention bullet. You sure you're not talking about Ballistic tips or VLD's? We've killed a bunch of deer with Accubonds of different calibers and cartridges and blood shot meat has never been an issue.
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Post by: theleo on October 05, 2016, 06:57:18 PM
Yes, I'm talking about Accubonds. A solid shoulder hit on a big bull will be much harder on that bullet then a deer spine. It will have started expanding in the heavy shoulder muscle and when it hits the scapula it creates a heck of a shock in the surrounding tissue. They are great bullets and the only ones I shoot through my 280ai, but if you're intentionally targeting the shoulder of an elk, a mono bullet like a Barnes that have a solid stopping point in their expansion are a better option. It's what they are designed for. You can look on Nosler's site and see the "ideal" expansion at the various velocities but the shoulder muscle and scapula will be a far tougher test medium than what they used.I hope it will handle a big bull shoulder without fail.If you give it a couple hundred yards to slow down and don't mind an entire shoulder being blood shot, it'll do just fine. I love Accubonds but asking them to stay together while impacting bone at the speeds the 7 RUM is capable of is a pretty tall order. Anything under 300 yards and I'll bet they come unglued if you hit any bones besides the ribs.
I completely severed the spine of a very mature mule deer buck at about 75 yards with a 180 grain .30 cal accubond out of a .300 win mag. Accubonds are a bonded, weight retention bullet. You sure you're not talking about Ballistic tips or VLD's? We've killed a bunch of deer with Accubonds of different calibers and cartridges and blood shot meat has never been an issue.
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Post by: Rob on October 07, 2016, 08:37:33 AM
WRT to the seating depth, I have not played with that just yet. When working up a load, I try to deal with one variable at a time.
1. Bullet with a couple powders on either end of the burn rate scale
2. Once I find a decent powder/bullet combo. I play with seating depths to dial it in
3. If I am up to it, I will then try a few different primers and see what happens.
Right now my groups are over 2 inches at 100 yards so I am assuming seating depth won't make that big of a difference. I am thinking bullet length is a bigger deal at this stage.
Post by: BULLBLASTER on October 07, 2016, 09:12:18 AM
Work up to a powder charge then run a seating depth test and see what you get. :twocents:
Post by: Rob on October 07, 2016, 09:29:01 AM
Post by: BULLBLASTER on October 07, 2016, 09:55:14 AM
Post by: opdinkslayer on October 08, 2016, 08:31:22 AM
Post by: 4T on October 08, 2016, 11:16:48 AM