Hunting Washington Forum
Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: washelkhntr on January 07, 2012, 11:30:13 PM
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So I have been playing around with these three bullets in my 300WSM. All 180 grain. All three types shoot pretty darn good and give me consistent groups that I would be more than happy to take into the field. I have little expierence with the Accubond and none with the Etip. But I know first hand what the TTSX does.
I am doing a moose trip to BC this fall and am contemplating a new bullet and load.
I would like to hear all your comments on what bullet you like and what expierence you have had with them.
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I have reloaded and shot game with the Nosler Accubonds. 140gr. Accubonds in my 270wsm and 200gr. Patitions in the 300 H&H. Both bullets have not failed me. I would load up each and see what groups best in you rifle. :twocents:
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I can put some good feedback in here for you. I have shot all three, never had any luck with the barnes bullets shooting well for me. I have been a die hard partition fan! I was talking to my friend that works at nosler and he wanted me to shoot the etip and accubonds. So I switched a few of them over to run them! Both are tack drivers. I was running the 180 etip in my 300 win mag. The 140 accubond in my 270wsm. I shot 2 animals with the etip a boar hog and a bear. The bullet was flat ass amazing with the way it preformed on both animals. Neither one of them took a step after the bullet hit them. The bear made all time books for me as well :tup: Then I shot 6 animals with the accubonds. I love them just as much, the etip will take a higher fps to really expand well. The accubond works great when you get out on the longer shots when your fps start to fall. I am talking 600 yards+ For most of the rds used for the longer range hunting. I am also running them in a long range gun right now and have been very happy with them in it as well. It is a tuff choice both bullets are top notch and both have there place. I got my cousin to shoot them this year as well. He went to alaska and shot a bull moose with them and his partner used his gun to shoot his moose as well.
To sum it up both bullets are top notch :tup: If you are hunting the bigger/dangerous game etip all the way for shots under 500y. For critters like deer and such I would go with the accubond, if you are shooting 500+ yards I would go with the accubond as well. That said buy a box of both and shoot them side by side and see what groups the best in you gun and then go with that one. I trust my hunts and my life to my nosler bullets :tup:
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You can't go wrong with any of the flavors Nosler has to offer.
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Swift Scirocco.
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I run Noslers through my .22 cals
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None of those :chuckle: Hornaday all the way :yeah: :chuckle:
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Any one of those mentioned will do just fine. Don't sweat the difference, shoot the accurate one.
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I was wondering the same. I just picked up a .300 WSM and picked up a box to sight in. I looked at the noslers, barnes, federals and hornadays and decided to try out the barnes ttsx 165 grains. The claims seem to be pretty good on them for mushrooming to twice the diameter and such. But the reviews on the nosler accubonds are just as good and abundant.
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I have never shot a moose.. But I'm a fan of Partitions, CoreLokts and SilverTips on deer and bear. That said, I do believe that most ranges for shooting moose would be well under 200yds. I would go with a 200gn bullet in moose/griz country that gave extreme penetration without fragmentation at the shorter distances that would have more retained velocity. Of your choices listed, I'd probably go with the Accubonds as long as they 'feed' and shoot well.
In my 30-338 that has much the same balistic ability of your 300wsm, I'd probably go with the old 190gn Hornady BTSP that I have been happy with. As I am nearly out of them, I would probably go with the Hornady 208gn A-Max. It is a BT solid. Edit: I now see that the Hornady 190gn BT Interlock is still available. That would be my bullet choice. -But there have been a lot of moose killed with Nosler partitions too.
-Steve
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Yeah they are all good but I know I have not seen many mushroom like a hornaday interlock ...and flat out drops sheet :twocents: I also have a 300 WSM and my kid will be using this coming week with 180 gr hornaday interlock .... :yeah:
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Swift Scirocco.
The Swift Sirocco is a killing machine. Over on the HIDE there is a guy that shoots Elk as part of his job( Culling) and allot of them to the tune of 400 plus a year. State or federal job, I can't recall. I defenitly got the feeling he was in the know how when it came to tipping elk over. Out of everything he had tried/used he swore by the .30 cal 180gr Sirocco when it came to anchoring elk.
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I tried them once but never came up with a group I liked but then again its all a personal kinda thing .... Its just hard to leave hornaday when they have proven flawlessly over all the years of shooting them .... :tup:
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Any of your choices will do the job quite well.
Me, of your choices, Accubond. My hunting partners have all transitioned from Partitions to Accubonds over the years with similar results they previously had.
I prefer Partitions only because they have done me well for over 30 years without a single time of disappointment. But, it's also the only bullet I have ever loaded for hunting purposes.
I have considered changing/trying something else off and on for years, probably Barnes, but I keep going back to why? They have not failed me to date.
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I tried them once but never came up with a group I liked but then again its all a personal kinda thing .... Its just hard to leave hornaday when they have proven flawlessly over all the years of shooting them .... :tup:
A friend of mine shot the current world record California sheep with a ghetto .30 Cal 150gr Hornady Interlock. :chuckle: :tup: To top it off, he did it with a Tikka, damn I hate those Tikka's !
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Any well driven bullet of reasonable construction is better than an exploding tip super penetrator that misses clean. They are moose, not pissed off hippopotamus'
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I think they are all great bullets. In my opinion it comes down to personal preference and which shoots best out of the gun. I like high weight retaining deep penetrating bullets, which all of these are. I initially was having trouble getting good groups with the Barnes, but after switching powders I was able to close my groups up tight. I have killed deer elk bear and antelope with the Barnes TTSX and if it doesn't drop them in their tracks, they don't go far.
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I shoot the 140 accubond from my 270win. Great performance on deer, and it passed threw my cow elk and dropped her in her tracks. Massive damage to the vitals.
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old school silvertips in 180gr. It dose the trick everytime, and is a sure bet to tell wich bullet killed the animal if theres a dispute.
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I have been shooting Barnes TSX for about 11 years now, and love them. I cannot speak to the others as I haven't used them. The Barnes is easy to load in my experience, and the 185 grainer out of my .338-06 is an absolute killing machine that is pleasant to shoot. Penetration is excellent with very little meat damage because there is no fragmentation.
Best of luck with your hunt.
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out of all the bullets I have used i trust the accubond the most. Ive killed coyote, bear, deer, and elk with the 225gr 338win and now failed all pentrated very well and made the insides all nasty with little meat lose in the big game but still expanded and did its job on the coyotes :tup:
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I run the Hornady 162gr SST through my Savage 7mm mag and get 2" groups at 200yds (factory loads)
