Nosler accubond

[Benchguy57]

I've been wanting to work up some loads for my Remington 700 7mm rem mag using 140 and 160 grain accubonds.

Heard a lot if good things about this bullet.

I mostly hunt whitetail, but possibly hogs and hopefully elk in the not too distant future.

I hunt in southern Missouri, so shots are anywhere from 30 yards to 200 yards.

Any pet loads would also be awesome.

any first hand info on how the bullet performs out of your 7mag

Thanks a bunch.






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[mclevela]

I have never been over whelmed by the Accubond. Tried it in several rifles and accuracy was always so so.

For the 160 any of the slow burning powders work well.

For the 140 4831 or 4350 which will work for the 160 also.

Given your shooting range parameters I would choose either the 120 gr or 140 gr. Barnes TSX or TTSX.

 

[Benchguy57]

I have a buddy that I loaded some 130 grain tsx, for his 300 win mag and all the deer he's shot, We have had to track 200 plus yards.
I wanted to try some of the Barnes, just after seeing that I have stayed away.

Maybe worth giving another try, not like there anymore $$ than the accubonds.





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[Rookie]

I get tighter groups with Berger bullets than with the accubonds but I hunt with the accubonds. Had a bad experience with Bergers on whitetail at close range. Accubonds are excellent hunting bullets.

 

[Weaselthis]

140's from wife's 7-08, 6 African animals: kudu, gemsbok, zebra, impala, springbok, blesbok. All one shot kills. Gemsbok traveled the farthest, about 75 yds.

Son's 7RM w/ 160's is a MOA rifle and he's killed several elk and deer w/ it.
I've not killed anything w/ them yet in my 280AI, but the 160's shoot a lot of .850 MOA groups at 300yd at 3015fps.

I've got some 175ABLR's on the shelf waiting for a 7mm/300WM to be built. Should be the hammer of gawd!

I LIKE the Accubonds so far. I have comp guns that shoot other bullets into smaller groups, but the as long as the AB's shoot Minute of Critter, I'm GTG.

Good luck w/ whatever you decide to do.

 

[Benchguy57]

Thanks for the replies.
I've decided to order some accubonds and also found some partitions on sale, so we will see how my gun likes em.



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[Jcub]

Can't go wrong with either bullet. Partitions are a flat base bullet. Flat base's really shine 300 and in.

 

[Steve1]

I just discovered a magic load for my 270. I went up a 1/2 grain of powder, and shot a 1/4 inch, four shot group, at 100 yards. I was using 140 grain Accu-bond bullets. I was going to try Berger bullets next, but Accu-bond are proving extremely accurate, so I have no desire to try anything else. I've heard they hold together and expand well on game. I need to shoot some more animals to find out....

 

[Steve1]

I couldn't get Nosler Partitions to shoot under a inch and a half, at 100 yards. They do really hold together well, when hitting bone. I used to hunt with them a lot 35 years ago.

Nosler Ballistic Tip were very accurate in my testing, but I had several blow up on the shoulder blades of deer and not penetrate deep enough. I quit using them. I heard that the early version of Ballistic Tip bullets were more explosive than the newer ones. All I know for sure is that I quit buying them....

 

[Benchguy57]

I couldn't get Nosler Partitions to shoot under a inch and a half, at 100 yards. They do really hold together well, when hitting bone. I used to hunt with them a lot 35 years ago.

Nosler Ballistic Tip were very accurate in my testing, but I had several blow up on the shoulder blades of deer and not penetrate deep enough. I quit using them. I heard that the early version of Ballistic Tip bullets were more explosive than the newer ones. All I know for sure is that I quit buying them....

Agreed about the ballistic tips.
I used to use them in my 7mag and hit a few deer with em.....Let's just say I felt bad for the deer because the bullets never passed through the first half of the animal.
I still shoot them at paper, but not at game.
I'm all about clean ETHICAL kills.





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[Painless300]

I am shooting hand loads 180g Accubonds in a 300 WSM custom rifle and getting around 1/2"-3/4" groups plenty good enough for hunting. The bonded bullet does not do as well on whitetails as it does elk. I learned to make shoulder shots on whitetails to hit some bone so the bullet will expand better otherwise you will just get pass through and then and 100-200 yard blood trail!
My advise is to shoot Sierra Game Kings they are devastating on whitetails, 1/2" or better groups and cheap. Got a 165g load worked up and that all I use anymore on whitetails.

 

[Brux]

I am shooting the ballistic tips for hunting and they have worked very good for me and very accurate.

 

[moparguy]

The 110 acubonds shoot great out of my 25-06. Every whitetail that I have shot with them has been D. R. T..

 

[KYpatriot]

I have never been over whelmed by the Accubond. Tried it in several rifles and accuracy was always so so.

For the 160 any of the slow burning powders work well.

For the 140 4831 or 4350 which will work for the 160 also.


Given your shooting range parameters I would choose either the 120 gr or 140 gr. Barnes TSX or TTSX.

Hmmm. I have exactly the opposite experience. They have been as accurate as SMKs for me, just have very slightly more drop and drift. Perform way better on game, because they are consistent. They are the only thing I hunt with now.

 

[1J04]

For many years the Partition, and then the Accubond, were my go to bullet. 160's outta my 7MM has dropped "everything" it's been sent flying at. I've had one Blacktail that didn't get mowed over with an Accubond at 380 yds in a helluva wind and rain storm so I hit him again just to keep'em from getting into the Reprod. Both hits complete pass throughs. One Bull Elk at 115 yds slightly down hill facing right at me took one through the chest and I watched it hit behind him on the logging road. Ran him end to end, staggered sideways once and tipped over deader than hell. I love'm, but now I'm hung up on one bullet, 168 Bergers for everything. Have yet to require follow up shot on Deer, Elk, and plenty of Yotes for myself and a few others I load'em for.

 

[Benchguy57]

For many years the Partition, and then the Accubond, were my go to bullet. 160's outta my 7MM has dropped "everything" it's been sent flying at. I've had one Blacktail that didn't get mowed over with an Accubond at 380 yds in a helluva wind and rain storm so I hit him again just to keep'em from getting into the Reprod. Both hits complete pass throughs. One Bull Elk at 115 yds slightly down hill facing right at me took one through the chest and I watched it hit behind him on the logging road. Ran him end to end, staggered sideways once and tipped over deader than hell. I love'm, but now I'm hung up on one bullet, 168 Bergers for everything. Have yet to require follow up shot on Deer, Elk, and plenty of Yotes for myself and a few others I load'em for.

I have heard really good things about the Bergers.

How do they hold up ?

Have any pictures of the wound channel?


I hate wasting meat cause it's been too beaten up by shock.

Thanks.


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[Clark]

My 2013 buck at 477 yards was bang flop with the 7mmRemMag, I feel the best cartridge in long range hunting trade offs with weight, recoil, windage, trajectory, and terminal energy.

I am using 70 gr H4350 140 gr Nos BT moly 3.34" in 7mmRM.
That is 11 gr over Hodgdon data, ~ 19% extra.
I think my jug of H4350 may be 4% slow.
The moly may slow it down almost 1%, so that would be 66.5 gr normalized, which is still 7.5 gr over published.
And I have a few grains safety margin on long brass life.

 

[1J04]

I have heard really good things about the Bergers.

How do they hold up ?

Have any pictures of the wound channel?

I hate wasting meat cause it's been too beaten up by shock.

Thanks.

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Sorry, don't have one pic of any wound channels. We have not blown up an animal with these yet. Rather impressed with that so far. They are devastating I'll tell ya that and they definately release it all within the animal as far as hydrostatic shock.

We've have 3 animals not drop to the shot. 1 Muley, 1 Blacktail, and 1 Elk. The 2 Deer were hit with 168's outta a 7STW and a 7 Mag. The Elk was hit with a 210 outta a 300 Mag. All three of them just stood there dead on their feet wondering what the hell just happened, then they tipped over They were 340yds, 180yds, and 512yds respectively.

 

[No1]

160 Accubond or Partition, RL 19 61.5g, either CCI250 or Rem 9 1/2M primer. That's my load.