Bowhntr Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 Has anyone shot the new Nosler Accubond yet. I'm looking for a bullet to load in my 308 and I've been looking at this one in 150 grain. I love Nosler bullets but I'm not really a fan of the rapid expansion in the ballistic tip and the partition is a lead tip and maybe a bit much for whitetail. I really like the looks of the polymer tipped Accubond but I'm wondering how it performs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 Re: Nosler Accubond I shot one whitetail with a 140 gr. AccuBond from my 7-STW (3605 fps). It was a 275 yard shot through the ribs. Zero blood trail, nearly zero indication of any type of hit, 7mm exit hole, 90 yard recovery.........in goldenrod. Nearly did not find the deer. Wife's uncle shot one into an elk's ribcage out of a 338 RUM and had a poor result. Had he hit shoulder bone he feels he would have gotten a massive flesh wound. Mine did not expand. His blew apart. Go figger. I'm not too impressed by them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Daddy Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 Re: Nosler Accubond In October 2005 I shot a mule deer buck (110 yards), antelope buck (200 yards) and antelope doe (200 yards) with 110 gr accubonds. My 25-06 is real accurate with these bullets. Three one shot kills. Then in December 2005 (40 yards) and again in December 2006 (140 yards) I shot whitetail bucks with the same bullets - again one shot kills - all with pass thrus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaCoyote Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 Re: Nosler Accubond I've never shot the accubond, but I have shot the Hornady interbond and the Swift Scirroco. These are all basically the same as the Nosler. I've killed deer with both bullets and would highly recommend either. The Swift shoots better in my 06 so thats what I am useing right now and so far it's done what it's supposed to. These are great bullets. They do not shed weight and they really fly well and penetrate as advertisied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowhntr Posted January 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 Re: Nosler Accubond [ QUOTE ] I shot one whitetail with a 140 gr. AccuBond from my 7-STW (3605 fps). It was a 275 yard shot through the ribs. Zero blood trail, nearly zero indication of any type of hit, 7mm exit hole, 90 yard recovery.........in goldenrod. Nearly did not find the deer. Wife's uncle shot one into an elk's ribcage out of a 338 RUM and had a poor result. Had he hit shoulder bone he feels he would have gotten a massive flesh wound. Mine did not expand. His blew apart. Go figger. I'm not too impressed by them. [/ QUOTE ] I'll be launching them at sub 3100fps at the muzzle. Nosler recommends maximum impact velocity at 3100fps, that may be why you had troubles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 Re: Nosler Accubond [ QUOTE ] I'll be launching them at sub 3100fps at the muzzle. Nosler recommends maximum impact velocity at 3100fps, that may be why you had troubles. [/ QUOTE ] Wouldn't you think that the extra velocity above what Nosler recommends would cause bullet breakup, though? Instead, the thing never expanded. Dunno. I'm not sure I could get the STW to shoot that slow, anyhow. I've switched to the Barnes TSX. It groups better than the AccuBond ever did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowhntr Posted January 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 Re: Nosler Accubond [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I'll be launching them at sub 3100fps at the muzzle. Nosler recommends maximum impact velocity at 3100fps, that may be why you had troubles. [/ QUOTE ] Wouldn't you think that the extra velocity above what Nosler recommends would cause bullet breakup, though? Instead, the thing never expanded. Dunno. I'm not sure I could get the STW to shoot that slow, anyhow. I've switched to the Barnes TSX. It groups better than the AccuBond ever did. [/ QUOTE ] You would think so but I have had both problems (break up and no expansion) out of the same gun with a load that I used to shoot. I've had ballistic tips explode on impact and not expand at all on the next shot. Now that I know more about what I was doing I was running them about 200 fps over recommended max....Go figure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 Re: Nosler Accubond Seems funny to me that a bullet company would design a so-called "high performance" hunting bullet and then tell you "Oh......by the way.......don't hit anything with it above 3100 fps or it ain't gonna work". Seems that would eliminate us by all the guys with the big 7's, which, I would think, is who they should be aiming their marketing towards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 Re: Nosler Accubond [ QUOTE ] I'm looking for a bullet to load in my 308 and I've been looking at this one in 150 grain. [/ QUOTE ] Here's a suggestion.........as long as you don't feel the need to pay a lot of money for your bullets. I load the good old Winchester Power Point 150 gr. for our 308's. These things are as reasonable as hunting bullets get, price-wise. They group exceptionally well. And they flatten whitetails like a Mack truck. Here's what one did for another forum member, Lilmissdangerous, this past season.(Oh, yeah....BTW......she's my little girl. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowhntr Posted January 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Re: Nosler Accubond [ QUOTE ] Seems funny to me that a bullet company would design a so-called "high performance" hunting bullet and then tell you "Oh......by the way.......don't hit anything with it above 3100 fps or it ain't gonna work". Seems that would eliminate us by all the guys with the big 7's, which, I would think, is who they should be aiming their marketing towards. [/ QUOTE ] I guess you are right in that regard but on the other hand they may have a different logic. They may be thingking that most of the "big gun" shooters are going after large game ie. moose, elk, and the big bears. With that in mind they do offer so many other bullets like the partition that may be designed for much higher impact velocities. I just haven't looked at them that close. I appreciate the heads up about the WInchester bullet but I love Nosler's products. I'm going to load either the partition or the accubond in 150, just still working on which one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted January 11, 2007 Report Share Posted January 11, 2007 Re: Nosler Accubond Oh come on Bowhntr, that would only make sence. The OTPG guys have no time for common sence. Bigger is always better, and dad-gum-it we want perfect performance when we shoot little critters at point blank range or reach all the wya out to 100 yards and take them. With minimal meat damage also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Colorado Bob Posted January 11, 2007 Report Share Posted January 11, 2007 Re: Nosler Accubond Bowhntr----Nolser use to make a solid base bullet. I"ve used them in the past out of my 06-----they were pretty accurate. I used them on antelope & a couple elk. I don't know if they still make them. I shoot "Hornady" bullets now, so I've no experience with the AccuBond. On other boards, people seem to like it in both accuracy & preformance. Hope this helps. CB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted January 11, 2007 Report Share Posted January 11, 2007 Re: Nosler Accubond [ QUOTE ] The OTPG guys have no time for common sence. Bigger is always better, and dad-gum-it we want perfect performance when we shoot little critters at point blank range or reach all the wya out to 100 yards and take them. With minimal meat damage also. [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, baby!!!!!!! But, if you'll notice, the whitey I shot was at 275 yards. I neglected to include the range on wife's uncle's elk. But it was 200 yards or a snad more. Neither bullet performed as advertised. Co-inky-dink??? Maybe. But I ain't awful willing to try it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian_Goose Posted January 11, 2007 Report Share Posted January 11, 2007 Re: Nosler Accubond [ QUOTE ] Oh come on Bowhntr, that would only make sence. The OTPG guys have no time for common sence. Bigger is always better, and dad-gum-it we want perfect performance when we shoot little critters at point blank range or reach all the wya out to 100 yards and take them. With minimal meat damage also. [/ QUOTE ] You forgot about the high fps is that too much to ask? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowhntr Posted January 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2007 Re: Nosler Accubond [ QUOTE ] Oh come on Bowhntr, that would only make sence. The OTPG guys have no time for common sence. Bigger is always better, and dad-gum-it we want perfect performance when we shoot little critters at point blank range or reach all the wya out to 100 yards and take them. With minimal meat damage also. [/ QUOTE ] Hmmm, interesting delima. You know I bet that solid copper bullet that they use on cape buffalo would give a good combination of what you are looking for.....BANG, flop and almost no meat damage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robk Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 Re: Nosler Accubond i shot the accubond and it was okay. i too am a 308 person and i found the 130 barnes triple shock shot better than the accubond. saying that i would shoot an accubond no problem if it came down to it but i just prefered the action of the 130 gr barnes rob k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasDeerHunter Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 Re: Nosler Accubond I use the accubond in my 30-06 and have been pleased with it. Barnes seem to work really well too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.