160 Nosler Accubond, 162 Eldx, or 168 Berger VLD

[The_Whitetail_Kid]

Of these three choices, which bullet would you go with? This will be in a 7 Mag. I have all three bullets, haven’t shot the Eldx yet, but the AccuBond groups probably the best. It will be primarily used for larger game such as a mule deer and elk and I intend to use it on an upcoming aoudad hunt this fall. Which bullet do y’all think I should go with? Thanks

 

[HUNT JR]

I have shot the 162 ELDX in a 28 nosler and in a 7 mag and the bullet has performed flawlessly from 100-800 yards. Shoots really well for me and kills good.

 

[WeiserBucks]

Of these three choices, which bullet would you go with? This will be in a 7 Mag. I have all three bullets, haven’t shot the Eldx yet, but the AccuBond groups probably the best. It will be primarily used for larger game such as a mule deer and elk and I intend to use it on an upcoming aoudad hunt this fall. Which bullet do y’all think I should go with? Thanks

What is your barrel twist?

 

[The_Whitetail_Kid]

What is your barrel twist?

1:9

 

[WeiserBucks]

I'm a Berger fan and that's almost always my recommendation for most game.

 

[hiker270]

The Nosler Accubond is a bullet that has performed well in every caliber. If it shoots well in your 7 mag. it would be my choice.

 

[mt100gr.]

Berger. The 168s have been extremely effective on game IME.

 

[Breddoch]

Probably no wrong answer but one vote for the accubond from a fanboy.

 

[rmarshall]

Hard to beat a 160 accubond! My ackley loves them and it will smash big bull elk!

 

[kpk]

unless you've got quite a stockpile of accubonds, I'd go ELD-X. Accubonds have been near impossible to get for a couple years now.

 

[manitou1]

AB

 

[Ernie]

Of these three choices, which bullet would you go with? This will be in a 7 Mag. I have all three bullets, haven’t shot the Eldx yet, but the AccuBond groups probably the best. It will be primarily used for larger game such as a mule deer and elk and I intend to use it on an upcoming aoudad hunt this fall. Which bullet do y’all think I should go with? Thanks

AB for first choice and the ELD-X for a close second.
ELD-X as a first choice if I am stretching things out distance wise.
I have killed mule deer and elk with the ELD-X (175 grain 7mm and 143 grain 6.5)

 

[IALoder]

unless you've got quite a stockpile of accubonds, I'd go ELD-X. Accubonds have been near impossible to get for a couple years now.

This! If you can get your hands on some Accubonds, they'd be my #1 choice of those bullets.

 

[The_Whitetail_Kid]

I’ve got to thinking, I also shoot a 6.5 PRC which is rocking the 156 Berger right now, shooting around 2800 fps, would a 160 grain bullet even be that much of a step up or maybe should I look at a higher grain bullet?

 

[Pharmseller]

I use the 162 ELDX in my 7mm Rem Mag with excellent results.



If AccuBonds were as available and affordable I’d probably switch back.

But they’re not.





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[The_Whitetail_Kid]

Thanks for the replies everyone. I went out to the range yesterday just to do some testing, mainly with Berger, but decided to load up few AccuBond that we had laying around.first load I tried ended up shooting a 0.495 3 shot group. I’ve been a berger fan Boy but figured if the accubond shoot this good maybe I should hunt with them. But as mentioned above, very hard to find and pricy when you do.

 

[B23]

Berger. The 168s have been extremely effective on game IME.

Those 168 Bergers do have a pretty good reputation for killin stuff, not to mention they shoot extremely well, so that'd be my vote as well.

 

[SloppyJ]

I'd vote accubond because I have the best results from those. I cannot get my 30-06 to like any of the ELD-X bullets and that's okay because I'm a little scared of them blowing to pieces at short ranges. Granted, this is just from my research and no first hand experience with terminal performance. I don't have too many long shots so toughness is a main factor for me. Hard to try and convince myself to get away from the 0.6" groups with the accubonds too.

 

[Ernie]

These bullets have worked good for me.

143 ELD-X at 350ish with a MV of 2818 fps

Right at 300 yards with the 143 ELD-X

175 grain ELD-X with a MV of 2900 fps (Under 250 yards)

Three elk all taken under 275 yards with the 175 grain ELD-X. One was just under 100 yards

147 grain ELD-M with a MV of 3045 fps. Little beyond 350 yards

 

[The_Whitetail_Kid]

For those of you who have been shooting the ELDX, what has the accuracy been like in 7 mag?