What's your choice for a bonded bullet for a 30 caliber?

[AppalachianHollers]

Curious why nobody has mentioned the Federal Fusion? Basically a bonded soft-point.
Does one generally need a design with a shank/solid middle core to get good penetration on moose?

 

[Twtxga]

200 gr accubond

i did not like the performance of a eld-x out of a 7mm prc on aoudad month. broke the front should but took 2 more after

 

[jeffpenland123]

300 PRC

180 grain accubond will do the job out to 600 yard i know a boy who went elk hunting with the accubond 6.5 prc 600 yards droped dead in his tracks. do not use the accubond long range for a shot inside 200 yards it will kinda explode i have heard that i do not know if it explodeing is true or not.

 

[jeffpenland123]

You might take a look at the Norma Bondstrike. Flies under the radar but is supposed to be a great bullet.

my incle used the norma tipstrike out of his 30-06 on a whitetail it did amazing. i would say the bondstrike would do good.

 

[jeffpenland123]

partitions are not bonded like the accubond or swift a-frame.

 

[gerry35]

Accubond or Scirocco are my choices. Hopefully Woodleigh comes on the market again soon.

 

[Laelkhunter]

partitions are not bonded like the accubond or swift a-frame.

I was going to say that if you like Nosler Partitions but want a bonded bullet, the Swift A-Frames are the ones you want, but jeffpenland123 beat me to it.

 

[jeffpenland123]

I was going to say that if you like Nosler Partitions but want a bonded bullet, the Swift A-Frames are the ones you want.

yep i hear it's hard to get swift a-frame is this true i can't get them nowhere.

 

[Laelkhunter]

yep i hear it's hard to get swift a-frame is this true i can't get them nowhere.

I heard that too. I no longer use them, I went to the Barnes 225 TTSX in my .340. I was using the 225 A-Frame, but found them not as accurate as the TTSX.

 

[Aviator]

200 AB all day long.

 

[jeffpenland123]

I heard that too. I no longer use them, I went to the Barnes 225 TTSX in my .340. I was using the 225 A-Frame, but found them not as accurate as the TTSX.

you have a 340 weatherby mag

 

[jeffpenland123]

I heard that too. I no longer use them, I went to the Barnes 225 TTSX in my .340. I was using the 225 A-Frame, but found them not as accurate as the TTSX.

you have a 340 weatherby mag

 

[Laelkhunter]

you have a 340 weatherby mag

Yes

 

[rcook10]

All the good ones have been mentioned that i can think of except the federal terminal ascents. Hard to get as a component but the loaded ammo has been stellar for me. I don’t know what they are loading their 308 line with but i’m getting 2500+ out of a 16” barrel with an sd of 8 on a 10 round string. Damn good accuracy, damn good terminal performance at close and long range.

 

[Carl Ervine]

I heard that too. I no longer use them, I went to the Barnes 225 TTSX in my .340. I was using the 225 A-Frame, but found them not as accurate as the TTSX.

I second that

 

[thinhorn_AK]

Personally for moose my go to will be partitions for my 06 this fall.

180g partitions out of a 30-06 are tough to beat.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

Accubond lr's are hot garbage! Go with the original accubond. You can't go wrong with the 180s, they were my favorite bullet for a very long time.

Out of curiosity why do you say that? This past season I helped a friend get his first bull, he used my 30-06 with my hand loads using the 190g ABLR and dropped a great moose with a single shot just past 300yds.

I was able to get that bullet shooting right under an inch at 100yds hitting a MV right around 2650fps. It made for a very comfortable shooting and predictable load. I’d not hesitate to use it again.

Have you seen the ABLR perform poorly?

 

[Mangata]

I have shot moose with A-frames, Tsx, Ttsx, Tbbc with calibers from 30 to 45. No moose that I have shot at has ever escaped the game bag. I have no doubt that the Eldx would be any different in its ability to kill moose. They are impressively large which makes them a better target but they are not difficult to kill.
Practicing your moose calling will improve your success rate much more than bullet choice…

 

[Dioni A]

Out of curiosity why do you say that? This past season I helped a friend get his first bull, he used my 30-06 with my hand loads using the 190g ABLR and dropped a great moose with a single shot just past 300yds.

I was able to get that bullet shooting right under an inch at 100yds hitting a MV right around 2650fps. It made for a very comfortable shooting and predictable load. I’d not hesitate to use it again.

Have you seen the ABLR perform poorly?

In my experience they had inconsistent performance as far as expansion and what it seemed like they did when they hit animals. They were also very fickle to get to shoot well. The regular accubonds were very consistent on game and much easier to get to shoot.

 

[Dbevans]

I am a believer in accubonds after I saw how they dropped my 70 inch moose. The hole in the ribs is from a 180 grain 300 win load


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