Who used Accubonds this year?

[topher89]

Like the title says, who used Accubonds and how did they do?

I took a deer at 280yds with 165 grain ABs out of my 30-06. It worked really well, 2-3 in exit hole and 2 wrecked lungs. I took an antelope last year with the same load and had the same results.

Just curious how they been working for people.

 

[6mm Remington]

No Accubonds on anything this year but a 165 in my 30-06 a couple years ago took a nice buck at about 250 yards and performed perfectly. I recovered the slug as he was quartering away. Hit near the last rib on the left side going in. Took out lungs, broke right shoulder, and was mushroomed perfectly under the skin on his right shoulder.

Year ago my son used a 180 gr. Accubond in his 300 WSM to shoot a really big cow elk broadside at 100 yards. Behind the shoulder in the lungs, angled up from where he was shooting and clipped the spin, turned back down into the shoulder on the other side breaking it and lodging under the skin. Again perfect performance. The Accubond is one heck of a bullet.

 

[duchntr]

3 deer and 1 bear are in my freezer from this year using 130gr AB factory loads. Shots were from 75-350yds no complaints.

 

[Josh Wright]

My mule deer this year was quartering away at 530 yards. Busted the 3rd to last rib, both lungs, under skin at opposite shoulder with a perfect mushroom. 129 gr ABLR out of a 26 Nosler.

 

[Chad E]

I saw 4 different deer take accubonds this year from 3 different calibers. All 4 were 1 shot kills and pass throughs. Ranges from 125 to 250. I am super happy with the performance of the accubonds and have found them to be very accurate in every rifle I load for.

 

[RCR]

I shoot 130 ABs out of my 270 wtby and have had 1 shot kills on the last 7-8 deer I've shot. Most pass through whatever they hit. No problems with too much damage like the BTs . LOVE that bullet! I'm going to try the 180 ABs out of my 338-06 AI next elk hunt.

 

[bud]

Count me in. 2 antelope, a muley buck, and 6by6 bull. Dead right there. I dont reload so been using nosler trophy grade ammo. It sure is expensive. I killed stuff using using Remington core-lokt at half the price. Guess I needed a premium bullet lol. All out of a 270 win. by the way.

 

[Mckinnon]

My wife shot her bull this year with a 140gr AB out of 270 win at 308 yds this year. Double lung complete pass through, plenty of damage internally, about a 2 " exit

 

[BrentH]

Shot my cow elk this year at a whopping 70 yards with a 180gr Accubond out of my .300wsm. One shot to the neck spun her around 90 degrees and flat as a pancake.

 

[hodgeman]

I've used Accubonds nearly exclusively since 2006. This year three caribou at 40yds, 250yds and 345yds took one each and a wolf at 20' took one too.

 

[MNScrambler]

I shot a whitetail doe this year with a 160 gr. AB out of my 7mm Rem Mag at about 75 yards. Took out the top of the heart and lungs, then exited. 50 yard tracking job. But two years ago, I shot a doe at about 50 yards through the lungs and didn't get a pass through. Not sure what happened but I didn't find any part of the bullet while butchering. Completely came apart upon impact.

 

[bbrown]

Been a Partition fan for years but switched to Accubonds in my Tikka T3 .308 SL. Ended up buying the "blemished" Nosler Trophy Grade factory ammo (only blemishes I could find was finger prints) and the 150's shot better than the 165's out of my rifle.

Took a mature cow elk at 86 yards slightly quartering to, bullet entered behind the front shoulder and traveled the length of her body getting lodged in the offside hind quarter where I recovered it during processing. Really happy with the expansion and ended up weighing 118 grains so it held together fairly well especially considering the shot distance.

Later during first rifle I shot a bull at 126 yards down a fairly steep hill. He went down instantly but I put another one through the neck when he acted like he might stand up. Found the first bullet just behind the hide on the offside and it took more of a beating but still held together pretty well.

All in all I am very happy with the Accubonds and at the "blemished" price. Might even switch my .300 WM over to them if I can find the same deal.

 

[mtnkid85]

225 grain ABs from my 338wm the job on my bull this year.

 

[Beastmode]

130s out of my wife's .270 win this year did a number on her north Idaho whitetail. Thing was dead in 3 steps.

 

[LaHunter]

killed a mule deer at about 125 yards this year with 160 grain AB from my 7mm rem mag. Right behind shoulder and bullet passed all the way through. Deer dropped right where he stood.

 

[tenth1]

No kills this year using Accubonds.

Used Barnes and Berger. Although they killed, I will be going back to the Noslers. Just didn't get the warm and fuzzy feeling when doing the autopsy.

 

[luke moffat]

Used 165 accubonds on my deer on Kodiak this year and the evil dark tipped "other" bonded bullet on the moose and caribou this year. Both work just fine. Plan to load up 150 "evilbonds" for the 308 win next year as they seem to retain more bullet weight than accubonds which lets me step down in weight and flatter shooting inside 300 yards.

 

[efnm]

I shot a 165 AB through a mule deer's front quarters this year. 165 yards with a 30-06. It trashed the first shoulder but held up very well and punch a one inch hole out the other side's muscles (it missed the bones on that side). It did its job great but I'm planning on going lead free in the future after thinking about it and seeing the amount of spread the bullet MAY have had due to hitting bone. I wish I could have recovered the bullet to weigh it, though.

Now I have to see if I can get a 150 TTSX to shoot as well as these loads. I have until a Feb oryx hunt to figure out which to use.

 

[Firehawk]

140 Accubonds from our 7mm-08s took two large cow elk and a small Muley buck....so far. Still have two cow elk to go. 200 grain in my 325 wsm and another 140 for my oldest boy in his 7mm-08. He might use my 7mmRemMag with a 175 Accubond Long Range instead. Great bullets in my experience.

 

[Travis Bertrand]

I used the accubond long range this year and killed a deer at 645 yards. Did well. I've used the standard accubond in years past and had good luck as well