I was wondering if any of you are using the 165 grain interbond? What velocity? Accuracy? How do they do on game?


I've read the African game results several times but, I was just wondering how you guys were fairing on other game.

Thanks,

Reloader

I have had one experience with the Interbond bullet in a 7mm RM and I'm not happy about it. 139gr IB at 3250 fps nice whitetail buck 8 pt. at 25-30 yards. I didn't expect him to come out from behind me. However, he was chasing does. I turned around in my stand. The shot quartering toward me. I held on the shoulder and shot. Thinking the bullet would hold together and go into the lungs.At the shot he took off with his right front shoulder not working.Three of us found the following; a pile of brown hair,large 1" long chunks of bone, and several 8" in dia. puddles of dark red blood but three hours later no deer.We are all very experienced hunters but walked away scatching our heads.

Mule Deer hit at ~125 yards with 165 gr Interbond.

.308 Winchester loaded to 2600 fps muzzle velocity. (Not a "hot" load by any means! LoL )

Through & through on the ribs with NO leg bones touched.

Large amount of blood-shot on both entry and exit.

Reloader, Loaded some for a co-worker for his '06', 2800fps, he shot 3 elk and a mule deer, no complaints, recovered one bullet which I heard, went through one elk and lodged in another, nice looking mushroom, I'd get some if I needed a bonded bullet. As far as accuracy, he took a three shots @200yds., bout 1.5". Jay

Cariboo: Geez, that photo looks like a classic Ballistic Tip or Grand Slam hemorrhagic signature: Hard to tell at a glance which side you hit 'em on!

Rob1SG: What kind of bone? Rib cage or leg bone? Could you have shot him slightly low, maybe in the upper humerus?

I used a 165 grain interbond in my 30-06 to slay a deer this October. The muzzle velocity was 2890 fps (chronograph). The 220 yd (laser range finder after the shot)shot through the ribs took out both lungs and damaged the liver. The deer was stopped in it's tracks.

wsj, The two pieces of bone I found were both upper leg or shoulder bone about 1/4" thick.I saw the entry wound as he ran by me right on the point of the shoulder.I expected to find him dead right behind my stand.I know the question was on the 165 gr but the 140 gr has about the same SD.

I'm really begining to dislike plastic tipped bullets of any kind. Have some northforks loaded in my '06 for wisconsin whitetail. I will not be afraid of any angle and won't really worry about a little light brush either. Problem is there aren't any deer at our usually successful grounds--maybe they heard the northforks are coming!!

Ask and you shall recieve! 30 cal 165 interbond, 300 WSM, velocity at 3050, range 150 yds. A small yearling Wisconsin whitetail forkhorn, about 110 pounds dressed weight.

Hit high in the ribs between the last two ribs, the bullet took the rear most tip of both lungs, the upper tip of the liver, and the bottom of the spine. Entrance wound was
hard to define in the hide, so was the exit. However upon skinnig him the exit was an inch wide and a half inch high. Little or no bloodshot meat, but it was only in the body for a short distance. It also destroyed the front of the loins, which I enjoyed for lunch yesterday. Why did I mention that? Because with a BT or SST, I would have been munching on lead and copper jacket, NONE to be found!

Conclusion is that it opened well on the rib meat, then really opened when hitting the spine.

You can see the entrance on his back in the first pic.

Another sucess story for an interbond. .280 remington in a 7400 rem. Bullet the 7mm 139 interbond. Velocity around 2800,(not chronoed), Range 150 yards. Whitetail doe fawn all of 100 pounds. Bullet entered behind the last rib quartering away from hunter, made soup out of lungs, exited the ribcage just behind the right front leg, broke the front leg above the knee and exited. Dumped her on the spot, little or no bloodshot meat. No pics of this one.

He got 2 other deer that were cut up before I got there, so no facts on those. Before you all say what kind of slaughter were we doing, this was an earn-a-buck season during the "T" zone early herd control hunt. Five deer were taken so we could then earn a sticker to shoot a buck during the regular 9 day deer hunt. We also have whats called group hunting laws that allows another hunter to fill your tag.