Have any of you guys shot enough game with both bullets to tell any real difference. It seems that they are two different brands of pretty much the same bullet.

Agree, or do you see some defining differences?

Accuracy and terminal damage any real difference?

Only slight differences. The Interbond seems to be a tougher bullet. Hornady claims 90% weight retention while Nosler claims 65% weight retention. I noticed that the accubond's terminal performance was similar to Partitions with a better ballistic coefficient.

Accuracy in my 300WSM were similar. I liked them both.

MThuntr, are you shooting a 300WSM Kimber by any chance? If so, how are you loading it?

Sorry I'm shooting a Savage. I've found that loading the Interbonds it is most accurate towards the hotter end of it's max. I've settled on 65.2gr of AA-4350 with 165 Interbonds. I'm at about 15 thousands off the lands which happens to be about the max the internal mag will allow.

I'd have to dig through my info on the Accubonds, but I think it was a similar charge.

At least in the 7mm 154grIB I tried, they are way softer than the 160grNAB. Not to mention I could not get them to shoot worth a crap in either my 280 or 7mm Dakota & both rifles will shoot moa w/ several bullets & powders.

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Originally posted by MThuntr:
The Interbond seems to be a tougher bullet. Hornady claims 90% weight retention while Nosler claims 65% weight retention.

I'm not sure the attribute "tough" is the way to describe the difference, even based on claims of (or observed) weight retention.

From what I have seen, the Interbond does indeed tend to retain a lot of weight. But it also, at times, tends to expand to VERY large diameters. This in turn cuts down on penetration depth. Note, the Interbond is by far not the only bonded bullet with this attribute. Other products, such as the Norma Oryx, seem to display this phenomenon as well.

Here are a couple of pictures of .284 cal, 154 grs Interbond, loaded to about 2700-2800 fps in a 7x64, and recovered from a roe after a shot of less than 100 yds:





The hunter was understandably surprised he did not get an exit wound on an animal as small and as light as a roe (no lengthwise shot).

The AccuBond, on the other hand, often seems to perform a lot like a Nosler Partition. It looses a fair bit of weight, but penetration is usually good due to a fairly modest expansion diameter.

The only exception I have seen to this, was a .366 cal, 250 grs AB fired at about 2600 fps from a 9.3x62 at a Zebra from about 100 yds. The shot went in behind the last rib, and the bullet was recovered (with very large expansion) in front of the shoulder of the opposite side. The shot was a finishing shot, and it did the trick.

Which bullet has advantages in terminal ballistics, I'll leave up to you. People seem to prefer different things in bullets...

- mike

Awsome pics. did you say that they did kill w/one shot? I'm gonna give the Interbonds a try in a couple of other guns. May load some 150s in a 308

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Originally posted by tc98:
did you say that they did kill w/one shot?

yes.

- mike