Has anyone else here used the interbond?? What were the results??

JJhack posted some results here previously that sang high praise for the bullet.

I have a friend that has used them and is very high on them....sorry, wish I could provide better info....that's all I have....they mushroomed and stayed in tact.....

I have not been able to get Interbonds to group. Using 165 IB in 300 SAUM. This gun shoots everything at 1.25" or less, but not the Interbond. I have just about finished a box of 100 and my best load so far is 1.4".
While terminal performance may be great, I am a firm believer in accuracy first.
I have had good luck with other Hornady offerings, but so far I am simply less than impressed with the Interbonds. I emailed Hornady and recieved a response 2 weeks later. I answered questions about load dev, lot numbers etc, but have not had a response for a couple weeks.

As a side note, I shot a .5" group with 165 gr partitions through the 300 SAUM yesterday. Cannot wait to get back out and make sure that load was not a fluke. At 3000 fps, it will be a real killer.

Then there is the million dollar question, will they open up on smallish deer?

Same question for the Accubonds?

I'd like to know because I want to run some tests with them but wont bother if I'm worried about expansion on small deer.

I don't shoot small deer of course. This concern would be strictly for other people's loads.

KuduKing,
That surprises me. I've always had VERY prompt courteous service from Hornady, especially from Lonnie Hummel.

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back to the topic.................

Has anyone used the Interbond???

JJHack posted oever on 24hourcampfire that one, or more, of his clients showed up in Africa this year with 30'06 ammo loaded with Hornady Interbond 165 gr. bullets. He was very impressed. Excellent, rapid expansion and complete penetration, with good size exit wounds on all classes of african game. He is a big fan of the Swift-A-Frame. He says the Interbond appears just as good. He says the Barnes X is a better penetrator, but doesn't produce the wound channels, or exits wound size that the A-Frames or the Interbonds do. E

I used 130 grn interbonds going around 3200 fps out of a 270 wsm to shoot my antelope last week. It took three shots to put him down. First shot was broadside second shot was facing me and the bullet traveled the full length of him and the exit hole was the same size as the entry and then a finisher. First two shots were over 350 and the finisher was from about 100. The last shot went through the near shoulder and out his neck. Exit was about the size of a dime. Lucky for me as I am having him mounted. He grosses over 84" and should net over 82". Not much internal damage just caliber sized holed through everything. Not Impressed. Just switched to Ballistic Tips and my groups went from 1" to .310"

Here is the link to my antelope.

http://www.shortmags.org/shortmags/stash/jumpalot_antelope.htm

loaded some 165gr Interbonds in my .308 Warbird this weekend...1.5"groups. Not impressive. However, 165gr ballistic tips and 168gr Barnes XLC's give me <3/4" no and's if's or but's. Kinda disappointing, I woulda thunk that being from Hornady, they'd shoot a lot better than that. Maybe I'll try some different seating depths, but for this season, I think I'll just stick with the XLC's.