Nosler Accubonds

08 January 2011, 06:08

ramrod340

I'm using the 260s. Not in a 375H&H but in my 380PDK so velocity is 2700fps. Took two large hogs. One near shoulder destroyed exited through the ribs with a nice size hole. Second was just about reversed.

08 January 2011, 08:58

Bitterroot

I use them in my 380 Howell. Super accurate and penetrate like crazy.

08 January 2011, 18:45

Dave Bush

I was on a bison hunt with a fellow that was shooting a 300 Remington Ultra Mag with 180 grain Accubonds. I watched him put three or four rounds into the boiler room of a big bull from about 75 yards with no apparent effect. He finally had to take over my .404. One round from the .404 with a 400 grain Woodliegh sent the bull stumbling down a bank. A second 400 grain solid put him down for good.

I think they are good bullets but they are not really meant for really large, heavy game but then again, I wouldn't use a 30 caliber on a really big animal either.

Dave
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09 January 2011, 03:03

FredB

I think there fine if your muzzle velocity is 3000 fps or less at muzzle. I put five .30 cal 200 gr into a bull moose at 200 yds from a ultra mag combined weight from all five which were recovered was 243 grains. Not so stellar in my opinion. Since then I have gone back to Barns tsx

09 January 2011, 04:06

steph123

Thanks everyone for the replies I really appreciate it!

Dave, so you don't think they would be a good choice for bison/buffalo. Do you think they would be ok for elk and moose?

09 January 2011, 04:23

Woodrow S

I have used the 260gr Accubond in a 375 H&H in africa with very good performance. Black Wildebeest, Kudu, large male Zebra and several smaller animals were no match for this bullet. No failures. The bullet punched right thru both shoulders of that zebra. DRT. Yes, plenty for elk and moose. Buffalo/bison can soak up a lot of energy from anything...but yes the larger bores do have more effect on them.

09 January 2011, 05:39

Dave Bush

quote:
Originally posted by steph123:
Thanks everyone for the replies I really appreciate it!

Dave, so you don't think they would be a good choice for bison/buffalo. Do you think they would be ok for elk and moose?

I would use a Partition or better yet, a Swift.

09 January 2011, 14:57

Boxhead

I would have zero issue using the Accubond for elk and moose, particularly when launched from the 375. My two bits...

09 January 2011, 16:50

D99

quote:
Originally posted by Dave Bush:
I was on a bison hunt with a fellow that was shooting a 300 Remington Ultra Mag with 180 grain Accubonds. I watched him put three or four rounds into the boiler room of a big bull from about 75 yards with no apparent effect. He finally had to take over my .404. One round from the .404 with a 400 grain Woodliegh sent the bull stumbling down a bank. A second 400 grain solid put him down for good.

I think they are good bullets but they are not really meant for really large, heavy game but then again, I wouldn't use a 30 caliber on a really big animal either.

Hmmm.

I have been on lots of bison hunts in Wyoming and seen about 15 of these things shot. The only one that ever went down at the shot was from a .358 250 Grain Partition to the brain. Most of those bison were shot with 30-06, 270, 308 type rifles.

Bison just stand there and walk or run away for 100 yards before they die.

Moose are pretty much the same.

09 January 2011, 19:40

Dave Bush

D99:

The last bison my son shot was a one shot kill and the bison only went about 15-20 yards. It was a heart shot from my .500 Jeffery. Bison can absorb a lot of bullet shock, perhaps more than a cape buffalo and they can run much larger than their African counterpart. Bigger calibers are better.

09 January 2011, 22:26

900 SS

I have used them for moose 260 grain in 375 H&H and 225's in 35 Whelen. I have recovered one of each. I would have prefered them to be 300 and 250 grains to slow them down, but they seem to work very well, usually exiting and normal or a bit less meat damage than "regular" brand bullets. Mv in both guns is around 2740 fps. Accuracy is very good. This is based on only six moose so its very subjective. I like them.

To the right a .375 from a bull, 600 pounds without skin, guts, head and lower legs. The left is a 225 .358 from a 430 pound cow.

10 January 2011, 13:42

ARWL

Shot a big eland bull with the 260's loaded to 2730mv. Range was 230 and 200m.

Penetration was good. Retention was around 80%. Mushroom was nice and broad and regularly formed.

10 January 2011, 14:44

D99

I have heard several times that Guar are the largest wild bovine in the world. I can't imagine that they outweigh a Woods Bison by much more than a couple hamburgers, and a Plains bison by more than 100 pounds.

All wild cattle run or fight to avoid dying, but the bison is a professional at it. That and at 2000-2800 pounds compared to a cape buffalos 1200-1800 pounds. I tend to think an athletic 2800 pounder could stomp you a little harder than one that weighs up to 1000 pounds less.

10 January 2011, 20:16

temmi

Not that I am a Bison hunter extraordinaire… But all the Bison I shot, which is a grand total of one at 2000lbs, went down where they (he) stood with a neck shot from a 400g Speer RNFP form a 450 Marlin.

The Red Deer Cows were all shot with .308, 150g Accubonds form a 30-06 and all went down where they stood with the exception of one, which was shot placement.

All had good exit wounds…. No bullets were recovered… 2 went down where they stood and one went 20-30 yrds and required a follow-up shot.

So I like the Accubonds a lot…