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308 Win 180 grain Norma Bondstrike
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Are they being accurate for you, or finnicky?
wvbuckbuster
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No argument there.
DrMike
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Yes, I'd say the Bondstrike worked well for you. Congratulations on some fine dining.
the 143's in my 264WM shoot well, around .5moa with an easy development so could even be better
also shot in my a group in my 260 using my eldx load, if I recall they shot well there too.
What barrel length did you use to get that velocity? Were they factory loads or handloads with 49gn Hunter? Thx.
I'll get some weights and measurements soon. But it looks like a tipped Oryx to me which ain't a bad thing..
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badaxeriverman
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What type of media did you shoot them into?
TXbaldhunter
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I think the Norma Bondstrike may be the same as the discontinued Hornady Interbond,they certainly are constructed alike and the mushroomed bullets look the same too.I have used the Interbonds on deer,hogs,elk and nilgia.They are a very tough bullet and they have all exited.I think they are a little tougher than the AccuBond.
badaxeriverman
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The Accubonds suck imo. I’ve had them blow through several deer like full metal jackets. It’s when they first came out they might’ve changed your design in their alloy is softer sounds but I shot over a dozen deer that all stood there like they weren’t even shot. That was 180 grain out of my 30-06. I had the exact same experience shooting the 260 grain version out of my 375 rum. Shot two deer and they both ran over 100 yards before they expired.
I’ll take a plain old ballistic tip all day long over it.
I’ll take a plain old ballistic tip all day long over it.
TXbaldhunter
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I like the Ballistic Tips too.They will give you just a little larger wound channel than the AccuBond,tend to give you quick kills and exit as well.
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Water
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I can’t see much, if any difference from a PT and AccuBond these days and kinda default to ABs more these days. They’re usually a little more accurate at distance and on game they have worked amazing.
badaxeriverman
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Yep that's way too hard of a test versus an animal. I used to do the same thing when testing cast bullets for different Alloys to see how the hollow points would expand. The ones that look like a beautiful mushroom wouldn't even open up an animals with heart and lung shots. They would act like a shot them with a full metal jacket and run over a hundred yards before expiring with no blood trails. The super soft Alloys I used that literally would flatten out to the size of a penny shooting in water and only got through three or four jugs at the max would drop deer in their tracks and I would get an exit every time. That held together in my opinion way too well going through water. It probably would be good for shooting through a cape buffalo but not a black bear or whitetail deer.
There's a monster difference between a Partition and an AccuBond. I've shot deer with both and black bear with both. Accubons act like full metal jackets at 30-06 velocity. At least with a Partition it's soft lead and it opens up and smears so you get a good expansion with the first half of the bullet and some kinetic energy dump. Most deer i have shot with accubons look like they were shot with a full metal jacket...
besides running a country mile before expiring. The partitions put a nice hole in and out where you can actually see it expanded.
TackDriver284
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Both 180 Accubonds recovered from nilgai.
I like to try the 180 BondStrike sometime, and Partition is a great bullet as well. Partition does drive them deep after shedding the front half, used a 140 Partition on a bull nilgai head on straight in the chest from a 7 mm Mag about 20 years ago, drove that 140 Partition through the heart down to the rear ham. Bang flop dropped right there.
I like to try the 180 BondStrike sometime, and Partition is a great bullet as well. Partition does drive them deep after shedding the front half, used a 140 Partition on a bull nilgai head on straight in the chest from a 7 mm Mag about 20 years ago, drove that 140 Partition through the heart down to the rear ham. Bang flop dropped right there.
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