Its on the way ! my new BAR !

[cjmac]

Should be here soon , Shipping was delayed for some reason. Im Pretty excited , ill be ordering some 150 partitions tomorrow. Hopefully i can get a load nailed down soon and not eat up to many bullets , those aint cheap lol..
Hopefully it will like varget , winchester brass and winchester LR primers . Cause I have a lot of all that lol
All I use in my other 308s and it tends to work great

 

[FOTIS]

Good luck with it.

 

[cjmac]

Good luck with it.

Im gonna need it lol

 

[Wolfshead]

My 308 loved 150 grain accubonds with around 46 grains of Varget.
I was getting around 2750 fps from a 20” barrel and really good accuracy.
I would recommend the accubonds without a problem.

 

[cjmac]

My 308 loved 150 grain accubonds with around 46 grains of Varget.
I was getting around 2750 fps from a 20” barrel and really good accuracy.
I would recommend the accubonds without a problem.

I thought about them for 2 reasons. 1 there bonded and would push through bone on a high shoulder shot to drop them right there .
2 the tips wouldnt get damaged if that even matters at such short distance we shoot ..
Only thing about bonded bullets that I kinda remember is thay dont open to goon on soft thin skin like small deer if you are trying for a heart shot or something soft ? Atleast thay was the work back years ago when bonded bullets where getting big

 

[wvbuckbuster]

That's a pretty snazzy looking rifle. Hope it does well for you. 46grs of Varget or there abouts usually gives good groups in the 308 with 150gr bullets.

 

[Wolfshead]

I thought about them for 2 reasons. 1 there bonded and would push through bone on a high shoulder shot to drop them right there .
2 the tips wouldnt get damaged if that even matters at such short distance we shoot ..
Only thing about bonded bullets that I kinda remember is thay dont open to goon on soft thin skin like small deer if you are trying for a heart shot or something soft ? Atleast thay was the work back years ago when bonded bullets where getting big

I honestly feel you should hunt with what you’re comfortable with, absolutely.
My experience has been very good.
I always buy the from the seconds store when ever they go on sale.
I took a doe at about forty yards, and the tracking was about the same distance with a large blood trail.
I’ve also experienced about 65ish% weight retention with them, and a nice mushroom.
The picture of the Doe, you can see the amount of blood on the ground underneath her.
The recovered bullet isn’t from this Doe that was a complete pass through. The bullet was from a frontal shot

 

[cjmac]

I honestly feel you should hunt with what you’re comfortable with, absolutely.
My experience has been very good.
I always buy the from the seconds store when ever they go on sale.
I took a doe at about forty yards, and the tracking was about the same distance with a large blood trail.
I’ve also experienced about 65ish% weight retention with them, and a nice mushroom.
The picture of the Doe, you can see the amount of blood on the ground underneath her.
The recovered bullet isn’t from this Doe that was a complete pass through. The bullet was from a frontal shot

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That bullet the AccuBond?

 

[cjmac]

That's a pretty snazzy looking rifle. Hope it does well for you. 46grs of Varget or there abouts usually gives good groups in the 308 with 150gr bullets.

Hopefully itll like the Partition bullet. I thought about the ballistic tip originally but its kinda fragile if hits bone . I need them to drop right there, if thay get in the river there gone

 

[JD338]

What glass are you going with for your BAR?
A Leupold VX-3 2.5-8x36mm would make for a stellar rig.

JD338

 

[Wolfshead]

That bullet the AccuBond?

Yes 150 grain AccuBond

 

[cjmac]

What glass are you going with for your BAR?
A Leupold VX-3 2.5-8x36mm would make for a stellar rig.

JD338

Probably a 3x9x40 in 30mm tube from zerotech . I had a few leupold before and the zerotech is clearer and brighter than thay ever where near dark . Half the price . I have one on wife and my other 308. They have taken a beating and still in pretty good shape.

 

[cjmac]

Yes 150 grain AccuBond

So looks like thay expand pretty good on soft tissue?

 

[cjmac]

So if I load the bullets to book/mag length and go through a range of powder charges.
Atleast one load should produce a group 1 - 1.5 inch at 100 yards ? .
Personally I want a the cold bore shot to constantly land within 1in at 100. But 1.5in definitely acceptable as i realize its an automatic not a bolt gun..
All of my rifles will make a cold bore shot within a 1in bullseye at 100yards .
Back when I had access to a spot to shoot 100 yards on private land I made a cold bore shot once a day everyday for 5 days on the same Target and they all landed within one inch of each other

 

[Blkram]

I have never had a problem with expansion with an AccuBond on smaller big game such as deer, or antelope, or wolf, regardless of caliber or cartridge, from 0.264 to 0.308. And I have seen expansion of recovered bullets up to just over 2X the original diameter, and have seen weight retentions of 90%+. I have yet to recover one with less than 90% weight retention...but this is just my experience. And the on-game performance on all game from antelope to bison, from 0.264 to 0.375, has been very good, for over 20 years!
As much as I like the Partitions, (and I have used them for years on all sorts of big game), from 0.264 to 0.358, I have found the AccuBond to consistently produce better accuracy, and be less finicky in quickly finding good loads in all of my rifles. And for my faster cartridges (2950+ fps), the higher BC was attractive should I ever need to make a longer shot (300+ yards).

Good luck in your quest for a good load in your new BAR, and may you have many great adventures with it!

 

[JD338]

So looks like thay expand pretty good on soft tissue?

I use the 250 gr AB in the 338 RUM as my go to bullet for crop damage deer hunting. It performed flawlessly on countless deer, internal trauma and golf ball size exits.
The 150 gr AB out of a 308 Win will open up nicely on deer size game.

JD338

 

[RL338]

Hopefully it will like varget

Would be shocked if it didn’t.

 

[Orezona]

New gun day is always exciting!

 

[cjmac]

I use the 250 gr AB in the 338 RUM as my go to bullet for crop damage deer hunting. It performed flawlessly on countless deer, internal trauma and golf ball size exits.
The 150 gr AB out of a 308 Win will open up nicely on deer size game.

JD338

Id hope so as much as thay cost lol..
I've just always heard bonded bullets were too tough to open on stuff like small deer . Maby that was true back 15 years ago ?

 

[cjmac]

I use the 250 gr AB in the 338 RUM as my go to bullet for crop damage deer hunting. It performed flawlessly on countless deer, internal trauma and golf ball size exits.
The 150 gr AB out of a 308 Win will open up nicely on deer size game.

JD338

Id hope so as much as thay cost lol..
I've just always heard bonded bullets were too tough to open on stuff like small deer . Maby that was true back 15 years ago