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I tried the 260 grain accubond on a quite a few whitetail out of my 375 RUM. Same results every time with broadside heart and lung shots. All ran a good 100 yards after the shot before dropping over dead. IMO just way to hard of a bonded bullet and doesn’t open up enough for instant killing...

I bought the gun back around 99’ or 2000’. It’s a Remington 700 stainless pencil barrel LSS. It never grouped super tight with the groups laminate stock. Normally a hair over MOA. Sent it in to be cryogenically treated. I had a KDF break installed, which is now removed and a thread cap put on. I...

I only have one 260 grain NBT left. I don’t think it’s gonna do me much good but it sure is fun to look at.

I like using cast hollow points myself. Here’s an old post I put together using one on a deer…. https://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?414159-Finally-shot-a-deer-with-my-Marlin-336-and-our-200-grain-HP-group-buy!

This group below is probably why I rattled the barrel loose to begin with. I found the old target I had posted a few years ago on another forum. I didn’t have any casing pressure signs and I was about 1.5 grains over max book load with H322. I was trying to get it up to Hornady super...

I didn’t run them through my chronograph because they’re definitely gonna be slower in my little 18 1/2 inch barrel. It said around 2650 fps on Hodgdon’s website. I’m sure that’s with the 24 inch longer test tube. I think that’s what what the quoted book load velocity on my 30-06 is with my...

I usually never try starting loads since my most of my guns never group good till I approach max suggested loads, or a hair over max. Normally start in the middle and work my way up. I can tell you it’s a lot softer recoil than the 59 and 59.5 grain loads I previously tried with it. I would...

Guess that was a minimum load charge when I just googled it. It’s amazing that only four grains of powder only jumps that load up only 150 ft./s. I remember I had a pretty good group at 59 or 59 1/2 with that powder a few years ago I’ll have to test it again. I thought I shot up one whole group...

I tell you to double check your pump slide tube to make sure the threads haven’t backed out. I sure would like to try the seirras some day. Have not tried them yet. My guess is they are a nice soft bullet that comes apart and knock stuff on their butt with tons of energy transfer versus the...

I ordered this gun as a special run probably in 2019. I’m guessing. Never been able to get nice groups with it worth a darn. It also wouldn’t feed ammo so it went back to Remington. I tried so many ladder tests in it with poor results that I really got sick of shooting it. I did slug the barrel...

Yep, they’ve always been hit or miss for me whether I get a big explosive result but game is on the ground every time regardless. I remember when I bought my 243 for coyote hunting and I went out in the woods with it. The first time during anterless only deer hunting a good 2 plus decades ago...

It hurt on both ends…lol

You think after the rein introduction with all the 35 Whelen single shots for limited rifle hunting Nosler would’ve jumped right back on it. I always wanted to try them in my 35 Remington pump and my 35 Whelen pump but Nosler put them out to pasture. I remember shooting a rabbit with my 375...

I have few boxes of these I was going to try on deer in my RUM. The 260 grain Accubonds just sail right through whitetail with no expansion unless bone is hit.

Teaser!

Never shot any animals with the golds. I remember shooting a target at 450 yards using a stump as a backstop. Boy, I could hear the “whack” with those golds vs a ballistic tip! Even with my hearing protection on it sounded like someone hit a barn with a baseball bat. I’d hate to be on the...

I sure wish they would bring back the 225 grain ballistic tip in .358…along with a 180 and 200 grain version! They took them off the the market with the .375 260 grain ballistic tip. That .375 version was one mean round on whitetail in my 375 RUM! Still have one loose 260 grainer left. I’ve...

I’ve loaded 90 grain swift Scirrocco’s for buddy the last couple decades. They always seem to exit deer and 60 yard tracks are normal. The ballistic tip dumps all its energy and also dumps the deer off its feet vs a premium bullet that is designed to penetrate deeper and doesn’t expand as wide.

Do you find the 95 grain BT penetrates deep and exits more often than the 90 grain BT?

Imo water tests are WAY too hard of a medium for expansion testing. It’s fun though to catch bullets. I use to use water expansion tests for different alloys with my own cast bullets. The best mushroom I had was with super hard 15.4 bh alloy. I casted it in a Lyman devastator. I tried it at...