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Exactly like NYDAN said, I'd rather lose some meat than a whole deer. Love that bullet and caliber. That's my go to in the 257 Roberts.

Short barrels = muzzle flash. You may be able to reduce it with certain powders but you'd have to experiment a lot. I shoot several Encore pistols in rifle calibers and I just deal with it as a trade off for the short barrel. You could always get a suppressor, that would make a big difference😈

Had the doe's tenderloins a couple weeks ago, amazing eating as always.

So far I've got a doe and this buck in SC. Doe was shot with Browning X Bolt 2 in 7mm PRC with 154gr Interbond. Pass through and went maybe 20-30 yards with good blood trail. Buck was shot with Tikka T3x Super Varmint in 6.5 PRC with 142 ABLR. Went straight down and recovered two bullets which...

Finally got some measurements on them. One on the left is 72 grains (1st shot) & the other one is 70 grains, so approximately 50% weight retention. They expanded to .476" and the other to .492" at its widest. I honestly thought they lost more weight than that. They did pretty damn good!

Awesome report! Those BLR's are pretty sweet. I've used the roundnose version of that bullet loaded in a .35 Rem in a Marlin. I shot a great buck last year at spitting distance and the bullet did an awesome job. Great blood trails and exits every time.

Partition handgun in 44 & 45.

I love me some 200gr Hornady RN's out of my .35 Remington. They just work! Great blood trails if they don't drop them.

Took a buddy of mine hunting this AM with perfect conditions. It was 29 degrees (that's cold here!) when we got in the stand, the same one I shot my buck out of last week. We had a great wind and still morning. A couple minutes after 9 AM a single doe popped out in one of our shooting lanes at...

The only Accubond I've ever personally seen recovered from a whitetail was this 160gr from a 7 RM. 130 lb 8 pt shot almost straight on at 95 yards. Buck went 30 yards. Not sure of MV because it was a Winchester factory load my buddy was shooting but I bet less than 2900 from his 22" barrel...

Essentially if it's whitetail deer or larger, I'll use a premium bullet as long as I can push it fast enough for reliable expansion, though I haven't dabled in mono's much. I think they're too much for whitetails around my neck of the woods. Also, the smaller the diameter gets, the more emphasis...

I almost bought some of these because of how good a deal they were, but haven't seen much testing or on animal results. Not to mention I have more bullets than I know what to do with already. I'll be waiting for on game results.

I've had a 130gr Accubond do an almost 90 degree turn in a big whitetail doe. Bullet stayed together and destroyed the spine. She dropped like a sack of potatoes. That's a crazy story with the big 45, but that looks like a Winchester Ranger-T or other Winchester HP, not a Federal.

Oh well, I give up. I've never had an Accubond act like a FMJ and always get good exits. I've done more double lung shots with them than I can remember without hitting any major bone and always get good expansion in multiple calibers. They shed 30+ % of their weight much like a Partition, which...

While not the exact bullet, my Dad's favorite 270 Win load was the 150gr Ballistic Tip over IMR4350. He killed truckloads of deer and hogs with it and I can't recall him ever recovering a bullet. That included our smaller coastal whitetails to a couple giant Saskatchewan whitetails. He never...

That's essentially what the AB & ABLR are. The Accubond behaves a helluva lot like a Partition. Sheds roughly 30% weight and if you want more, try the Accubond Long Range. Check my post in the 6.5mm bullet tests forum. I shot a buck and recovered two 142gr ABLR's. The front half of those bullets...

Yep, I know they did exactly what they were supposed to do, was just curious about the bonding. I knew when I hunted with them that they were soft bullets which is nice for the smaller bodied whitetail we have around here. I wonder what they did differently between the regular Accubond and the...

I got the bullets cleaned up and took some more pics. The one with more shank and no fragments was shot one. I'll get some weights and expansion numbers whenever I can get back to my parent's house. I recently moved and it's all at their place. Is the ABLR only partially bonded? Maybe the back...

I was able to shoot a nice buck this evening and it was my first kill with an ABLR, specifically the 142gr version out of a 6.5 PRC. These were blems that had a green tip and were loaded over Staball HD for 2840 fps from a Tikka T3x Super Varmint. I've shot a 1.6" group at 200 yards with them in...

I've killed several deer with a .44 Mag out of a Super Blackhawk Hunter. I've used 240gr XTP's and 210gr Gold Dots and both worked great. I shot a couple with the Lyman 429421 Keith SWC cast hard. Nothing went further than 50ish yards but blood trails left a good bit to be desired. My favorite...