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150grain accubond on pigs is outstanding out of a 270win. A 225accubond out of a 338wm absolutely punishes camels. 140accubond on fallow deer out of a 7mm08 is excellent. I would happily shoot accubonds in all my rifles if they proved to be the most accurate. As a hunting projectile I find them...

Running the 200grain accubond in my 300rum. Shoot very accurately with retumbo

I do sometimes wonder with the small calibre bullets that are great for target shooting at longer range and then we seek a hunting bullet to do the same, whether we are asking more of these cartridges than we should 🤔 Maybe I am just getting old and the brain is losing its plasticity.

We just call it 2208 here 😉

You can occasionally buy Alliant powder here in Australia, but you will have to part with a kidney to afford it. H4350 is kind of the standard in medium weight bullets for the 6.5’s that are not over bore.

And so the journey begins. Well done young fella 👍

Outstanding effort and two masters degrees even better. Written with the pride a Dad has his for his son’s achievements. You raised him well mate 👏👏👏

I was wondering whether there would be enough mass in a deer for the bullet to work properly…well that question has been well and truly answered.

103 eldx is a great bullet. Hornady are making some nice bullets right now. However they are not making bonded bullets and I do think that is a hole in their product line…just like I think Noslers 50bullet packs across its whole product line is annoying. Surely ballistic tips in all weights...

105 accubond 👍

Don’t know how I missed that pic Fotis. Nice work. Do you eat them in the States? We tend to leave them where their shot here in Australia.

So Fotis, has it seen any bush time yet?

300wsm that is a great post and solid advice. I have a friend who is new to shooting and reloading and was instantly attracted to chasing velocity and almost appeared to take it as a challenge to beat book max speeds. It scared the hell out of me for him. Reloading is a very serious business and...

With 130 grain bullets I have found that H4831 whilst really accurate is pretty slow. It maybe better with 140 class bullets. H4350 has been better and still is very accurate. The old Swede is a much underrated cartridge just quietly going about its business.

Nah skeeter, I have fluted barrels on rifles that are tack drivers. He was simply saying the more you play with barrels the more things can go wrong.

I am running mine with a 26 inch tube. I figured if I didn’t like the length the gunsmith could always cut it down a bit. The rifle shoots so well I won’t interfere with its harmonics. Interestingly when ordering the barrel he asked if I wanted it fluted. I asked should I and his response was...

160 accubond would also be worth throwing into the mix. It is a super accurate bullet, far less finicky than the 168 you were asking about and none of those animals you listed will walk away from a well placed shot. I bought my 280ai as a do it all rifle and it has proven highly adept at being...

What are you planning to use the 280ai for in terms of game?

Have not used the 168ablr, but if you can’t get that to shoot, the 150nbt is a great bullet and h4350 is a really good match. I’ve never recovered a 150nbt, they have sailed on through leaving a path of destruction in its wake. 280ai is probably my all time favourite cartridge. Best of luck and...

Well the only solution is a new gun to cheer you up. Best of luck with the recovery. Just out of interest, how did you make it back to the car/camp? The thought of a broken leg whilst hunting ranks up there as one of the worst possible injuries, particularly if solo.