I bought a few boxes of these ballistic tip as well just for barrel break in and the brass. But I would pass on shooting them for elk. My two cents there’s accubonds and there’s partitions.
It happens, the good thing it was drt, the animal didn’t suffer or get lost by a poor placed shot causing doubts and sleepless nights. 4 lost burgers on the grill sure beats losing the entire animal.
Accubonds are delightful bullets that penetrate till tomorrow and hold their weight really well. I use them in 6.5-300, 280 rem , 300 win and wby, 300 rum, 30-06, 338 rum both 225 and 250’s. The only rifle I don’t shoot them is my 7 rem mag I use the 175 partitions. Killed bighorn sheep , mule...
Well to try and answer your questions sir , I would assume the manufacturer tested it out before selling. I circled the areas and ejector marks. I will mic them out tomorrow morning, worse thing I will do is pull em dump em and start load development. Lots of humidity with freezing fog...
Fired my Christensen arms mesa today for the first time. Factory nosler loads saw pressure spikes. Elevation was 1400 temp was 28 Fahrenheit. Accuracy was there but the shiny spots concern me.
I shoot the big magnums just make sure the rocks in my head stay loose and not settle. 😉, someday it will be back to the 22-250 more but not today. The 28 nosler found its way home with me . 👌
338 rum with NOSLER accubonds will be my choice. I am sure hornady makes a quality product and that s great and all, but I will be sticking with nosler.
I have 2 a bolts a Christensen Mesa and browning bar. They all have 24” tubes. Bolts shoot 180’s and 185’s at 3k. Bar shoots 200’s @2850 . I would lop 2” off and not worry about it.
This is why I wanted to start this thread, I never thought about marking a trail with toilet paper, great idea. It helps us all think outside the box and get home to our loved ones safely.