180 Accubond recovered from bull nilgai

[TackDriver284]

180 Accubonds out of a 300 Win Mag, muzzle velocity @ 3,125 fps, left bullet at 200 yards center in lower neck and deep in the chest to the right shoulder, and the right bullet at 30 feet center in the neck. Last two pictures was the first shot which entered in the lower neck and stopped on the shoulder as described above.

 

[Blkram]

AccuBonds doing what they are designed to do!
Congrats on the nigai!

 

[Guy Miner]

Congratulations on a successful hunt! Looks like typical excellent AccuBond performance.

That's a hunt I'd like to do someday.

Regards, Guy

 

[stevelsd]

180 Accubonds out of a 300 Win Mag, muzzle velocity @ 3,125 fps, left bullet at 200 yards center in lower neck and deep in the chest to the right shoulder, and the right bullet at 30 feet center in the neck. Last two pictures was the first shot which entered in the lower neck and stopped on the shoulder as described above.

That is impressive!

 

[RL338]

Congrats in another successful outing. You sure are stacking those nilgai critters up.

 

[TackDriver284]

Congrats in another successful outing. You sure are stacking those nilgai critters up.

This was the recent nilgai hunt where it took three 300 Magnum rounds, one 30 caliber round from some other hunter, and two .45 rounds from the hunting guide.
Topic is " What a tank" from a couple months ago.

What a tank!!

Woke at 3 am, got all my gear ready and loaded in the truck plus 3 ice chests loaded up with ice. Filled up the truck and grabbed two burritos for the road with some coffee. Hooked up with the guide at the gate at 6 am and was warmly greeted at camp by the owner and another guest. Settled all...

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[kujuak]

180 Accubonds out of a 300 Win Mag, muzzle velocity @ 3,125 fps, left bullet at 200 yards center in lower neck and deep in the chest to the right shoulder, and the right bullet at 30 feet center in the neck. Last two pictures was the first shot which entered in the lower neck and stopped on the shoulder as described above.

What powder did you use to get 3,125fps with a 180gr AccuBond in a 300WinMag?? Or is the factor your barrel/chamber set up? 2950 to 3015 is the best I can ewver do with any 180gr bullet (I use R-P, Winchester and lately Lapua brass.

Thanks!

 

[leadchucker]

Congrats on your harvest! Those look really nice

 

[TackDriver284]

What powder did you use to get 3,125fps with a 180gr AccuBond in a 300WinMag?? Or is the factor your barrel/chamber set up? 2950 to 3015 is the best I can ewver do with any 180gr bullet (I use R-P, Winchester and lately Lapua brass.

Thanks!

I used RL22 and 180 Accubonds earlier in January. I recently tested the Barnes 180 TTSX a few weeks ago with RL25, I was able to run them at 3,240 fps average. I backed off a half grain before it got to pressure. Barrel is 26 inches.

What powder did you use?

 

[kujuak]

I used RL22 and 180 Accubonds earlier in January. I recently tested the Barnes 180 TTSX a few weeks ago with RL25, I was able to run them at 3,240 fps average. I backed off a half grain before it got to pressure. Barrel is 26 inches.

What powder did you use?

H1000 and H4350. RL powders are unobtainable for the most part in Canada. am shooting a Sako 75, 24" barrel and a Remington AWR, also 24" barrel. That extra 2" of barrel may explain, at least in part the velocity difference. Thanks for the information. Good hunting to you!

 

[TackDriver284]

H1000 and H4350. RL powders are unobtainable for the most part in Canada. am shooting a Sako 75, 24" barrel and a Remington AWR, also 24" barrel. That extra 2" of barrel may explain, at least in part the velocity difference. Thanks for the information. Good hunting to you!

RL 22, 25 and 26 will get you insane speeds.

 

[kujuak]

And accuracy?? For example I have found that N140 gives me great accuracy but not speed in 308. In my humble experience I have never got my best accuracy with the RL famly when I have tried them.. Anyhoot, having not been able to find any Reloder powders for several years has a knocked them out of rotation for now. I will give them a try when I find some.