AccuBond 375 Cal 260 Grain Spitzer 54413

[gerry]

Ouch, I forgot about that darn exchange rate....... I may have to take you up on that generous offer.

 

[DrMike]

Ouch, I forgot about that darn exchange rate....... I may have to take you up on that generous offer.

$44.25 for the book; $24.51 for shipping. I'll likely stay with books for my Kindle in the future. That hurt.

 

[Charlie-NY]

I haven't had an opportunity to try the 260 AB bullet in my 375 Ruger mainly because I haven't seen a box available in over a year. However, all the great reports of this bullet shouldn't over-shadow the time tested 260 Partition bullet. I've shot many of the 260NPTs at 100yd-200yd-300yd with amazing accuracy.

Just yesterday, I launched 5 of them at 100yds just to confirm my zero. Walked back from the target board with a smile on my face as I measured the group which was just a bit over 3/4".

I'm still anxious to try the 260AB bullet but, in my rifle, I really don't expect to see an improvement in accuracy or terminal performance over its predecessor, the 260 NPT .

It's nice to see that great Nosler bullets just keep on coming!
(Now how about that 400gr NPT bullet that we all need for out 45-70s; could we expect that soon?)

 

[Guy Miner]

Five .375 Partitions into 3/4" at 100 yards... EXCELLENT! Great shooting Charlie.

Yeah - there are some really good bullets avail for the .375 cal.

I've also had very good accuracy from 270 & 300 gr Hornady bullets and the 300 gr Sierra was very accurate.

Love plinking at the steel gong, at 300 yards, with the .375, using just the little 1.5-5x Leupold. Man, those bullets ring the gong! I've been so impressed with the accuracy of the .375 since I started working with one about six years ago.

Just need to hunt with it more.

Guy

 

[Otakar]

I have been getting mine from Bud's and they are disconted. Buds item # 250206321
http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/prod ... tzer+50Box they seam to have a decent ammount in stock.

 

[Charlie-NY]

I have been getting mine from Bud's and they are disconted. Buds item # 250206321
http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/prod ... tzer+50Box they seam to have a decent ammount in stock.

Thanks for the tip. I just checked with MidwayUSA where I had an order pending. The bullets are in stock and on sale. I grabbed 2 boxes.

 

[Otakar]

I just got the notification from them also. I just got four boxes from them too.

 

[Otakar]

Just finished stocking up on this bullet. Now have 17 boxes. Should last me a year or two.

 

[Otakar]

I decided to modify my cartridge a bit. What I did was to push the shoulder forward a bit. This shortened the neck some because I left the overall case length the same. The original case had the neck exactly at the same spot as the 8x57. Now it is at the exact same spot as the .376 Steyr Here is a comparison to the 8x57 where you can see the distance I pushed the shoulder. The cartridge OAL is still .040" shorter than the unmodified magazine on a military Vz-24 98 action.

 

[Blkram]

Guy, thanks for posting the link to this thread. I do not recall seeing this back in the day. (Always fun to revive an old thread!)

As DrMike said, I have and love my 376 Steyr! And I have taken bison (100 yards) and elk (150 yards) with it, Worked just fine with the 260 gr AccuBond. I even performed a follow up shot on DrMike's bison at 200 yards, as I was closer and in a better shooting position, and Mike gave the OK for the coup-de-gras. That recovered 260 gr AB penetrated over 3' feet of bison, ending up in the offside rear quarter, expanded over 2x times the original diameter, and retained over 90% of its original mass. (The bullet on my bison was a complete broadside pass through, where the bull humped, walked about 5 steps over, lay down, raised its head once, and expired.)

I had been having shoulder issues in the early 2000s and had wanted a 375 Wby, after playing with a friend's 375AI, but wasn't sure if my shoulder would appreciate it. Upon reading about the 376 Steyr, and its duplication of downloaded 375 H&H loads that African PHs use for softs to get better penetration on Cape buffalo, I was intrigued. And as it will mostly be used here in Canada, I felt that I would not be handicapped by a little less velocity. Although a hunt in Africa would be a great adventure with this rifle!

I built my rifle on the LH Ruger Model 77 MkII with a pepper laminated factory stock. I have a 21" Bevan King (local barrel maker and gunsmith who has sadly passed now) chrome moly barrel with NECG banded front sight and NECG peep rear sight for the Ruger integral bases. The rifle was originally scoped with a Leupold VX-III 1.5-5x20 scope. The action was glass bedded and pillar bedded. The stock eventually cracked at the wrist, as they had not installed the cross bolts when bedding the action. The stock was repaired and cross bolts installed. I did finally get my Wenig full length pepper laminated stock in and they installed the cross bolts before glass and pillar bedding it. I have since acquired and mounted a Schmidt & Bender 1.5-6x42 scope with a #4 reticle on it. It weighs 10 lbs 7 oz with a magazine full of ammo.

Initial groups with various bullets showed some promise, with the Hdy 270 gr Interlock producing 0.625" groups with H335 powder, and Sierra 250 gr SBT at 1.25" groups also with H335. As a comparison, Hdy's factory loads are the 225 gra and 270 gr Interlocks, both at 2600 fps. I did not record the group size for the 270 gr load, and the 225 gr load produced 1.125" groups at 100 yards. It produces just under 30 ft lbs of felt recoil with the Nosler 260 gr handload. With the LimbSaver recoil pad installed, it is a pussycat to shoot off the bench, and just a lot fun to shoot, and hunt with!

The Nosler 160 gr AccuBond load I settled on is 61 gr of H335 using F215 primers in Hdy cases for 2632 fps and 3999 ft lbs of energy, producing 0.535" groups at 100 yards. This load will retain 1938 fps for reliable expansion, and 2168 ft lbs of energy out to 400 yards, where it drops 25.7" from its 200 yard zero, in my rifle. That is still legal for bison, should I need a follow up shot on wounded game.

 

[DrMike]

Guy, thanks for posting the link to this thread. I do not recall seeing this back in the day. (Always fun to revive an old thread!)

As DrMike said, I have and love my 376 Steyr! And I have taken bison (100 yards) and elk (150 yards) with it, Worked just fine with the 260 gr AccuBond. I even performed a follow up shot on DrMike's bison at 200 yards, as I was closer and in a better shooting position, and Mike gave the OK for the coup-de-gras. That recovered 260 gr AB penetrated over 3' feet of bison, ending up in the offside rear quarter, expanded over 2x times the original diameter, and retained over 90% of its original mass. (The bullet on my bison was a complete broadside pass through, where the bull humped, walked about 5 steps over, lay down, raised its head once, and expired.)

I had been having shoulder issues in the early 2000s and had wanted a 375 Wby, after playing with a friend's 375AI, but wasn't sure if my shoulder would appreciate it. Upon reading about the 376 Steyr, and its duplication of downloaded 375 H&H loads that African PHs use for softs to get better penetration on Cape buffalo, I was intrigued. And as it will mostly be used here in Canada, I felt that I would not be handicapped by a little less velocity. Although a hunt in Africa would be a great adventure with this rifle!

I built my rifle on the LH Ruger Model 77 MkII with a pepper laminated factory stock. I have a 21" Bevan King (local barrel maker and gunsmith who has sadly passed now) chrome moly barrel with NECG banded front sight and NECG peep rear sight for the Ruger integral bases. The rifle was originally scoped with a Leupold VX-III 1.5-5x20 scope. The action was glass bedded and pillar bedded. The stock eventually cracked at the wrist, as they had not installed the cross bolts when bedding the action. The stock was repaired and cross bolts installed. I did finally get my Wenig full length pepper laminated stock in and they installed the cross bolts before glass and pillar bedding it. I have since acquired and mounted a Schmidt & Bender 1.5-6x42 scope with a #4 reticle on it. It weighs 10 lbs 7 oz with a magazine full of ammo.

Initial groups with various bullets showed some promise, with the Hdy 270 gr Interlock producing 0.625" groups with H335 powder, and Sierra 250 gr SBT at 1.25" groups also with H335. As a comparison, Hdy's factory loads are the 225 gra and 270 gr Interlocks, both at 2600 fps. I did not record the group size for the 270 gr load, and the 225 gr load produced 1.125" groups at 100 yards. It produces just under 30 ft lbs of felt recoil with the Nosler 260 gr handload. With the LimbSaver recoil pad installed, it is a pussycat to shoot off the bench, and just a lot fun to shoot, and hunt with!

The Nosler 160 gr AccuBond load I settled on is 61 gr of H335 using F215 primers in Hdy cases for 2632 fps and 3999 ft lbs of energy, producing 0.535" groups at 100 yards. This load will retain 1938 fps for reliable expansion, and 2168 ft lbs of energy out to 400 yards, where it drops 25.7" from its 200 yard zero, in my rifle. That is still legal for bison, should I need a follow up shot on wounded game.

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I recognise that bison. I remember how the younger bull hooked him with his horns, as if to say, "Get up! Not so tough now, are you!"