Guy Miner
Master Loader
- Apr 6, 2006
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Had been happily using Nosler Partitions, Solid Base bullets, Ballistic Tips and Competition bullets for many years, since the mid 1970's in the case of the Partitions. Heard about these new-fangled "AccuBond" things and thought to myself... "Why?" I was content. I had Nosler Competition bullets and Ballistic Tips for long range accuracy, and Partitions when a tough job needed to be done.
Then I bought a .375 last year... Along with the rifle came some ammo, loaded with the 260 Accubonds, and a partial box of them. Well heck, might as well shoot them... So at 100 yards from a load delivering 4,000+ ft lbs of energy I get this:
That got my attention... Decided to slam one into my infamous water-filled milk jugs at 20 yards to see what happened to them. Pretty impressive:
I went on a wild goose chase for more Accubonds a year ago and had a tough time finding more of the 260's so I hunted without them last year. Over the winter though, I was able to lay in a good supply of the doggone things, and work on my handloads a bit. So I sighted in the .375 at 200 yards and practiced with it, prone, sitting and standing at out to 300 yards pretty regularly. I had to admit that I rather liked being able to smack the 300 yard gong that hard!
So - accurate, flat shooting as my .308 & .30-06, and a pretty tough bullet too. Guessed that maybe I should take them hunting... One shot at 300 yards and one very dead bear with a hole completely through him.
I'd like to show you guys a recovered AccuBond from the bear, but the bear didn't stop the bullet. What else can I say?
Yeah, okay, you told me so... Tough like a Partition, accurate like a Ballistic Tip. Took me a while to come around I guess!
Guy
Then I bought a .375 last year... Along with the rifle came some ammo, loaded with the 260 Accubonds, and a partial box of them. Well heck, might as well shoot them... So at 100 yards from a load delivering 4,000+ ft lbs of energy I get this:
That got my attention... Decided to slam one into my infamous water-filled milk jugs at 20 yards to see what happened to them. Pretty impressive:
I went on a wild goose chase for more Accubonds a year ago and had a tough time finding more of the 260's so I hunted without them last year. Over the winter though, I was able to lay in a good supply of the doggone things, and work on my handloads a bit. So I sighted in the .375 at 200 yards and practiced with it, prone, sitting and standing at out to 300 yards pretty regularly. I had to admit that I rather liked being able to smack the 300 yard gong that hard!
So - accurate, flat shooting as my .308 & .30-06, and a pretty tough bullet too. Guessed that maybe I should take them hunting... One shot at 300 yards and one very dead bear with a hole completely through him.
I'd like to show you guys a recovered AccuBond from the bear, but the bear didn't stop the bullet. What else can I say?
Yeah, okay, you told me so... Tough like a Partition, accurate like a Ballistic Tip. Took me a while to come around I guess!
Guy
