Are the .358 200gr Accubonds really gone?

[358Goat]

I'm always late to the party it seems. I got a box to try in my 35 Whelen a couple years back and never loaded them because a customer service rep told me that they most likely wouldn't expand on whitetail deer. I don't know if that is true or not but now have a box of good looking bullets I guess I'll have to shoot just for fun and giggles! I thought I might take them bear hunting in Alberta next Spring but what good would it be to develop a load with a bullet I can no longer purchase?

I'm stuck with a box of 225 Ballistic tips because of the same problem. Why go through the trouble and expense of developing a load for bullets that are no longer available? I sure hope that Nosler has not abandoned the 225gr Partition as well. That is my go to bullet in my BLR-81 in 358 Winchester. It shoots just as well in my Remington7600 Whelen also.

Nosler, please, PLEASE listen to your customers and bring back the 225 Partition at the very least!

 

[rjm158]

358Goat, back 2013 I bought a used Remington 700 in 35 Whelen and developed a load using RL-15 and 225 ABs. It was using 2 grains under max load. I didn't chrono it so I don't know the velocity.

I killed a big bodied 10 pt at about 90-100 yds and my oldest stepson used it to kill a button buck at a lasered 447 yds. It dropped the button buck in his tracks and my deer staggered a few steps to his right before falling. Exit wounds on both were significant as was internal damage.

I realize this is not the exact bullet you mentioned, but my point in mentioning it is that if the 225 will perform the way I described, I can't imagine why the 200 wouldn't as well.

Ron