Oh No! Running low on 260 gr .375 Accubonds!

Guy Miner · Aug 28, 2013

Yikes! Thought I had another box or two squirreled away. Nope, about to open my last box of 260 gr Accubonds and load up some more .375 Bear Stompers. So... When I get done loading the last of these... I'll have No More 260 gr Accubonds.

My favorite .375" bullet...

Maybe I'll go with the 270 gr Partitions, I've got 150 of them on hand! :grin: Yes, I mean 270 grain, they're old bullets. Currently Nosler makes 'em in the 260 gr version, but these are 270's. Not as purty and pointy as the Accubonds though... Dang... Sniff...

I'm kind of trying to just shoot up the existing stocks I've got of .375 bullets, rather than buying new. Still have about 800 bullets in that caliber, but in a wide variety from Nosler, Speer, Hornady and Sierra, so there are only 100 - 150 of any one type.

What do you think, a 270 gr Partition is likely sufficient medicine for African plains game or another black bear or an elk here in Washington? :mrgreen:

Guy

SJB358 · Aug 28, 2013

Guy Miner":2a22vzb5 said:
Yikes! Thought I had another box or two squirreled away. Nope, about to open my last box of 260 gr Accubonds and load up some more .375 Bear Stompers. So... When I get done loading the last of these... I'll have No More 260 gr Accubonds. My favorite .375" bullet...

Maybe I'll go with the 270 gr Partitions, I've got 150 of them on hand! :grin: Yes, I mean 270 grain, they're old bullets. Currently Nosler makes 'em in the 260 gr version, but these are 270's. Not as purty and pointy as the Accubonds though... Dang... Sniff...

I'm kind of trying to just shoot up the existing stocks I've got of .375 bullets, rather than buying new. Still have about 800 bullets in that caliber, but in a wide variety from Nosler, Speer, Hornady and Sierra, so there are only 100 - 150 of any one type.

What do you think, a 270 gr Partition is likely sufficient medicine for African plains game or another black bear or an elk here in Washington? :mrgreen:

Guy

Guy, I would feel obligated to run them 270 grain PT's! Those are just too cool not to try out on some game. They were pretty sought after bullets back in the day. I think Nosler stopped making PT's in the 375 back in the day and people were paying big money for them.. It's what I have heard, could be RUMINT though..

Either way, you gotta load up a couple of them, just to see how they shoot.. Put one in the jugs for us... All in the name of science right? :lol:

Guy Miner · Aug 28, 2013

Ah, re-counted, it's 100 of the 270 gr Partitions, and 150 of the 300 gr Partitions on hand... :grin: I've been told the 300 gr Partition is a most excellent bullet for Cape Buffalo!

I tend to use the Sierra & Hornady bullets at the range, and intend to hunt mostly with the Noslers.

Those 235 gr Speers at 2900+ fps though... One is simply calling out to be tried on a mule deer someday... :grin:

Hegland · Aug 28, 2013

Guy Miner":18aaq3xp said:
Those 235 gr Speers at 2900+ fps though... One is simply calling out to be tried on a mule deer someday...

Now that's versatile, right there! And I can't imagine any plains game, or elk, or black bear turning its nose at a 270 grain Partition.

In the meantime, maybe SPS will post some more ABs for you!

jmad_81 · Aug 29, 2013

I'm in the same boat. I have been keeping an eye out on SPS for partitions, and/or accubonds and have always come up a few minutes late. I might just have to buy some from the local shop. I really like the 260 AB as well.

JD338 · Aug 29, 2013

Bass Pro Shop in Auburn Hills, MI has a box of .375 260 gr AB's on the shelf today.

JD338

Oldtrader3 · Aug 29, 2013

When I had my Model 70, .375 H&H the 270 gr Partitions were the go to bullet for every thing but Cape Buffalo. They shot really accurately in my rifle and were equivalent to a 180 grain .30-06 in trajectory with my handloads!

Guy Miner · Aug 29, 2013

OT3 - yes, those 260/270 grain bullets do have roughly the trajectory of a .30-06, which helps make the .375 so versatile.

Although I'm really impressed with the 260 Accubonds, it would be silly for me to ignore a hundred 270 gr Partitions, and a mess of 270 gr Hornady spire points that are already sitting here on my loading bench.

Guy