So my Dad and I have been fighting about this for over a year. Back 15-20 years ago my dad shot the 100gr Solid Base bullet out of his .257 WBY Mag.. He absolutely loved that bullet and it worked very well on everything from Antelope to Elk. He pushed it hard, really hard behind a load of the old Winchester 785 (I think) ball powder and later RL22. It was accurate (sub-moa easily) and it put the critters down. Well Nosler doesn't make that bullet anymore so we have been trying to find it's replacement.
I talked him into the 110 gr AccuBond as to me the construction looks very similar. It is bonded and is slightly heavier is the main difference. He swears up and down that the AccuBond will only punch a pencil hole and wont do the damage and isn't as accurate and blah blah blah. I have it running right now at around 3480 FPS in front of RL22. The accuracy is good for being pushed hard but he wants the velocity he got out of the 100 gr SB but we tried the same load with the Ballistic tip hunting 100gr as he was shooting before and it blew em apart.
So how do you all think the 110AB and his old 100SB will compare?
I talked him into the 110 gr AccuBond as to me the construction looks very similar. It is bonded and is slightly heavier is the main difference. He swears up and down that the AccuBond will only punch a pencil hole and wont do the damage and isn't as accurate and blah blah blah. I have it running right now at around 3480 FPS in front of RL22. The accuracy is good for being pushed hard but he wants the velocity he got out of the 100 gr SB but we tried the same load with the Ballistic tip hunting 100gr as he was shooting before and it blew em apart.
So how do you all think the 110AB and his old 100SB will compare?