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Shot a buck this morning, 264 win mag, Nosler trophy grade loaded with 130 accubond.

Deer was 115 yards, broadside. he ran 150 yards, bullet was not found anywhere. We disected everything. Lungs were mush though.


Is this normal for this accubond?


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Ok for some reason can't get the photo to load.

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Looked like a very good hit. Some deer are just tougher than others. That one wasn't going to give it up.
Not a lot of experience with the AB's here but with the kind of velocity that one probably hit at, assuming that's an exit it doesn't look too scary.

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Jmo, I have shot quite a few head of game with Accubonds.. Mostly 150, 165 in .30 cal.. and 225 in 338.. I have had excellent success with them.. Mostly perfectly expanded.. Can't locate a pic. right now.. None blew up.. Even a 150 gr out of a 300 Win. in to a large cow elk..


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Buddy shot a 200 lb deer at 15 yards with his 300 RUM, 180 accubond 3200 Fps, in the shoulder the other day and he made it 75 yards. Bullet didn't exit and was in skin on the far shoulder. The shock busted his guts open and it was a disaster to field dress. Some times they are just going to run. I've found several accubonda in deer and they look just like the picture below. Only one time did a 140 accubond 7mm not exit or found in the deer. It also ran 150 yards. With all that's said, no they usually don't blow up in my experience of over 50 deer hogs and a few elk.
Deer with the rum at 15 yards
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Bullet from the Rum at 15 yards into the deer above
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I've seen WT's, shot thru the chest with the 26 Nosler (140 NAB's/140 NPT's) @ 3,280 FPS, run a good ways. And, there was plenty of chest damage.

And, I've seen those same loads drop'em in their tracks. We try to stay away from bone when harvesting meat animals.

Velocity doesn't seem to guarantee DRT. It's helpful for long distance wind bucking, etc. "Speed kills" is a valid concept, just not 100% predictable.

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That's the entrance no exit. No remnants of bullets.

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If that's the entrance, I bet you hit something just before contact.

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That bullet was tumbling before it hit the deer...that looks like a crappy corelokt exit wound. The entrance wounds with accubonds I have used were neat little .338" holes.

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Originally Posted by R_H_Clark
If that's the entrance, I bet you hit something just before contact.


That's what I think too. I've never had an accubond entrance look like that. Looks like a twig or something promoted expansion before impact.


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jmo1754's pic:

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Could the bullet have fragmented on the bone and actually blown some back out the entrance creating that gnarled mess?

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Well I an guarentee you that it didn't hit anything. 125 yards, wide open hay field. No twigs, sticks nothing.

I don't know but it never hit the shoulder bone, it hit just behind shoulder bone. Like I said we completely autopsied the deer trying to find the bullet.

Would it be tumbling, new model 70 feather weight 264 win, 1-9 barrel twist 130 grain bullet?

I should with a core lokt early in the week, just over 280 yards, it was hit mid way up just behind shoulder, it blew through, caliber size entrance, golf ball exit.

I am less than impressed.

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I've killed close to 60 big game animals now with 140 or 160 AB's from a 7RM and 7-08 with outstanding results. That includes whitetails, mule deer, aoudad, and plains game in Africa. I think it's one of the finest hunting bullets available.


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JG,

I agree with you about the NAB.

But, that's a nasty entrance wound, looks sorta like those early Ballistic Tips before Nosler changed the configuration.

JB wrote about some NAB's that slipped thru production with someone trying to hurry the process. The result was bullets not correctly bonded.

To the OP, are these new NAB's or some you've had for a while?

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This was loaded nosler trophy grade, from cabelas... just bought it tuesday

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Agree Mr. DF.....I've never seen an AB do that, including a 140AB that connected with a big muley buck out of Big Al's 7STW at a whopping 30 yds. It retained 60% of it's weight.


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I guess inexplicable things happen with bullets on occasion, but I have never experienced anything but positive results with NABs. Never recovered one.


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That is not the entrance wound one would expect from a 130 gr. NAB, MV 3,100 fps.

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