Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles Hornady Interbond vs. Nosler Accubond...

Any input on one vs. the other? I would like to try these bullets in a couple rifles. They seem similar, but from the books it looks like the Noslers might be longer for a given weight. Input good or bad?

Thanks.

You nailed it...the Accubond is a little longer designed to penetrate a tad more. Search the threads in the ATG forums...there's been plenty of discussions about them.

I`m really liking the Accubonds. I have bought some few Interbonds to shoot, but I`m a Nosler guy to the bone. I have shot 5 animals, 4 antelope and 1 deer and no recoveries yet. 4 with 7mm 140 and 1 with 270, 140.

Tim ... if the interbonds are the 139g 7mm flavor, I'll be glad to take them off your hands ... I have been meaning to try them in my 7mm-08 ...

I just switched this past summer to 139gr Interbonds for my 7mm-08. I had used standard SPs without failure but I had the itch for something different. The IB took out a fair sized buck with a high shoulder shot and had a nickel sized exit hole. Bullet hit the tops of both front shoulders. No blood trail as it was a bang flop. I've used the Nosler Partition a lot but never an AB. Nothing against them, just found the IB first.

RH

Whats not to like about the Accubond. They shoot great, they are easy to load for, and there isnt much meat damage even when striking heavy bone at close range. I drive the 140 7mm pretty dang hard (3200+ from a 280AI) and i wouldnt dream of switching bullets. Have also found out this year they leave one heck of a blood trail. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I think all we'll find out here is who is Hornady fans and who is Nosler fan's. The argument for "a bit more penetration" of one over the other seem's useless when the vast majority of the time those second class citizen's, the cup and core, pass thru! Exactly how much more penetration is needed?

So, I'm a Hornady fan, Inter-Locks forever!

I am just a big fan of plastic tipped bullets, and the bonded ones seem like the best of both worlds. I was just making sure there is no accuracy issues with them. Ballistic tips are very accurate in all my guns, more so than standard lead tipped cup and cores.

i love accubonds! i have shot chit from 20 feet to 280 yards with a 270 wsm, 7RUM and 270 and all had the same thing going... great penetration and nickel-quarter size exit! even the 20 foot shot, bullet entered in the back ( i was behing a sitting mountatin lion) broke the spine and shoulder and came out the center of the chest and it was a nickel size exit. have shot 3 coues deer all hitting major bone and still passing thorugh it a small controlled exit hole... o yeah, did i say they shoot under 1/2 inch in all guns with the best being .184?

You mean like this would cause......


Exit wound......300WSM, 150AB, 3170MV, 130yards

Obviously it didn't go far ! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

Check out the 2006 Accubond thread under Elk hunting for a bunch of pics of game taken with various Accubonds.

I am sold on them.

Tony

The Interbond is a great bullet. I shot a doe at 40yds looking straight at me with a 300 WSM using a 150gr IB @ 3,336 fps. I placed the bullet in between her white patch and her brisket and it liked about 2" from coming out of her rear end. When I dressed her I could not figure out why she had the runs but later found the bullet perfectly mushroomed and retaining 119.2 grains, with a frontal diameter of .710, the bullet nearly went all the way through her body and had another 1/4" of bullet to go before reaching the base. I also shot a 240# bear using a 150gr IB in my 30/06 from about 15 feet. The bullet went through the top of its head, out its throat and then went through the left forearm resting just under the skin and the bullet mushroomed to .936 and retained 116.7gr. These are the only two bullets I have ever retrieved, the rest were complete pass throughs. Everything I have shot with these IB's have been bang flops. Pretty awesome I would say. I think the Accubonds would work great also but IB's are cheaper.

Here are pics of the two bullets the one on the left came out of the deer and the other came out of the bear. Sorry it's so blurry.

Thanks for the reponses, so no accuracy issues so far from anyone?

Some people have not gotten the IB's to shoot in their rifles. I have two 300 WSM's one loves the 150gr IB's and the other didn't. I am currently trying a 130gr IB in a 270 WSM and it looks promising so far. If your gun doesn't like the IB I would try the Accubond or vice versa.

Had a hell of a time getting the 7mm 154 IB to shoot.Played with seating depths forever before finding a acceptable load.

Accuracy with the Accubonds has been stellar accross the board.........the Interbonds; excellent with my 270WSM (130) terrible with my sons 270win (130).

Also had so-so results with 139 7mm, excellent in a 7SHAMU, terrible in a 7mag.

Seems to be the trend, for me anyway.

In my experience, it appears that the Accubonds are easier to make shoot overall, in various rifles.

The Interbonds seem to have a love-hate relationship going on with different rifles. 2 rifles I have shoot them very well, two other rifles I shot them in didn't shoot them worth a crap.

YMMV............

Tony

I had no problem getting the IB's to shoot accurately and well in my .30-06 ... In fact, they were the most accurate bullet I loaded up, but I have to admit to not trying the Accubonds in that rifle ... they might have shot better, who knows? But all in all, the IB's shot well more than accurately enough for me in the '06, and they are more than plenty tough enough for deer sized game, even when drilling thru both shoulders, or trying to run a bullet thru the length of the body ...

so, my suggestion to anyone considering one or the other, is to start with the IB's because they are less expensive, while being a very close design to the Accubond ... Only if you can't get them to shoot, or for some reason you really need that little bit of difference in performance between the two, would I suggest switching over to the Accubonds ...

I'm using the partition now but bang for buck the Horny's at a 100 a box is pretty good.

I'm a team Hornady member anyone else?

I'm a member!

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I haven't taken any game yet with either. Just started loading them this year. I have 2 .280s...one sprays Interbonds all over the place, one puts them in little cloverleafs. The one that doesn't like Interbonds likes Accubonds ok, and loves Hornady Interlocks. My 7mmRM loves 160 Accubonds. Bottom line, as always, it depends on the gun.