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I've had horrible results with a 160 grain AB out of a 7mm SAUM.

I've also had perfection with them...

They shoot extremely well, and I am encouraged by the positive reviews. Probably gonna give them another try.

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I just bought 400 of the dang things here a while back in hopes they will fly well for me out of my RM. Figuring on running one of them into an elk next fall.

I've never taken an elk with them, but they will be loaded in my 7mm saum for next year.

Muleshoe,

Try some H1000 and you should be in great shape. Have fun!

Not the exact bullet you asked about, but... We shot a large 5x5 this year with a 165 accubond out of a .308 win, load was chronoed @ 2650 and shot was a lasered 175 yards. Shot it a couple times cause he just stood there. One was through n through and one was recovered it showed extreme expansion, weighed something like 135 grains after. Both shots behind the shoulder and caused massive damage. It worked well, but I would be wary of hitting bone at extreme velocity.

The Accubond bullets that are shot out of my wife's 7mm mag were very accurate. They will indeed travel clean through an elk at 270 yards, with massive damage inside the animal that was shot behind the shoulder, leaving a 1-inch exit hole. We have shot both the 160 and 175 grain Nosler Accubond bullets, 160's group better in the 7mm mag.

Used em with perfect success on 2 elk and 3 bears when i had my my 7mm RUM over R25. Fairly anticlimatic, one shot and nothing went over about 15' before falling over. They shot really well for me as well.

Dropped a cow this year with a .30-06 and a 150g AccuBond. Base of neck, 282 yards, 2991fps at the muzzle.

She was on the ground before I recovered from the recoil.

I've taken a dozen or so animals with that bullet in both a 280 and 7mag including 5 elk. Ranges from 40yards to 450. I've also taken another dozen or so with other calibers. The Accubonds work very well for me, and shoot tiny little groups.

I've had the same experience with the accubonds for elk, in both .27 and .30 calibers. They've been near and far, all died within 100 yds of being shot, and there wasn't any excessive damage or meat loss. Figure to keep using them for a while.

Anyone use the 160 AB out of a 7-08.??

That's all well and good, but you should also be ready to get a quick shot off at a basketball size target from a realistic field position at something much closer than 500 yards.

Thats one shot Ive practiced more than my rifle probably needed. I can't tell you how many rounds went down range at water filled plastic bottles from 100 yards out to 200 from all kinds of shooting positions. Haven't shot like that in a while but I feel like shooting at a basketball sized target is like cheating or something. Im not the greatest shot in the world but I do practice and I do practice with practical application. I was just highlighting how confident Iam in my gun and what it will do if I do my part.

Buddha,

To the other side of your question I used 160 Accubonds at about 2750 fps out of my 7-08 a couple of years ago on a combined elk/muley hunt. Unfortunately, no elk but I did get a 2 year old buck at a lasered 200 yds.

Of course, it was much smaller than an elk but it was an extreme rear quartering shot with the bullet entering behind the ribs on the right side and exiting the lower left front shoulder. I didn't find the bullet. The bullet destroyed everything inside and left about a 1/2" exit hole in the shoulder--this after expanding and blowing through everything in between. He dropped in his own shadow.

I don't know your ballistics or what range you might shoot at but my Accubond should have been going right around 2400 fps at impact. While one shot does not a wealth of experience make, I was very impressed with the results. Oh yeah, they are also one of the 2 most accurate bullets out of my Kimber (162 A-Max being the other).

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Reread this whole thread.....noticing a lot of "exits" from the 160 AB.....and a lot of really dead elk as well.

Makes sense to me!

Me, too....if the tips stay on.....

Got a pic somewhere back here....it ain't pretty...(sigh)

Yeah, I had that happen with early .33 cal 225's. Disconcerting, and you are correct (IMHO) that a loose tip could gum up the works.

I've run a ton of NAB's since without the dreaded Loose Nipple Syndrome <g>. I suppose a guy could give them nipples a tweak before trusting them in a hunting context. A legit concern but not an unmanageable risk- again IMHO.

Noz did send me a box of the 225's, based on a phone call, which I thought was cool. Wish they'd send me more!