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i have a box of 150gr interlocks left over from last year but was wanting to try something else this year. anyone shoot partitions or accubonds in their 308? would one be a better choice than the other? ive read that accubonds dont open up fast enough in some cases but ive also read its an outstanding deer bullet. ive wanted to try partitions but some guys say those r for bigger game than deer

I can't speak for Accubonds, having never used them. But if you stick in a 150 gr. Partition and can tell the difference in performance between that and a Hornady interlock, then you are ahead of me.

Its not that the partitions aren't that good, they are in fact great performers. But also in fact the interlock is a superb performer, especially at .308 velocities.

I suggest looking into the regular Ballistic Tip 150 for a 308 deer load.

I've killed a truckload with the 150gr Partition, never caught a bullet and all stuff has died.

Of late my 308's and 300 Savages are feed the 130gr TTSX, haven't caught any of them an all stuff has died.

I have a few boxes of these and they are what I intend to use next. I sling the 130gr TTSX at 3100fps in my 308 so I'm assuming I can get at least that with this bullet.

I'd also say that most anything in a 30 caliber will kill deer.


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For sure, at 308 speeds a lot of bullets work great.

The Ballistic Tip 150 is plenty for deer duty. I've put one through a 200 pound buck with a quartering away presentation, in through the ribs and out through the opposite shoulder.

Hell, I hit a running 300 pound hog amidships with a 95 BT from a 243 and it went through and through.

Now I want to cap a big hog with a 100 BT from my 250 Savage.

I'm figuring out I don't need to shoot cannons like the 308 and 300 Savage.

id like to try the 130gr ttsx. only thing is i dont reload. all they make in factory ammo is 150gr or higher. i heard the 130gr performs much better

Killin', I have always used the 165 Pt and max book loads of I-4064 (LC match cases)in my 308 and have full length-ed WT, B. bear and almost all the way stem to stern on a mulligan moose, all died on the spot. -Muddy

I've shot a few with a 180 gr NPT, one each, all exited, all died within a few yards. Partitions work.

Deer ain't hard to kill. I've killed mule deer with Partitions and I've killed 'em with cheap factory loads.

Were I you and were I hunting only deer, I'd go with Sierra GameKing. I can't recall shooting a more accurate bullet. And you'll get twice as many for half the cost.

Back to the original question.......both will work fine and neither is necessary if whitetails are all that you plan to shoot. If you just want to use those bullets, then let your rifle choose which one it likes best.

"...let your rifle choose which one it likes best."

Couldn't agree more.

DF

I can't speak to the 150, but I can say a 180 Partition from a .308 is great medicine on Deer!

One of the best for a .308W, but I would like to try those 125 Accubonds especially in a .300Savage at around 3000.

Further agreement. My 30-06 seems to dislike 180 Accubonds for some reason. Always shoots the 180 Partitions better.

With the '06, you can kill WT's with just about any projectile...

DF

If I was only hunting big Mulie's or Canadian Whitetails, the 150 grain Nosler Partition would without a doubt always be my first choice! I've never had a Partition fail me on ANY type of animal.

While hunting our small body whitetails here in TX, I prefer the plain old Remington 150 Corelocts, as my little .308 will shoot them all into less than a 1/2" hole at 100 yards. Not to mention they are cheaper to shoot. And they have also killed a truckload of feral hogs here the Ranch.

+1. The only bullet I used in my 308, back when it was the only rifle I owned, was the 165 gr Hornady.

I rebuilt an HVA '06, very light weight rifle. I use 130 gr. Honrnady bullets to keep down recoil. It's a perfect WT killer. Good entrance and exit wounds with lots of blood, lots of devastation in between.

In my Kimber/Broughton .308, I use 150 gr. NBT's. Also good WT deer killers.

I may choose different bullets for tougher game. WT's aren't that hard to kill.

DF

I look at the Accubond as a long range Partition. The performance mimics each other. Both fine slugs use which ever shoots best.

I've loaded 150gr. NBT at slower .308 velocities for kids and other new hunters in the family for years and found it's performance on deer to be exceptional. If I had to choose between a Partition and Accubond for normal to upper .308 velocities, I'd choose the Partition. It's the bullet that all other premiums are compared to.