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Yeah, that's a great Moose.

Congratulations

Partitions have done so well for me over the years, I don't see why Id change now.

JGRaider is too modest to post these. I'll do it for him.

He may know a thing or two about the OP's question.

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Which ever your rifle shoots best. I have killed antelope to elk with 165 partitions and no issues. I wanted to use AB's but the gun did not prefer them.

Six of one, half-dozen of the other. I think at '06 velocity, you'd not be able to tell the difference on game animals. As previously stated, the Accubond has a higher BC, which is a quantification of how well the bullet cuts a hole in the air. So the Accubond will be less affected by the wind, and will retain its velocity better. Still, at distances 400yds and in with an '06, the difference is irrelevant. Shoot them both out of your gun; use the one that shoots the best during the hunt.

One thing: Partitions that hang out in your magazine will eventually get buggered up tips from recoil battering. It isn't a problem, and doesn't alter how the bullets shoot, but it is annoying to me. I like my bullets to look pretty. Doesn't a majestic animal deserve a pretty bullet? Yes, it does.

I've been using the 165gr accubonds on deer. But I've got two 06's and one rifle doesn't seem to like my ab load. I'm thinking I'll try some partitions to see if I can get both rifles to shoot the same load.

Form many years I used ballistic tips.
We switched to 140gr Accubonds in our 7-08s quite a few years ago.
They do the job nicely on whitetails.

This difference is simple.

Accubonds are a 40 year newer technology.

I like them both. Shoot what shoots.

HuntnShoot not directed to you.....just having conversation and expressing an opinion.

I shoot them both and have a pile of the AB's and Partitions here...only used one AB on an animal,then quit. It was ground to confetti.The animal died. I did not get as much penetration from the AB as I have routinely gotten from the same weight Partition under similar circumstances and impact velocities.

I have seen some others plucked from animals;they seem to do well, but again the penetration is not quite what a Partition gives near as I can tell.

They are a different style of bonded bullet but not the type I prefer, so they lose for me on that count as well.

I don't view the plastic tips as a great thing....I have had them snap off in the magazine under recoil,and have opened several boxes of factory ammo with the tips fallen out....maybe they have fixed this. I don't care.IMO hunting bullets for BG animals are not the place for plastic tips that fall out,because that little tip wandering around your rifle's action can cause a malfunction. Who needs it?



In starting them from the same cartridges at the same velocities I see no difference in accuracy,and so little in trajectory to 600 yards (almost none)that I don't see them as worth the bother.

They may be newer technology but they don't do anything materially better than a Partition, if as well,near as I can tell.

I am not an enthusiastic fan....they make me yawn. If they did not exist I would feel like I missed nothing

My hunting buddy loves them...of course he is younger...we argue constantly.