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I did a search and couldn't find much discussion of these bullets. My 7mm RM isn't shooting Partitions all that well and I'm looking at alternatives. I get acceptable accuracy with 175 Hornady's but I really want to shoot a 160.

The load and rifle are primarily for caribou/elk. I love the Parition, would prefer not to shoot a Barnes, and may try A-Frames if I can't get the Partitions to shoot better. The reviews on Midway have all been positive, some claim 70% weight retention and major penetration on elk size animals. Plus the BC is 0.531.

What has been your experience with Accubonds on larger game in the 160, 0.284 flavor? Or any other caliber for that matter.

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I LOVE the NAB's. Never shot the 160s but have shot the 140's in .277 and .284 with outstanding performance.

Put a 140 from my 270 wsm through about 25" or so of coues deer (possible more), at 35 yards. Recovered bullet had 67% weight retention.

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I did a search and couldn't find much discussion of these bullets. My 7mm RM isn't shooting Partitions all that well and I'm looking at alternatives. I get acceptable accuracy with 175 Hornady's but I really want to shoot a 160.

The load and rifle are primarily for caribou/elk. I love the Parition, would prefer not to shoot a Barnes, and may try A-Frames if I can't get the Partitions to shoot better. The reviews on Midway have all been positive, some claim 70% weight retention and major penetration on elk size animals. Plus the BC is 0.531.

What has been your experience with Accubonds on larger game in the 160, 0.284 flavor? Or any other caliber for that matter.

That 160gr. is very accurate in my 280AI. Haven't had a chance to bloody it yet but it will likely be the one I pack for muleys this fall.

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Have used the 140 Accubond to kill two elk with the 270 WSM. One shot each. Good accuracy and on game performance so far, but a sampling of two isn't much!

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160 7mmWSM and 140 270WSM from 100 and 150 yards. Only two I've recovered.
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I've killed 2 deer and 2 elk with 'em. One of the deer was a 180 from a 30-06; it broke the shoulder and went diagonally through and exited way back the opposite flank. Pretty much perfect performance.


This last season, I was still-hunting a slippery hillside and somehow managed to shoot a buck right in the a$$ at close range, trying to sneak a bullet behind his last rib... the 8mm, 200-gn AB smashed the hip joint, then went lenthwise through the deer, deflecting off some ribs on the way, and ended up under the buck's chin under the hide. That bullet retained exactly 70%.

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Then I killed a big cow elk in Colorado. She was steeply uphill, I shot as she turned broadside, and the bullet hit her elbow first (very heavy bone) before entering the body cavity and making it to the opposite hide in her neck, forward of the other shoulder. She went DOWN. 280 yards, same 8mm AB.

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Then I shot this bull in Oregon. 150-ish yards at a trot. This is the exit. The entrance was a bit further forward. He went about 50 yards and piled up.

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Apparently they act like a Partition. Most of the partitions in my collection retain 65-68% - from my test media, have never recovered one from an animal. I did dig one out of a tree once after it killed a big doe. Broke the point off my Buck knife doing it........


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I have used and seen them used out of a 300wsm (180 grain) and 338wm (225 grain) on a couple brown bears one black bear and several moose. Excellent performance on all of them. In my opinion you can't go wrong with them.

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I will say, if I KNEW my shots were going to almost always be close, I'd probably run a Partition or TSX. I think they'd do a touch better at pure penetration.

One thing I am LOVING about Accubonds right now, is that you can get 'em! Nosler seems immune to this loading component shortage.

I would like to add, my buddy Jerry has killed two elk with the 225 AB from his .338. Both DRT, both exited. Forgot to mention those. Both were 300-ish yards away. One of was in such a god-awful hole that I'm still sore from helping him get that thing out of there!!


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So far they have done great for me out of my sako .270; 140 factory loads vs, mule deer, whitetail and antelope.

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I've had very good results with 140 gr 7mm ABs on white tail deer - both 7wsm and 7mm-08 velocities. I'm considering the 160 on an upcoming elk hunt. One of our members had a 160 that badly bloodshot a mule deer shoulder - he posted some pics to back it up. Right now, I'm trying to get 150 and/or 160 Partitions to shoot well in my 284 or my 7wsm, and I'm not quite there yet. Good luck with whatever bullet you decide on.


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Know the feeling. I've shot ~ $150 in components trying to get 160 Partitions to fly consistently accurate in my 7RM.

Am going to bed the factory stock as a last resort.


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The 160 gr Accubond is my favorite bullet in my 7mm RM. I'm getting sub-MOA 3-shot groups with it to 200 yds. I used it for 2 caribou and a musk ox in 2004, for 5 plains game including black wildebeest and red hartebeest in South Africa in 2005, and killed my elk with it last year. Most were one shot kills.

One of my South African PH's (who also shot a 7mm RM) was constantly amazed at the wound channel that the 160 gr Accubond made in my antelope.


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Its all I use in my 300WM with 180's, 270WSM with 140's and 160's in my faterinlaw's 7mmRM, plus 225gr in my 338-06AI. Great bullet. I was so impressed with the performance at the range and on big game (elk/moose/bears/deer) here in Alberta, I traded off all my TSX's for my 300WM and 270WSM for more Accubonds. The longest shot was 554 metres at my 8x7 Whitetail, shortest was 44m at a Mulie buck, avg b/w 150-200m. My cow elk last year flipped over backwards(200m) with the shot from my 270WSM.

Of the bullets I have recovered (3) weight retained b/w 67/83/85 percent. Mostly double lung complete pass thru.

I will be trying the 225gr TTSX's in my 338-06AI but I love the performance at the range so far with my new rifle.

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Never tried it but I'd bet a 160Accubond, Fed 215 and RL25 would make for an awesome elk load.

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I hunted south Africa this past May with my Rem. 700 in 300WSM. I handloaded 180gr. Accubonds atop 65.5gr. of IMR4831. This load is very accurate and has been chronographed at just over 3000fps. I took a Kudu, warthog, impala, Burchells zebra and an Oryx with this load. 6 shots, five animals down. I had to shoot the Oryx twice, a tough animal indeed. I recovered only one bullet that went thru the zebras shoulder, took off the top of the heart and lodged in the opposte shoulder. I am very pleased with the retention of weight of this bullet at approx. 66%. Good luck!


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buf - thats the kind of info I like. A question or two: Did you recover any bullets and what was so amazing about the wound channel from your antelope?

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MP and MT - you guys are getting my attention. The recovered weights are higher than my collection of Paritions. If you don't mind me asking, what factors led to the recovered bullets? Bones, close/long range, moon phase?


If the A-bond is all that plus a high BC, whats not to like.........

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I've got some in .308 that I haven't loaded yet. I have shot deer with 130 grain AB in the 6.5X55 from 20 to 400 yards. In my limited experience they are very accurate and terminal performance has been flawless.


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I run the 160 AB's in my 7RM ahead of 66.3gr of IMR7828, Winchester case, Fed215 primer and ao OAL 3.460". My Rem 700 shoots 3 shot groups with this load that average .5 and .6" at 100yrds. Cronoed the load at just a few feet short of 3000 in my 24" barrel. As to performance on game, my experiences and those of about 6 friends, are all positive! With at least 4 bulls taken with that 7RM load and around another dozen taken with other AB/caliber combos. The AB is my go to bullet. 2750fps to 3500fps, 50yrds to 850yrds, it has never let me down.


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