RE accubonds splattering on impact- it's a bunch of BS. For several years I used the 30 cal 165 AB launched at 3450fps. Never had one do anything but text book performance. Never recovered one either.
Well, it has been explained numerous times that early ABs had a production line problem with the tips. Other hunters that had hunted around the world reported breakups on some of the early production. So yes, yours is another positive data point; but no, unless you are accusing them of all being liars, there were some problems at times.
