Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles 160 AccuBond is the ideal bullet for 7mm Rem Mag, change my mind

My buddy shot a nice bull with 180 AB out of 300 RUM, Under 100 yards.
There Was not a lot left out that recovered bullet.
This is just me, and IMO, Either shoot heavy for caliber bullets out of magnums, or monos if you want the velocity.
OR, they need to make AB HD with thicker copper side walls, Opposite of ABLR

Ask buzz about the 140 Accubonds in the 7-08 and elk. He has killed a bunch of them.

Any pictures or weights of what was left?

I shot this bruin spot and stock at less than 20 yards with a 168 ABLR from a 7MM RM. the results were dramatic, but so was the damage.

I prefer a 150 TTSX with near 100% weight retention to the blob AB turn into at high velocity.

I've shot a bunch of elk with the 150 swift scirocco. I switched to the 160 accubond at 3050 because I got better accuracy. I shot several elk, mule deer and antelope with great performance. Now I can't find any more. I'm using 150 accubonds only because the 160 are like unicorns.

Unless big bears are on the menu, in which case you might want 175's, it's hard to argue with that.............160 Partitions are as good or better though at a slight loss of BC.

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I have been using the 160 AB in my 7mm Rem Mags and in those of several friends and family, for about six years. Shooting 3100fps in 26" barrels, 3050fps in the 24"s, with RL23 and very accurate. We've taken several whitetail, a few were very nice Saskatchewan whitetail bucks on the upper end of body size for deer and several black bear. All bullets exited and caused significant damage to the internal organs. Ranges have been fairly short, and all but one whitetail have dropped at the shot, although I think that has been more a function of the location of the hit. The one made it about 30yds, but it was through the lungs without breaking any shoulders. We have been very pleased with them. I also have a load with RL23 and 175 Partitions that I like and shoots well at 2950fps in 26" barrels and about 2900fps in 24"s, but have not used this bullet on game, although I have complete confidence in it as well. Randy Selby speaks VERY highly of the 7mm 175gr Partition in the 7mm Rem Mag. He also has some detailed and interesting history on that cartridge, as he knew Les Bowman, if you care to look it up.

I forgot to mention...30lb of 7mm 160 Accubonds sounds glorious lol

I think many choose the AB unwisely, but not in your case. The AB requires impact velocity to work as intended. It’s a tough bonded bullet and needs 2,400 fps at impact to do its best, being on the downside of that will affect some of its design intent. It’s a great bullet for magnums and faster loadings in standard cartridges. It’s not as good as a Partition at lower impact velocities, as the Partition is devastating all the way down at 1,800 fps with most standard chamberings and impacts we’ll below 2,200-2,400 fps.

Any testing that shows the expansion down that low?