Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Long Range Hunting Next best projectile to a 160gr Accubond

Shooters Pro Shop had 160 GR and 140 GR Nosler Accubonds in stock today seconds.

Expensive but they always seem to have them in stock.

Accuracy and terminal performance are outstanding.

DF

Grab’em when they got’em.

DF

I’ve shot game with 7 mags and 280ackley with 140TTSX, 150TTSX, 160 partitions and 150BT’s. They all worked well as long as I hit the game where I was supposed to. I’d hunt game up to elk with any of them and not think twice about it. Can’t say I ever recovered any of them from game as all shot clear through.

+1 for the 154 Interbond

Hard to believe what these just sold for!

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/981765977

I too am getting back into the 7mm Rem Mag game, 700KS 1:9.25 with a 24" factory barrel. I'd like to try the 160gr Accubonds, but not for that.

Dean, there are so many great bullets out there in that weight class there is no way I'd dock my boat on that bullet for what it costs these days. I think they are great hunting bullets, but they aren't a lick better than 10 others that are available for way less money in my opinion.

Completely agree...

Why I'm following this thread and appreciate the information being shared.

145 LRX 150 TTSX

They shoot great!

Shot a 168 berger in a 7 rum at quite a bit of stuff in front of re-25. Never lost an animal and it blew big ol holes through deer. The 150 interlock did better in my opinion. Same results, less runners when shot behind the shoulder. If I had to go with a bullet for a 7mag I'm trying that 168 vld, 162 eldx, and then the interlock. Shoot 2 or 3 deer with each and then decide. Kinda what I do with all my rifles.

180 grain Barnes

Y’all are way overthinking this for North GA whitetails. I lived right “next door” to the OP. A big buck up there might will dress out at 125 for the most part…or smaller.

Ballistic Tip, Corelokt, SST, etc will kill the biggest buck that ever walked up there. Actually, no real need to 7mag calibers if you study it carefully. But when I lived up there, there were plenty of em….300 mags too. No idea why.


I’ll assume the OP will be traveling to KS or something along those lines. Hence, him wanting to build a 7mm.

Of coarse many things have changed in recent years, and im not sure that i fully understand why that is in some areas.
Many years ago when i was younger there were far fewer bullet makers, and much less confusion about what to use.
Yet very few of the animals shot didnt die, and by and large they died very quickly.
The old rule was that the faster a bullet shed its velocity, the faster it killed.
Which means that light fast traveling bullets kill quicker than the heavier slower ones.
But then we can get into arguments over things like meat damage also.
Ive been using 162 grain match grade bullets in my large case 7 mms for more than fifty years.
I still have a stash of about 800 of them, enough for my great grandkids for their lifetime as well.

You asked for second choice behind a 160 gr AB.


The Hornady 162 gr btsp was my first choice until Nosler released the AB. I loaded it to 3200 fps in the 7mm STW, and killed two bull elk, each at 400 yds.

I do have a bunch of 160 AB loaded up. But am also still setting on a few 162 Hornady and 160 Sierras.

If targets are limited to deer, there are bunches of applicable 140 gr to 150 gr bullets all over the 'net.

I am working on a 7 RM in a Win 70 pf for my son right now. I found 150 gr poly tipped boat tails at Midway as seconds for a decent price. Bought 300, loaded the first hundred over H 4831. Going to shoot it this weekend.

I also have a couple 7-08 rifles in the corner. I am loading 140s for them. I was shopping Graf's this morning. They are well stocked with many makes and weights.

Shooter’s Pro Shop has 160 gr BT Hunting in stock…

Barnes 140 or 150 gr ttsx work really well in most .284. General rule with Barnes is to drop 10-20 grains in bullet weight and enjoy the extra fps. I switched from 160 AB and PT to 150 ttsx at just under 3100 fps over RL22 and the results are really, really good. Much less prone to fragmenting with the majority being complete passthroughs. The bullets that hit bone still do devastating damage.

At the range I've seen zero difference in accuracy between the ttsx and accubonds. Same groups with 2 different 7rm rifles. Availability is good and price won't cause heart palpitations. Very commonly used here for open prairie game i.e. antelope, mule deer and elk plus big whitetails, elk, moose, and bear in the bush.

In the end its what your rifle shoots best.

You are a world-class blow hard pufta, have fun playing romper room with your buddies at Alberta Outdoorsman.

I’m kind of partial to the 180 Scenar! Super accurate and kills exceptionally well.



Roy