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$1.80 per bullet here, so hard pass on both
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I have used both successfully and do not have strong opinions either way. With that being said, have used AB's more than Partitions. Simply because I have found it easier to work up a load with the AB's.
If I needed to choose one bullet style out of C&C, bonded, partition, or mono. I would hands down pick mono construction.
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I never tried accubonds and have always been a big fan of partitions. No particular reason other than they worked so well I just never changed. However, they have become harder to get and more expensive. I ended up getting some 200 grain terminal ascent for my 300 WM and I’m pretty happy with those. 2978 fps over the chrony, .608/.304 G1/G7 BC great accuracy and I was able to get a bunch of them reasonably priced. I ran one through the jugs and it punched through seven one gallon jugs and ended up in the eighth at about fifty yards. Perfect mushroom and retained 175 grains. I think I’m set for a while. Now to run some through some critters. I wished I could snag more of the TA's!
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I agree. 2.00 $ a bullet in my parts of the woods. Glad i stocked up before covid. I have supply for years to come but after i run out i don't think ill buy at current-future prices.
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Big fan of accubonds. Partitions haven’t shown me much. You hit the nail on the head.
By the way, in case you missed it, Jeremiah was a bullfrog.
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At sane distances load up some mid to heavy for caliber Hornady interlocks or Nosler Ballistic tips and tell me how they failed you.
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I have 4 boxes of 200 grain Accubonds that have most of the tips missing. Been waiting 11 months for Nosler to replace them. They haven't made any in a long time. Told me it would be this summer before they did.
I have a 250 Savage that i built for my kids to start big game hunting with. With few exceptions the dozen or so elk and twice that many deer have all been killed with 100 grain Partitions. Never had a single bullet stay in the animal, not one.
I used Partitions in Africa and the skinners recovered one from a wildebeest, the rest made it into the Namibian countryside. Our group of 4 all used 300 H&Hs. There were a pile of recovered bullets on the window sill, many of them were 168 grain Barnes LRX. These were all plains game. Nothing i shot with my 458 resulted in a bullet recovery.
I don't trust any tipped Nosler bullets but to have issues with the plastic tips. Just heard and experienced too many cases. 15 months and still waiting...
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I have used both in several calibers.
I prefer the Accubond of the two but I would not hesitate to hunt with either.
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I never tried accubonds and have always been a big fan of partitions. No particular reason other than they worked so well I just never changed. However, they have become harder to get and more expensive. I ended up getting some 200 grain terminal ascent for my 300 WM and I’m pretty happy with those. 2978 fps over the chrony, .608/.304 G1/G7 BC great accuracy and I was able to get a bunch of them reasonably priced. I ran one through the jugs and it punched through seven one gallon jugs and ended up in the eighth at about fifty yards. Perfect mushroom and retained 175 grains. I think I’m set for a while. Now to run some through some critters. It's a great pill. You'll be happy. Like accubonds too. What a time to be alive.
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I never tried accubonds and have always been a big fan of partitions. No particular reason other than they worked so well I just never changed. However, they have become harder to get and more expensive. I ended up getting some 200 grain terminal ascent for my 300 WM and I’m pretty happy with those. 2978 fps over the chrony, .608/.304 G1/G7 BC great accuracy and I was able to get a bunch of them reasonably priced. I ran one through the jugs and it punched through seven one gallon jugs and ended up in the eighth at about fifty yards. Perfect mushroom and retained 175 grains. I think I’m set for a while. Now to run some through some critters. I wished I could snag more of the TA's! I got them off gunbroker. Somebody had them as pulled bullets on there and my buddy snagged them up fairly cheap. We split them and thankfully I got lucky and hit the accuracy node almost instantly with RL26. Seems to be a theme with that rifle though
Keep your powder dry and stay frosty my friends.
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When the prices were reasonable for the AB's years ago.....when the black man was in the White House.......I bought $350 worth of 7mm & 308 every payday. Now, I don't have to try to find any ever again. Sure glad I did that. Learned that from BoBinNH.
By the way, in case you missed it, Jeremiah was a bullfrog.
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Never tried Accubonds but had great success with Partitions,
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Never tried Accubonds but have had great success with Partitions and BT's. I haven't seen any Accubonds for sale around my neck of the woods in years - Sure glad I stocked up on Partitions & BT's.
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Right now Shooters Pro Shop has AB blems, 30 cal., 180 Gr for $30 per 50. I've been using their blems for years and never had a problem. I very seldom see PT's on there but right now they have them in 30 cal, 180 gr for $30 per 50.
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Only game animal I ever took with a .338 250 partition was a very large cow elk at probably 150 yards or so up a steep hill quartering to me trying to figure out what I was. Hit her in the low brisket. The bullet put a hole through her heart a beer can would fit through, destroyed one lung and blew her liver to pieces. It eventually exited the top of her off side ham. I would gladly hunt anything short of elephant or rhinos with that bullet. It’s been a while but if I recall muzzle velocity was around 2700fps. I’ve never had any problems with partitions shooting more than accurately enough to hunt with in 243, 277,284, 308, 338 or 375”. Accubonds have also shot very well but if push came to shove…. I’ll take a partition.
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I’ve shot around 20 elk and mule deer with Partitions out of a 300 Weatherby (180) and 7mm Remington Magnum (160), all the animals died quickly and I never caught a bullet.
Last year in New Foundland I shot a moose and Woodland caribou with a 300 Weatherby shooting 200 grain Accubonds @ 3090 fps and both animals were DRT and complete pass throughs!
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i shoot a 257 Weatherby mag. with a 100 gr. Partition at a speed of 3800 FPS. Partitions group fine for me the caribou ,elk ,deer and antelope all died quickly , very few bullets were ever recovered and there was not much of a mess either from the wounds with this bullet the partition. but i have used some other brand bullets and those bullets did make a mess ,the other 2 brands that worked well out of this rifle were Swift and new to me Hammer bullets. it is really tuff for me to say anything bad about a great bullet the Nosler Partitions , you can never go wrong with a Partition. Pete53
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Both bullets are great. I prefer NP over the 2, but wouldnt hesitate to use accubonds if I had to. Partitions just flat out work
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Partitions, don’t fix it if it ain’t broke
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