Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Accubond vs Scirocco II

IIRC Mule Deer was testing some SII's in his rifles also, I think the 257 100 grainers.

I thought the S2 was gaining promise after three critters killed & bullets recovered. It was the third that really bothered me. It was a yearling Sika doe taken with a 150 S2 from a 7 Rem Mag at roughly 60 yards. THe first surprise was the recovery of the bullet. That really really troubled me. Once recovered, the bullet had fragmented into three pieces, second surprise. THis was from a bonded bullet. THe bullet was dug out of the scapula, thrid surprise. No way even that little bone from the little doe should have stopped that bullet.

I won't be using the remainder of my Scirocco's.

On the flip side of the coin I have seen over a dozen animals whacked with the Accubond in .284 & .308, none of which ran more than 4o yards. Only one was recovered from a 600 lb + Oryx shot with a 30-06 at 140 yards in the shoulder. The handloaded round was averageing 3080 fps. The big critter took off and piled up after a 40 yard dash. THe 165 gr AB weighed in at 148 gr's. The longest bang flop was a 250 yard head shot on an Elk cow from the 30-06.

Accubonds? Certainly.
Scirocco's? Certainly not.

100gr SSII's land sub-moa out to 500 in my Roy....couldn't be happier. Hope to report on game soon.

257Wby @ 100yds