Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Elk Hunting Have Your Tried the Nosler AccuBond?

I have shot 3 animals with the Accubond so far. A Muley Buck, A Medium Black Bear, and a young bull moose. The deer and Blacky were shot with a 280 Remington and the 140 AB, bear broadside [bullet exited] Muley quartering away [bullet did not exit.] Both were bang-flop kills. Recovered bullet weighs 112 grains. The moose was shot at 250+ yards with the 200 AB in my M700 8x57 Mauser, slightly quartering away. Kill was also a bang-flop, bullet made exit, leaving a 1" exit hole behind offside shoulder. I am a Partition slut, having used them for over 40 years successfully, but so far, I am liking this new offering. It will take a few years to give a real analysis on the newer bullet though, need at least 25 head of game on the ground. Regards, Eagleye.

I shot my muley at 225 yars with a 7mag. 2 inches behind the shoulder. 160 gr accubond. Bullet entered 1" hole and exited with 1 1/2" hole. Took 3 steps and was down.. My buddy was shooting a 30-378 with 180gr ballistic tip. Shot muley @ 418 yards. The ballistic tip exploded on impact no penetration but did extensive damage to the rib cage 5 " behind the shoulder . Left one heck of a blood trail but put the old guy down in 50 yards. I would rather punch the hole and have penetration myself.

Azshooter,

I could be wrong but I think your shot placement was a little to far back.
Based on your description it sounds as though you hit the start of the lungs mid to high up. Something seemed wrong with your description until I realized that the animal's off side shoulder must have been fully extended to the rear.

Bow hunters learn quickly to avoid the area of the lungs/liver that (I think) you hit (it takes quite a while for the animal to bleed out). Also, the liver/gut debris tend to plug the entrance hole. I am betting that the elk would have gone down faster with the top of his heart and the bottom of his lungs missing.

The 300 Ultra is pretty tough on bullets and stepping up to 200 grainers could only help. The 200 Partition would get the nod for elk if I was pulling the trigger. I love X bullets but (my opinion) is that the 180 Tsx is the better bet (over the 168) at your velocity levels.

I hope my post comes across as that of an observation and not a criticism. No offence intended!

Take care!