I just finally got to draw blood with my new 26 Nosler a couple weeks ago. Shot a spike elk at about 125 yards with a 140 Grain Accubond. Dropped in his tracks and didn't even twitch.... hard to complain about that and hope that is indicative of what I can expect going forward...
Bob
My hunting pard's fav 26 Nos bullet over 869. It works consistently about like your description. That wasn't a fluke. You put that bullet where it needs to go, it'll kill stuff. Good round.
DF
