826 mule deer and 850 elk, CO.

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Yeah, I just didn't like what I saw with that Berger, I'll admit that. Jim's buck WAS a big bodied bastard, probaby 230-250 dressed weight, but I personally would be awefully careful about where that bullet hit an elk. We got very little meat off the front shoulders as that bullet chewed em up pretty good. I just don't think it offers the flexability of a bullet that has more penetration capability such as a quartering to you shot.

I don't know what the Accubond would have done differently, I'd like to think it would hold up better, but I have no way of knowing, only hoping I suppose.

On my elk, the 200gr Accubond didn't have much resistance at all, and still had about a 1" or better exit hole and a bit bigger through both lungs. Damage was about what I would have expected and obviously since it was 9" or so behind the shoulder we didn't loose a scrap of meat. I am very curious about the perfomance of that bullet through bone and will stick with that one at this point. With a BC in the high .5's, at over 3200fps, the trajectory and wind drifts with it are more than acceptable to me.

[Chopaka81]

I wish Nosler made a 30 cal 220 gr AB bullet.

[yotefever]

Originally Posted by Eaglet

+1 as above

+2 on the pics.

My mule deer was shot with the 168 berger with my MOA in 7 Sundance (376 Steyr)
It sounds like the hit you had but I didn't loose the whole shoulder.
It was only a 562 yd shot, slightly uphill with his nose right behind a doe. He went 10 yds at most.
If I get a deer license here in WI I will be using the Savage.
I finally got a bobcat tag and sure would like to fill it, it took 5 years.