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225 gr accubonds on elk
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<blockquote data-quote="cross" data-source="post: 234217" data-attributes="member: 8592"><p>Your most likely not going to be able to recover your bullet without a shovel. </p><p></p><p>I hunted with them in my 338 WM about 5 years ago. I killed a bull moose and a calf elk with them. My experience was that with that much mass and that hard of a bullet you're going to get a pass through. If your expecting a bang-flop you might not get it without aiming for a shoulder. The bullet should expand reliably for the first 1000 yards or so and there should be a nice blood trail leaking out of the far side of the elk if you're shot is closer than 600 or 700 yards. This bullet will also work well if you're a Texas heart shot shooter, although I find this a messy and somewhat desperate measure but I must admit that I have done it, especially after the 1st shot when I'm worried that the critter may be wounded with a less than perfect shot and is making an exit. It should penetrate the length of an elk if you're within a couple of hundred yards or so. I'm a big fan of Partitions but the facts that they don't come with boat-tails and the lead tips of the bullets deform horribly in the magazine after the first shot leaves me looking for something like the Accubond when I'm setting up for long range.</p><p></p><p>I just loaded up a bunch of them for my 338 WM for my Dad to take hunting in the next couple of weeks. The bullets have a good BC, they expand reliably down to ~1800 fps, and they hold together when you smash them into the shoulder of anything in North America for good penetration. There is no bullet that somebody doesn't have a horror story for but my guess is that if you take a consensus you'll discover that very people will argue with this being arguably as good an elk bullet as any.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cross, post: 234217, member: 8592"] Your most likely not going to be able to recover your bullet without a shovel. I hunted with them in my 338 WM about 5 years ago. I killed a bull moose and a calf elk with them. My experience was that with that much mass and that hard of a bullet you're going to get a pass through. If your expecting a bang-flop you might not get it without aiming for a shoulder. The bullet should expand reliably for the first 1000 yards or so and there should be a nice blood trail leaking out of the far side of the elk if you're shot is closer than 600 or 700 yards. This bullet will also work well if you're a Texas heart shot shooter, although I find this a messy and somewhat desperate measure but I must admit that I have done it, especially after the 1st shot when I'm worried that the critter may be wounded with a less than perfect shot and is making an exit. It should penetrate the length of an elk if you're within a couple of hundred yards or so. I'm a big fan of Partitions but the facts that they don't come with boat-tails and the lead tips of the bullets deform horribly in the magazine after the first shot leaves me looking for something like the Accubond when I'm setting up for long range. I just loaded up a bunch of them for my 338 WM for my Dad to take hunting in the next couple of weeks. The bullets have a good BC, they expand reliably down to ~1800 fps, and they hold together when you smash them into the shoulder of anything in North America for good penetration. There is no bullet that somebody doesn't have a horror story for but my guess is that if you take a consensus you'll discover that very people will argue with this being arguably as good an elk bullet as any. [/QUOTE]
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