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<blockquote data-quote="RT2506" data-source="post: 1261794" data-attributes="member: 10178"><p>From personal experience and observation of use of the 257 Weatherby with most any 100 to 120 gr cup and core non bonded bullet inside 300 yards if you hit the scapula on a deer you will have to throw both shoulders away. Total destruction and usually bang flop. Through the ribs, usually bang flop with sometimes total destruction of off side shoulder. With bonded bullets like the Accubond same results if you hit the scapula but it will exit most of the time. With these bullets there is less off side destruction through the ribs. I like the Accubond bullets in the fast magnums for deer. I shoot the 130 AB in my 264 Win mag at 3350 fps. They will not blow up on those close shots and give you the penetration into the vitals you need and usually will exit even through both shoulders. When I was shooting some deer with my buddies 257 Weatherby bonded bullets were not made yet. 115 Partitions and 117 Sierra was what we mostly used. He now uses the 110 Accubond with H4831. If you will only be shooting out to 200 yards it really does not matter what bullet weight you use because they all will only shoot 1 to 1 1/2" high at 100 yards with a 200 yard zero. Just a little heads up if you ever hunt over a green soybean field. Know exactly where that deer is at before you shoot it because it will be on the ground swallowed up by that sea of green before the rifle even gets to it's full height of it's slight recoil. That bullet gets there fast and kills them dead before they hit the ground. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> I walked the rows of a field for an hour before I tripped over a buck once that I shot and I thought I knew exactly where he was at before I shot him. He died so quickly he fell straight down with his legs folded under him and never moved. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> Good luck and good shooting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RT2506, post: 1261794, member: 10178"] From personal experience and observation of use of the 257 Weatherby with most any 100 to 120 gr cup and core non bonded bullet inside 300 yards if you hit the scapula on a deer you will have to throw both shoulders away. Total destruction and usually bang flop. Through the ribs, usually bang flop with sometimes total destruction of off side shoulder. With bonded bullets like the Accubond same results if you hit the scapula but it will exit most of the time. With these bullets there is less off side destruction through the ribs. I like the Accubond bullets in the fast magnums for deer. I shoot the 130 AB in my 264 Win mag at 3350 fps. They will not blow up on those close shots and give you the penetration into the vitals you need and usually will exit even through both shoulders. When I was shooting some deer with my buddies 257 Weatherby bonded bullets were not made yet. 115 Partitions and 117 Sierra was what we mostly used. He now uses the 110 Accubond with H4831. If you will only be shooting out to 200 yards it really does not matter what bullet weight you use because they all will only shoot 1 to 1 1/2" high at 100 yards with a 200 yard zero. Just a little heads up if you ever hunt over a green soybean field. Know exactly where that deer is at before you shoot it because it will be on the ground swallowed up by that sea of green before the rifle even gets to it's full height of it's slight recoil. That bullet gets there fast and kills them dead before they hit the ground. :D I walked the rows of a field for an hour before I tripped over a buck once that I shot and I thought I knew exactly where he was at before I shot him. He died so quickly he fell straight down with his legs folded under him and never moved. :D Good luck and good shooting. [/QUOTE]
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