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300 grain Nosler accubond for long range hunting
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<blockquote data-quote="D.Camilleri" data-source="post: 1184392" data-attributes="member: 2567"><p>The 300 gr Accubond has a very long bearing surface. I have heard some people say that you will give up velocity by using the Accubond over the Berger. I have been testing the 300 gr Accubond in my 338 rum and have been very pleased with the velocity results. 100 gr of RL33 yields 2820 fps, 101, 2857, and 102, 2895. I need to fine tune this load a little to see how it shoots at distance. So far, it looks like 101 is the most accurate.</p><p></p><p>I have killed many animals with the 225 Accubond in my 338 rum and results were always very good. For the last several years I have shot the 338 Berger Tactical OTM with some of the fastest kills I have ever seen. What I haven't liked though is the lack of penetration. Last fall I shot a big mulie, 486 yards and hit him high in the spine. The bullet blew up 4 inches of the spine, but didn't exit. Later in the fall I shot a cow elk at 520 yards on a quartering shot and the bullet entered behind the shoulder and exited the neck on the off side. Several other bull elk kills, one at 550 DRT no exit, and 750 dead within 30 yards, no exit. I have recovered two of the 300 gr OTM's and both are expanded to over and inch.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="D.Camilleri, post: 1184392, member: 2567"] The 300 gr Accubond has a very long bearing surface. I have heard some people say that you will give up velocity by using the Accubond over the Berger. I have been testing the 300 gr Accubond in my 338 rum and have been very pleased with the velocity results. 100 gr of RL33 yields 2820 fps, 101, 2857, and 102, 2895. I need to fine tune this load a little to see how it shoots at distance. So far, it looks like 101 is the most accurate. I have killed many animals with the 225 Accubond in my 338 rum and results were always very good. For the last several years I have shot the 338 Berger Tactical OTM with some of the fastest kills I have ever seen. What I haven't liked though is the lack of penetration. Last fall I shot a big mulie, 486 yards and hit him high in the spine. The bullet blew up 4 inches of the spine, but didn't exit. Later in the fall I shot a cow elk at 520 yards on a quartering shot and the bullet entered behind the shoulder and exited the neck on the off side. Several other bull elk kills, one at 550 DRT no exit, and 750 dead within 30 yards, no exit. I have recovered two of the 300 gr OTM's and both are expanded to over and inch. [/QUOTE]
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