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Nosler Accubond Long Range problem
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<blockquote data-quote="MontanaRifleman" data-source="post: 846631" data-attributes="member: 11717"><p>I agree generally with what you say. I won't predict how these bullets perform terminally out of a 10 twist. I know GS Custom recomends anywhere from a 1.4 - 1.6 stability factor for hunting depending on the type of hunting you do. They are of course monometals, but I think the mono's follow the same rules of stabilization that the cup and core bullets do. You can get adequate stabilization for flight through air (generally 1.1 and higher) and not have adequate terminal stabilization. Defing "over stabilization" requires defining the application.</p><p></p><p>That said, I do not think flight stabilization is the problem here. If I had to speculate, and it's only speculation, I would guess the bullet is not holding up well to the velocity above 3000 fps which I find very strange, as I wouldn't think Nosler would release a bullet that wouldn't hold up to 3000 fps. They advertise expansion down to 1300 fps which suggests to me that the jackets in these bullets are different than their regular AB's and even the BT's. I'm not sure how they can make a bonded bullet that expands to 1300 fps without it having a very thin skin? Maybe they have an aggressive taper? </p><p></p><p>That said, I've witnessed the firing of the .308 210 ABLR's at greater than 3000 fps with no accuracy problems out to 1K. </p><p></p><p>It would be very interesting to get some feed back from other shooters</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MontanaRifleman, post: 846631, member: 11717"] I agree generally with what you say. I won't predict how these bullets perform terminally out of a 10 twist. I know GS Custom recomends anywhere from a 1.4 - 1.6 stability factor for hunting depending on the type of hunting you do. They are of course monometals, but I think the mono's follow the same rules of stabilization that the cup and core bullets do. You can get adequate stabilization for flight through air (generally 1.1 and higher) and not have adequate terminal stabilization. Defing "over stabilization" requires defining the application. That said, I do not think flight stabilization is the problem here. If I had to speculate, and it's only speculation, I would guess the bullet is not holding up well to the velocity above 3000 fps which I find very strange, as I wouldn't think Nosler would release a bullet that wouldn't hold up to 3000 fps. They advertise expansion down to 1300 fps which suggests to me that the jackets in these bullets are different than their regular AB's and even the BT's. I'm not sure how they can make a bonded bullet that expands to 1300 fps without it having a very thin skin? Maybe they have an aggressive taper? That said, I've witnessed the firing of the .308 210 ABLR's at greater than 3000 fps with no accuracy problems out to 1K. It would be very interesting to get some feed back from other shooters [/QUOTE]
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