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Not so happy with the Accubonds
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<blockquote data-quote="britz" data-source="post: 232846" data-attributes="member: 7865"><p>We all know that many times a large exit wound is how many people measure the power of a rifle and how some grade a bullet. </p><p>The truth is that often times it has more to do with what bullet is used, and how much bone was destroyed. If you hit a bone you will not only deform the bullet to cause a larger wound, but you are also creating lots of Shrapnal that is going to produce a huge wound. </p><p></p><p>I had a similar experience w/ my 300 wsm and a 180 AB @195 yards w/ 2 rounds through the chest (one was a poor shot, the other dropped it in it's tracks and both had Accorn to walnut sized exit wounds and neither hit much bone. The day earlier my brother shot a similar sized deer w/ his 30-06 and 180 core lock at @220 yards shot in the back with a horendous wound taking out the spine and half lots of tissue and bled to death in a matter of seconds. My wsm hit with considerable more velocity but hit far less bone. I am sticking with my AB's. Quite frankly, White tail are pretty easy to kill with good shot placement. Just because a large exit wound isn't there, doesn't mean the damage wasn't done too. Cavitation!!! Sure a huge hole leaking blood makes for easy tracking (especially if they drop in their tracks). As someone stated earlier, a double shouder shot (or at least one will probably put it down where it stands (or runs) <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>All, of course, is my humble opinion based on personal experience.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="britz, post: 232846, member: 7865"] We all know that many times a large exit wound is how many people measure the power of a rifle and how some grade a bullet. The truth is that often times it has more to do with what bullet is used, and how much bone was destroyed. If you hit a bone you will not only deform the bullet to cause a larger wound, but you are also creating lots of Shrapnal that is going to produce a huge wound. I had a similar experience w/ my 300 wsm and a 180 AB @195 yards w/ 2 rounds through the chest (one was a poor shot, the other dropped it in it's tracks and both had Accorn to walnut sized exit wounds and neither hit much bone. The day earlier my brother shot a similar sized deer w/ his 30-06 and 180 core lock at @220 yards shot in the back with a horendous wound taking out the spine and half lots of tissue and bled to death in a matter of seconds. My wsm hit with considerable more velocity but hit far less bone. I am sticking with my AB's. Quite frankly, White tail are pretty easy to kill with good shot placement. Just because a large exit wound isn't there, doesn't mean the damage wasn't done too. Cavitation!!! Sure a huge hole leaking blood makes for easy tracking (especially if they drop in their tracks). As someone stated earlier, a double shouder shot (or at least one will probably put it down where it stands (or runs) ;) All, of course, is my humble opinion based on personal experience. [/QUOTE]
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