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Not so happy with the Accubonds
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<blockquote data-quote="Derek M." data-source="post: 232985" data-attributes="member: 2693"><p>Thank you J300UM for your kind and respectful post. I don't want anyone (else) to over-interpret my post on the AB. I have a few thousand on the load bench. It is my go-to bullet for several rifles. I use the 200 and 180 in my 300 RUM, still use the 140 in the 270, and I have some 160s in 7mm.</p><p></p><p>This thread made me think back about 20 years ago to a buck I shot in Alabama with my bow at 11 yards. He was broadside, licking a branch over a scrape (please read: he was NOT moving....I don't want anyone else to think I'm "suggesting" he was moving ya know).</p><p></p><p>The arrow went entered and exited anterior to the diaphragm, by about 2". It was not a great shot, but the consensus seems to be that a "bullet or blade" in the vitals equals a dead animal. I agree. The buck did die, but he traveled through a creekbed about 500 yards away and over the next mountain. Blood was lacking and I recruited another hunter to assist. We found him 5 hours later and he wasn't stiff yet. </p><p></p><p>We examined the shot placement both inside and out. I cut the diaphragm on the offside part of his body, but still cut both lungs. </p><p></p><p>So, what does this mean? Here's a buck with 2 holes in his lungs, a cut diaphragm, but he still walks about a mile or close to it. Makes you scratch your head as it just didn't make sense.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Derek M., post: 232985, member: 2693"] Thank you J300UM for your kind and respectful post. I don't want anyone (else) to over-interpret my post on the AB. I have a few thousand on the load bench. It is my go-to bullet for several rifles. I use the 200 and 180 in my 300 RUM, still use the 140 in the 270, and I have some 160s in 7mm. This thread made me think back about 20 years ago to a buck I shot in Alabama with my bow at 11 yards. He was broadside, licking a branch over a scrape (please read: he was NOT moving....I don't want anyone else to think I'm "suggesting" he was moving ya know). The arrow went entered and exited anterior to the diaphragm, by about 2". It was not a great shot, but the consensus seems to be that a "bullet or blade" in the vitals equals a dead animal. I agree. The buck did die, but he traveled through a creekbed about 500 yards away and over the next mountain. Blood was lacking and I recruited another hunter to assist. We found him 5 hours later and he wasn't stiff yet. We examined the shot placement both inside and out. I cut the diaphragm on the offside part of his body, but still cut both lungs. So, what does this mean? Here's a buck with 2 holes in his lungs, a cut diaphragm, but he still walks about a mile or close to it. Makes you scratch your head as it just didn't make sense. [/QUOTE]
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