Accubond Vs Internond

Just curious why the enthusiasm for the NAB but seemingly none for the HIB.

In 7mm I have shot both, for my applications the only difference I notice is color and price.

The interbonds have been non-existent from what I have seen over the past few years.

Not disparaging Hornady bullets, but personally I never got them to shoot like a Nosler BT or AB.
I shot water buffalo for pest control, we used Hornady 220g RN Interbonds out of H&K 308's with very good results.
Other interbonds were not as good accuracy wise.
Other pest controllers were using 189's of differing makes had to shoot them several times to bring them down. The 308 is not my preference for such game, but that's what the government had us licensed for only.

Cheers.

I have had luck with both. My son's 30-06 shoots the Interbonds over IMR4451 very well and mine shoots Accubonds over H4350 well. We have used them on many animals and both worked very well, no difference in performance between the two.

I've shot 165gr interbonds out of a 30-06 and had fantastic results in shots ranging from 35 out to 350 yards. They held together well close and expanded great on a double lung spike @ 350 and a few deer in between. Accuracy was fine at a fairly mild load of IMR 4350, about 1" on average out of that gun at the time.

130gr accubonds out of a 270 I had less than stellar results up close. Two dead deer, but neither held together and failed to exit. This was also a fairly mild load relative to a 270 ~2900 FPS or so. I've switched that gun over to 133gr shock hammers and haven't needed to look back!

Longtime AB, also shock hammer fan of 150s and 145s. With that said love the construction of Hornady interbond. I buy the vintage 150 IBs when I come across a box. I read seem to perform well on Elk but not a LR bullet? Looking forward to loading a bunch for flinging at targets at 4 to 500.

Going off of memory here but I believe apples to apples would be Hornady SST compared to the AccuBond. Both tipped, bonded bullets if i'm not mistaken. I shot 123gr SST's that shot fantastic out of 6.5mm, and with that said, they have a nice BC for that class bullet, Better than the Accubond in 130gr by a little.

I shot accubonds for years almost exclusively and they are good bullets. It was nice to be able to shoot 140gr Nosler BTs and 140 gr Accubonds that are essentially the same bullet with the exception of being bonded. The BTs were much cheaper to shoot and the accubonds were supposed to perform well. I had a bad experience with an Accubond and a Barbary sheep and I just never have gone back. I'm not going to blame the bullet for failing and they were always plenty accurate, I've just decided that the Mono bullets have come a long way and its worth the extra cost for the insurance.

I still shoot the ELDX stuff with great luck, they are probably more forgiving that just about any bullet of that cost in my experience. They did a great job designing the ELD line and I think its slowly chipped away at the SST and interbond options that Hornady offers.

tonechaser88 said:

Going off of memory here but I believe apples to apples would be Hornady SST compared to the AccuBond. Both tipped, bonded bullets if i'm not mistaken. I shot 123gr SST's that shot fantastic out of 6.5mm, and with that said, they have a nice BC for that class bullet, Better than the Accubond in 130gr by a little.

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SST's are not bonded.

IMO the Accubond really shines on tough game out to moderate distances. By tough I mean Elk, bigger African plains game etc. By moderate I mean out 500 yards or so. They just do it all, expand, penetrate and dump most of the energy in the animal. On deer they perform well just like like many of the other bullets folks use and have mentioned.

Interbonds are a fine bullet but have always been tough to find even during normal times. After the introduction and popularity of the eld-x line Interbonds disappeared

The Hornady Interbonds, are one of the best Designed Bullets on, the Planet !
Perfect, "Mushroom's" with, good penetration.
A Tad tough, to get to "shoot" real well, in my 7MM Mag but,.. worth the effort !
Found .012 -.015 "Jump" worked best for, me !
Accubonds, seem to be "Hard" Bullets and penetrate well but, had a POOR, "mushroom" on my Elk and was a SLOW, "killer" !
So SLOW dying, that, I almost shot him,.. twice !
Am now shooting Berger's .270 Classic Hunters as they shoot better than, either Bullet ( Boiler Room shot's only, for ME )
I wouldn't hesitate to go back to the Hornady IB's, IF the Bergers,.. don't,.. "get it, DONE".

Andrew Massi said:

Interbonds are a fine bullet but have always been tough to find even during normal times. After the introduction and popularity of the eld-x line Interbonds disappeared

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I have always been able to find the IB but I always see in the WTB/WTT shooters looking for AB, so I was thinking it was the other way around. So with that mind set I wondered why the IB was not sought as an alternative.

Love 200 grain ABs on bull elk @ moderate distances. Less out there on Hornady Interbonds. Hate to be redundant but the extra thick copper wall on those babys and pics of near perfect mushrooms hopefully make for one other driver option. Interbonds Kind of vintage for i just run across a couple boxes here and there. Will first see if they fly and hopefully additional LRH members have been there and done that for more terminal testimony.

59FLH said:

I have always been able to find the IB but I always see in the WTB/WTT shooters looking for AB, so I was thinking it was the other way around. So with that mind set I wondered why the IB was not sought as an alternative.

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The AccuBonds, ARE, "popular" and work "well" in, the .30 & .338 Cal, Mag's but, less than "stellar" results, in the smaller Cals ! AB's are, EASY to get, to shoot, decently as they have, a nice Tangent Ogive, shape !
IB's were hard to get, when Hornady shut their Plant down for all, their RE-Designed Bullets.
The Higher BC, IB's, are, Secant Ogive design and need seating depth,.. "work" !