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7mm 160 grain Accubond Field Report
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<blockquote data-quote="Fiftydriver" data-source="post: 58720" data-attributes="member: 10"><p>Dakor,</p><p></p><p>To be honest with you, anyone intentionally looking to center a shot directly on the shoulder knuckle of a mature bull elk better be bringing more gun to the fight then a 7mm.</p><p></p><p>That said, I am not a fan of a direct shoulder hit, even on elk. I would much rather punch both lungs and let a bull run out of air before taking the chance of taking out the onside shoulder and only getting 1/2 way through the chest.</p><p></p><p>Nor do I think that bull elk need a 250 gr .338 bullet to cleanly harvest them.</p><p></p><p>Elk are huge animals with a huge chest cavity. Your 160 gr Accubond slipped behind the shoulder will easily harvest the biggest bullet elk. I really like shooting for the offside shoulder. If it gets broken then the first thing I know for a fact is that my shot landed exactly where I wanted and had to travel through the vitals to get there.</p><p></p><p>There are a couple shots that require a shot to be placed near the shoulder such as a quartering toward you angle but again, generally you can slip it just inside the shoulder and get an easier path to the chest cavity.</p><p></p><p>About your deer shooting. I have found the spine to be the hardest group of bones in a deers body, they are also made up of complicated angles and such that can deflect bullets and rob them of energy.</p><p></p><p>An example of a neck shot deer was the buck I took this season with one of my 257 STW rifles using the 130 gr Wildcat Bonded Core FBHP loaded to 3450 fps. At 300 yards, I put the Wildcat bullet directly in the throat patch of the 340 lb whitetail and he folded to the shot. </p><p></p><p>Upon caping the buck out, I found that the bullet had not exited. With a little more investigating, I found that the bullet had penetrated the spine but had come to a stop about 2" before reaching the offside of the bucks neck. This whitetails neck circumference was right at 24" around so it was a solid path or resistance.</p><p></p><p>With the accuracy of your 7mm STW jsut concentrate on getting that bullet into the vitals. If you want to be able to center on that shoulder I would either recommend a heavier caliber or some of the Wildcat Bullets 180 gr Heavy jacket bonded core bullets.</p><p></p><p>Good Shooting!!</p><p></p><p>Kirby Allen(50)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fiftydriver, post: 58720, member: 10"] Dakor, To be honest with you, anyone intentionally looking to center a shot directly on the shoulder knuckle of a mature bull elk better be bringing more gun to the fight then a 7mm. That said, I am not a fan of a direct shoulder hit, even on elk. I would much rather punch both lungs and let a bull run out of air before taking the chance of taking out the onside shoulder and only getting 1/2 way through the chest. Nor do I think that bull elk need a 250 gr .338 bullet to cleanly harvest them. Elk are huge animals with a huge chest cavity. Your 160 gr Accubond slipped behind the shoulder will easily harvest the biggest bullet elk. I really like shooting for the offside shoulder. If it gets broken then the first thing I know for a fact is that my shot landed exactly where I wanted and had to travel through the vitals to get there. There are a couple shots that require a shot to be placed near the shoulder such as a quartering toward you angle but again, generally you can slip it just inside the shoulder and get an easier path to the chest cavity. About your deer shooting. I have found the spine to be the hardest group of bones in a deers body, they are also made up of complicated angles and such that can deflect bullets and rob them of energy. An example of a neck shot deer was the buck I took this season with one of my 257 STW rifles using the 130 gr Wildcat Bonded Core FBHP loaded to 3450 fps. At 300 yards, I put the Wildcat bullet directly in the throat patch of the 340 lb whitetail and he folded to the shot. Upon caping the buck out, I found that the bullet had not exited. With a little more investigating, I found that the bullet had penetrated the spine but had come to a stop about 2" before reaching the offside of the bucks neck. This whitetails neck circumference was right at 24" around so it was a solid path or resistance. With the accuracy of your 7mm STW jsut concentrate on getting that bullet into the vitals. If you want to be able to center on that shoulder I would either recommend a heavier caliber or some of the Wildcat Bullets 180 gr Heavy jacket bonded core bullets. Good Shooting!! Kirby Allen(50) [/QUOTE]
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