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<blockquote data-quote="mcseal2" data-source="post: 668238" data-attributes="member: 22030"><p>I've never seen an accubond fail on anything yet. A friend did take a nice 6pt bull a few years ago with his 7 mag at and that bull absorbed several of the 160gr accubonds before going down. The bull was at 350yds when he hit him the first time, and then we hit him several more times before he dropped. He never traveled over 150yds from the first hit but was close to a steep canyon so my buddy kept shooting, and I joined in. We recovered all the bullets and they were mushroomed perfectly and retained 60-70%. It was a big bodied bull but I was still a little surprised that none of the bullets exited even on lung shots. The bullets performed perfectly, the 7 mag just didn't have enough energy to punch them out the other side in this situation. The bull was dead from the first shot through his vitals we just didn't want to have to pack him out of that canyon if he tumbled down into it. I'd not be afraid to use the 160's again but would want to be careful of my shot angle. This experience got me thinking I would want a 30 cal magnum capable of 2900fps with a 200gr accubond for my ideal elk rifle. The 7 mag was enough gun, I'm just a big fan of exit wounds. </p><p> </p><p>The only elk I've shot fell to a 175gr corelokt and was under the hide on the far side on a mildly quartering shot at 468yds. I'd have to see if a 175gr Sierra Gameking or Partition shot well at a decent velocity if I was taking a 7 mag on another elk hunt. The "applied ballistics for long range shooting" book I have rates the real world G1 BC of the 175gr bullets as follows.</p><p> </p><p>175 TSX .397 </p><p>175 Partition .453</p><p>175 Sierra Gameking .579</p><p>175 Hornady Interlock .461</p><p> </p><p>On a side note I'd love to see a real high BC 175gr accubond, I'd start thinking of a custom 7 Dakota twisted for it and a lighter recoiling elk rifle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mcseal2, post: 668238, member: 22030"] I've never seen an accubond fail on anything yet. A friend did take a nice 6pt bull a few years ago with his 7 mag at and that bull absorbed several of the 160gr accubonds before going down. The bull was at 350yds when he hit him the first time, and then we hit him several more times before he dropped. He never traveled over 150yds from the first hit but was close to a steep canyon so my buddy kept shooting, and I joined in. We recovered all the bullets and they were mushroomed perfectly and retained 60-70%. It was a big bodied bull but I was still a little surprised that none of the bullets exited even on lung shots. The bullets performed perfectly, the 7 mag just didn't have enough energy to punch them out the other side in this situation. The bull was dead from the first shot through his vitals we just didn't want to have to pack him out of that canyon if he tumbled down into it. I'd not be afraid to use the 160's again but would want to be careful of my shot angle. This experience got me thinking I would want a 30 cal magnum capable of 2900fps with a 200gr accubond for my ideal elk rifle. The 7 mag was enough gun, I'm just a big fan of exit wounds. The only elk I've shot fell to a 175gr corelokt and was under the hide on the far side on a mildly quartering shot at 468yds. I'd have to see if a 175gr Sierra Gameking or Partition shot well at a decent velocity if I was taking a 7 mag on another elk hunt. The "applied ballistics for long range shooting" book I have rates the real world G1 BC of the 175gr bullets as follows. 175 TSX .397 175 Partition .453 175 Sierra Gameking .579 175 Hornady Interlock .461 On a side note I'd love to see a real high BC 175gr accubond, I'd start thinking of a custom 7 Dakota twisted for it and a lighter recoiling elk rifle. [/QUOTE]
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