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<blockquote data-quote="RH300UM" data-source="post: 1599217" data-attributes="member: 12469"><p>After seeing with my own eyes the multiple failures of accubonds on Alaskan game there is no way I would use one for bear country as a expected bear stopper. We have a zip lock bag with Nosler bullet failures in it. By failures I mean lack of penetration. Expand way to fast. </p><p>A couple examples. Hunter shoots a arctic grizzly 10 times with 7 mag. With 160 accubonds. Ranges from 40 yards to 80 yards. </p><p>Final fatal shot was in the throat as it stood up to look over the willows. </p><p>Skinning the bear showed the bullets had only gone in 3-4 inches and stopped. None making it to the vitals. </p><p>Another example last year moose hunter using a 300 rum and 200 grain accubonds. Shot bull 3 times. Range 75 yards. 2 shots where bad shot placement. Very far back. Those 2 were pass through shots. </p><p>The 3rd shot hit square in the front shoulder. Bull goes down but is still alive. We approach the bull carefully to get a lethal shot in it. At 10 yards hunter shoots bull in the base of the neck. Bull finally dies. Dressing the bull out reveals that the shoulder shot completely fragmented the bullet. Penetration was nowhere near being fatal. The neck shot showed the bullet only going 3 inches in and stopping. </p><p></p><p>There are many more examples like this. When hunters ask what bullet to shoot Nosler is not one of those</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RH300UM, post: 1599217, member: 12469"] After seeing with my own eyes the multiple failures of accubonds on Alaskan game there is no way I would use one for bear country as a expected bear stopper. We have a zip lock bag with Nosler bullet failures in it. By failures I mean lack of penetration. Expand way to fast. A couple examples. Hunter shoots a arctic grizzly 10 times with 7 mag. With 160 accubonds. Ranges from 40 yards to 80 yards. Final fatal shot was in the throat as it stood up to look over the willows. Skinning the bear showed the bullets had only gone in 3-4 inches and stopped. None making it to the vitals. Another example last year moose hunter using a 300 rum and 200 grain accubonds. Shot bull 3 times. Range 75 yards. 2 shots where bad shot placement. Very far back. Those 2 were pass through shots. The 3rd shot hit square in the front shoulder. Bull goes down but is still alive. We approach the bull carefully to get a lethal shot in it. At 10 yards hunter shoots bull in the base of the neck. Bull finally dies. Dressing the bull out reveals that the shoulder shot completely fragmented the bullet. Penetration was nowhere near being fatal. The neck shot showed the bullet only going 3 inches in and stopping. There are many more examples like this. When hunters ask what bullet to shoot Nosler is not one of those [/QUOTE]
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