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<blockquote data-quote="Havingfun" data-source="post: 1355887" data-attributes="member: 14228"><p>I am using 200 G Accubonds in my 325 WSM (2886 MV) and am not sure I like the performance.</p><p></p><p>Two bull elk hit this season, one at 315 yards and the other at 388 yards.</p><p></p><p>Of the three hits, none of the Accubonds exited the other side but rather broke apart within and the bullets were recoverable.</p><p></p><p>Two shots went through the same shoulder on one elk also hitting the lungs and the bullets were recovered in the gut with retention losses of anywhere from 40% to 50% when I weighed the remaining bullets.</p><p></p><p>On the second elk (388 yards), the bullet entered through the ribs and was found just under the hide on the other side with about a 30 to 40% loss of weight along the way.</p><p></p><p>Neither bulls were DOA but certainly mortally wounded. However, if we had to have tracked them, there would have been little blood trail to follow.</p><p></p><p>Is this the expected outcome of using the Accubonds? Both my guide and myself were a little surprised they broke apart so quickly with no exit wound in any of the three hits.</p><p></p><p>Thoughts? (Besides - "If you hit them in the heart.........")</p><p></p><p>Thanks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Havingfun, post: 1355887, member: 14228"] I am using 200 G Accubonds in my 325 WSM (2886 MV) and am not sure I like the performance. Two bull elk hit this season, one at 315 yards and the other at 388 yards. Of the three hits, none of the Accubonds exited the other side but rather broke apart within and the bullets were recoverable. Two shots went through the same shoulder on one elk also hitting the lungs and the bullets were recovered in the gut with retention losses of anywhere from 40% to 50% when I weighed the remaining bullets. On the second elk (388 yards), the bullet entered through the ribs and was found just under the hide on the other side with about a 30 to 40% loss of weight along the way. Neither bulls were DOA but certainly mortally wounded. However, if we had to have tracked them, there would have been little blood trail to follow. Is this the expected outcome of using the Accubonds? Both my guide and myself were a little surprised they broke apart so quickly with no exit wound in any of the three hits. Thoughts? (Besides - "If you hit them in the heart.........") Thanks [/QUOTE]
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