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<blockquote data-quote=".300 Dakota" data-source="post: 1906338" data-attributes="member: 106514"><p>Yes, the Accubonds were always very accurate and caused the demise of several whitetail for me in both 7mm and 300 SAUMs... but rarely did they exit, and as with your experience, they ALWAYS seemed to run between 20 and 100 yds after lethal hits generally clipping the heart. I found that annoying... My guide once expressed his disdain for the baseball sized wound following a particularly nasty Ballistic Tip exit, but I just grinned and asked if it would have helped his feelings to have tracked through the briers... I explained I didn't mind trading a 1/4 slab of deer ribs for the chance to NOT have to track and drag... lol! I've used Barnes TTSX at extreme speeds with extreme results, but have heard of lack of expansion at long range/low velocities. A good old fashioned Sierra ProHunter will generally suffice quite nicely, even at more extreme speeds, and Partitions give the best of both worlds...sometimes. They expand quickly and penetrate deeply, but WILL separate in extreme cases. In a perfect world, maybe I'd just use A-Frames and run them all at extreme speeds, but at $70 a box now and poor BC and the inability to shoot as accurately as other bullets in many rifles, I have found the perfect substitute when penetration, expansion, and accuracy have been required in unison. Maybe not so much in a x47, though you could (I've used them with devastating results on large boar in a Creedmoor), but any caliber that has a Woodleigh Weldcore made for it will ruin any animals day on the spot and if you seat them to just touch the lands like Bergers, they are every bit as accurate as Bergers or Ballistic Tips/Accubonds. They are also priced about 40% less than A-Frames and many Bergers now (just me or has anyone else noticed a box of Bergers venturing into the $80s to purchase lately??). BC is better than A-Frames in most cases. .509 for the 6.5 160gr off the top of my head. They are generally weight sorted closer to Speers than to Bergers, but if you sort through them and find same weight groups, you won't believe by looking at them that they could be as stupidly accurate as they are. Remember, seat them ON the lands. Exactly right ON the lands... They do wicked things and do them much cheaper than their closest American competitors! I'm a believer! You will be, too, if you give them a chance! You can generally find a load that shoots lights out in most every gun you know to be capable of good accuracy. They are usually very easy to get to group in good rifles.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE=".300 Dakota, post: 1906338, member: 106514"] Yes, the Accubonds were always very accurate and caused the demise of several whitetail for me in both 7mm and 300 SAUMs... but rarely did they exit, and as with your experience, they ALWAYS seemed to run between 20 and 100 yds after lethal hits generally clipping the heart. I found that annoying... My guide once expressed his disdain for the baseball sized wound following a particularly nasty Ballistic Tip exit, but I just grinned and asked if it would have helped his feelings to have tracked through the briers... I explained I didn't mind trading a 1/4 slab of deer ribs for the chance to NOT have to track and drag... lol! I've used Barnes TTSX at extreme speeds with extreme results, but have heard of lack of expansion at long range/low velocities. A good old fashioned Sierra ProHunter will generally suffice quite nicely, even at more extreme speeds, and Partitions give the best of both worlds...sometimes. They expand quickly and penetrate deeply, but WILL separate in extreme cases. In a perfect world, maybe I'd just use A-Frames and run them all at extreme speeds, but at $70 a box now and poor BC and the inability to shoot as accurately as other bullets in many rifles, I have found the perfect substitute when penetration, expansion, and accuracy have been required in unison. Maybe not so much in a x47, though you could (I've used them with devastating results on large boar in a Creedmoor), but any caliber that has a Woodleigh Weldcore made for it will ruin any animals day on the spot and if you seat them to just touch the lands like Bergers, they are every bit as accurate as Bergers or Ballistic Tips/Accubonds. They are also priced about 40% less than A-Frames and many Bergers now (just me or has anyone else noticed a box of Bergers venturing into the $80s to purchase lately??). BC is better than A-Frames in most cases. .509 for the 6.5 160gr off the top of my head. They are generally weight sorted closer to Speers than to Bergers, but if you sort through them and find same weight groups, you won't believe by looking at them that they could be as stupidly accurate as they are. Remember, seat them ON the lands. Exactly right ON the lands... They do wicked things and do them much cheaper than their closest American competitors! I'm a believer! You will be, too, if you give them a chance! You can generally find a load that shoots lights out in most every gun you know to be capable of good accuracy. They are usually very easy to get to group in good rifles. [/QUOTE]
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