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<blockquote data-quote="AKdan" data-source="post: 1136829" data-attributes="member: 83800"><p>I have a 1:9.4 twist on the barrel it is also a 3 groove rifling. I would think that twist rate and barrel harmonics would have a greater effect than velocity. I had a hard time initial with accuracy until I seated the bullets closer to lands. I also found that it likes a dirty bore. I goofed around with Barnes lrx in 265 gr. But didn't get anything better than 1 MOA, but I didn't try very hard. I was not overly impressed with the BC from the get go. I had good success with the accuracy with the Berger 300 gr, but they shot slower at the best accuracy node so it lessened the benefit of a better BC. I was hesitant to load these for meat hunting because of the fear of too fast of expansion. The controlled expansion of the accubonds have suited well. A shooting buddy uses bergers in his Lapua, he hit a wolf with an Berger OTM and poked a hole clean through but sent it tumbling from 600 yards. He hit a caribou at 950 with the hunting VLD. It hit just under the heart. It fragmented just enough (40% weight shed) that bullet pieces punctured the lungs and it bled out a short distance from initially hit. He is shooting through a 26" tube at about 2650 fps. 950 yards is getting close to the "magic" threshold of 1800 fps where all things strange can happen. Haven't tried anything beyond that threshold yet. I have yet to see what one of those bullets would do at close range. I would hate to be the guy who had to back up to shoot an animal to make a clean kill(purely jesting) </p><p>One other oddity of the accubond is the sound it makes when it hits a plate. I thought I missed the first time because it sounded like a hollow thud similar to hitting a tree.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AKdan, post: 1136829, member: 83800"] I have a 1:9.4 twist on the barrel it is also a 3 groove rifling. I would think that twist rate and barrel harmonics would have a greater effect than velocity. I had a hard time initial with accuracy until I seated the bullets closer to lands. I also found that it likes a dirty bore. I goofed around with Barnes lrx in 265 gr. But didn't get anything better than 1 MOA, but I didn't try very hard. I was not overly impressed with the BC from the get go. I had good success with the accuracy with the Berger 300 gr, but they shot slower at the best accuracy node so it lessened the benefit of a better BC. I was hesitant to load these for meat hunting because of the fear of too fast of expansion. The controlled expansion of the accubonds have suited well. A shooting buddy uses bergers in his Lapua, he hit a wolf with an Berger OTM and poked a hole clean through but sent it tumbling from 600 yards. He hit a caribou at 950 with the hunting VLD. It hit just under the heart. It fragmented just enough (40% weight shed) that bullet pieces punctured the lungs and it bled out a short distance from initially hit. He is shooting through a 26" tube at about 2650 fps. 950 yards is getting close to the "magic" threshold of 1800 fps where all things strange can happen. Haven't tried anything beyond that threshold yet. I have yet to see what one of those bullets would do at close range. I would hate to be the guy who had to back up to shoot an animal to make a clean kill(purely jesting) One other oddity of the accubond is the sound it makes when it hits a plate. I thought I missed the first time because it sounded like a hollow thud similar to hitting a tree. [/QUOTE]
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