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Nosler accubond performance
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<blockquote data-quote=".300 Dakota" data-source="post: 1983851" data-attributes="member: 106514"><p>Accubonds are SOFT! I rarely, if ever, get pass-throughs on whitetail. They generally expand to twice their diameter and retain 60% weight, as advertised, but penetration CAN be an issue. To get around this, go to the next highest weight, which will automatically slow it down enough that SOMETIMES you will then get an exit. In an elk, though, or moose, most likely there is going to be too much meat and bone to get an exit. If you are concerned about a blood trail from 2 holes, get another bullet. If you are in the camp that likes a bullet to use up all its energy inside the body cavity and stay there, just make sure you hit vitals! You will likely be tracking from 5 - 100 yards, depending. The 7mm 140 grain in the 7 Mags do the SAME thing you are describing/illustrating. A good friend of mine switched to Ballistic Tips after having to track 5 deer shot with Accubonds. He conceded that losing a little meat is better than losing the entire deer. Ballistic Tips won't work on elk though... Try Federal's Trophy Bonded Tip bullets if you can find any! I can't tell you how many countless times I've doled out this exact advice because of posts just like this. There are 2 types of hunters using Accubonds: Those who have had to track an animal longer than necessary after a lethal hit, and those who WILL be tracking one eventually.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE=".300 Dakota, post: 1983851, member: 106514"] Accubonds are SOFT! I rarely, if ever, get pass-throughs on whitetail. They generally expand to twice their diameter and retain 60% weight, as advertised, but penetration CAN be an issue. To get around this, go to the next highest weight, which will automatically slow it down enough that SOMETIMES you will then get an exit. In an elk, though, or moose, most likely there is going to be too much meat and bone to get an exit. If you are concerned about a blood trail from 2 holes, get another bullet. If you are in the camp that likes a bullet to use up all its energy inside the body cavity and stay there, just make sure you hit vitals! You will likely be tracking from 5 - 100 yards, depending. The 7mm 140 grain in the 7 Mags do the SAME thing you are describing/illustrating. A good friend of mine switched to Ballistic Tips after having to track 5 deer shot with Accubonds. He conceded that losing a little meat is better than losing the entire deer. Ballistic Tips won't work on elk though... Try Federal's Trophy Bonded Tip bullets if you can find any! I can't tell you how many countless times I've doled out this exact advice because of posts just like this. There are 2 types of hunters using Accubonds: Those who have had to track an animal longer than necessary after a lethal hit, and those who WILL be tracking one eventually. [/QUOTE]
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