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Not so happy with the Accubonds
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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 233131" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>I haven't experienced a Nosler AB failure to expand yet. I've shot several black bears, a caribou, and several sheep with them. 7mm 140 & 160 gr. & 200 gr .308</p><p></p><p>But I have experienced a failure with a 7mm 150 gr Nosler BT years ago. I shot a Dall ram at 13 yards with a .280 RCBS improved using a 150 grain Nosler Ballistic Tip straight through the middle of the ribs and lungs and that bullet never expanded with a muzzle velocity of ~2975 fps. The sheep was standing broadside. I expected the ram to crumple at the shot, but instead he reversed 180 degrees showing me the exit side and a tiny red spot began to show on the white hair after about 10 seconds. That exit hole showed the bullet placement was right on the money so I figured the animal was dead on his feet. Go figure. The animal trotted off down slope about 100 yds, stood for awhile watching some other rams across the valley, and then finally bedded down. He slowly got sicker and sicker but didn't expire. I delayed a second shot because I saw the red blood dots in perfect position on both sides of the ribs for a double lung shot. Probably 25-30 minutes passed from the time of the initial shot, and I'd seen enough. I walked down to finish him off and when I got within about 10 yds he jumped up in an adrenaline rush and took off. My second shot was a quartering away shot into the back edge of the onside ribs. That BT expanded and flattened the ram like a piledriver. Instant lights out. When I skinned the ram out I found the first shot exit hole the same size as the entrance hole, about 1/4" in diameter.</p><p></p><p>In addition to my own experience with the Ballistic Tip on the Dall sheep, I was present with a hunting partner when he had a 200 gr .338 Ballistic Tip fail to open on a black bear which we recovered after several additional follow-up shots. Skinning confirmed the location of the first thru & thru hit through the lungs. Exit hole same size as the entrance hole. </p><p></p><p>Other hunters have told me that they have also had Ballistic Tips fail to expand. I don't know why - but I can verify that it does happen every now and then. And if it happens with the BTs, I wouldn't be surprised but what it happens with the ABs also, since their shape is identical to the BTs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 233131, member: 4191"] I haven't experienced a Nosler AB failure to expand yet. I've shot several black bears, a caribou, and several sheep with them. 7mm 140 & 160 gr. & 200 gr .308 But I have experienced a failure with a 7mm 150 gr Nosler BT years ago. I shot a Dall ram at 13 yards with a .280 RCBS improved using a 150 grain Nosler Ballistic Tip straight through the middle of the ribs and lungs and that bullet never expanded with a muzzle velocity of ~2975 fps. The sheep was standing broadside. I expected the ram to crumple at the shot, but instead he reversed 180 degrees showing me the exit side and a tiny red spot began to show on the white hair after about 10 seconds. That exit hole showed the bullet placement was right on the money so I figured the animal was dead on his feet. Go figure. The animal trotted off down slope about 100 yds, stood for awhile watching some other rams across the valley, and then finally bedded down. He slowly got sicker and sicker but didn't expire. I delayed a second shot because I saw the red blood dots in perfect position on both sides of the ribs for a double lung shot. Probably 25-30 minutes passed from the time of the initial shot, and I'd seen enough. I walked down to finish him off and when I got within about 10 yds he jumped up in an adrenaline rush and took off. My second shot was a quartering away shot into the back edge of the onside ribs. That BT expanded and flattened the ram like a piledriver. Instant lights out. When I skinned the ram out I found the first shot exit hole the same size as the entrance hole, about 1/4" in diameter. In addition to my own experience with the Ballistic Tip on the Dall sheep, I was present with a hunting partner when he had a 200 gr .338 Ballistic Tip fail to open on a black bear which we recovered after several additional follow-up shots. Skinning confirmed the location of the first thru & thru hit through the lungs. Exit hole same size as the entrance hole. Other hunters have told me that they have also had Ballistic Tips fail to expand. I don't know why - but I can verify that it does happen every now and then. And if it happens with the BTs, I wouldn't be surprised but what it happens with the ABs also, since their shape is identical to the BTs. [/QUOTE]
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