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Swift Scirocco VS Nosler Accubond & Elk
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<blockquote data-quote="Power" data-source="post: 2877803" data-attributes="member: 1759"><p><strong>I've been using Accubonds for over a decade and always been satisfied with the performance. I continue to load them for all my family (wife and daughter) to this day. Plus Nosler as a company is great so I'm happy to support them.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>I did try the 150g. Scirocco when they first came out but had limited experience with them. Shooting my 7mm RM I did take one mule deer, a small 3 point buck at 75 yard broadside. He was feeding and unaware and I wasn't rushed or buck fever as I was going to let him walk. I changed my mind just to put meat in the freezer and took him with a double lung shot.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>At the hit he took off at a dead sprint and made is about 100 yards before crashing into a log. I knew he was dead so I watched for a couple seconds then took my eyes off to reload my rifle. Looking back I marked the spot by the log and headed over to check him out. When I arrived there was no deer and no sign of him. I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt he was dead but apparently still had some juice left.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>It took another 30 minutes of searching for my wife and I to locate him. He had recovered enough to make it another 75 yards to a small patch of trees.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Dissecting him later revealed perfect shot through both lungs with only a small hole all the way through, with expansion likely 1.5x or 2x the bullet diameter. I wasn't that satisfied with that performance.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Of course there are many take aways from this. The buck wasn't a big one so not much mass to help expansion. It was also a bullet from the 1999 so they may have improved since then. </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>That being said, I've never had any problems taking the deer, elk and bear that I've taken with the Accubond. </strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Power, post: 2877803, member: 1759"] [B]I've been using Accubonds for over a decade and always been satisfied with the performance. I continue to load them for all my family (wife and daughter) to this day. Plus Nosler as a company is great so I'm happy to support them. I did try the 150g. Scirocco when they first came out but had limited experience with them. Shooting my 7mm RM I did take one mule deer, a small 3 point buck at 75 yard broadside. He was feeding and unaware and I wasn't rushed or buck fever as I was going to let him walk. I changed my mind just to put meat in the freezer and took him with a double lung shot. At the hit he took off at a dead sprint and made is about 100 yards before crashing into a log. I knew he was dead so I watched for a couple seconds then took my eyes off to reload my rifle. Looking back I marked the spot by the log and headed over to check him out. When I arrived there was no deer and no sign of him. I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt he was dead but apparently still had some juice left. It took another 30 minutes of searching for my wife and I to locate him. He had recovered enough to make it another 75 yards to a small patch of trees. Dissecting him later revealed perfect shot through both lungs with only a small hole all the way through, with expansion likely 1.5x or 2x the bullet diameter. I wasn't that satisfied with that performance. Of course there are many take aways from this. The buck wasn't a big one so not much mass to help expansion. It was also a bullet from the 1999 so they may have improved since then. That being said, I've never had any problems taking the deer, elk and bear that I've taken with the Accubond. [/B] [/QUOTE]
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