Accubond or Partitiion?

ORsouthpaw

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I'm geting excited about the upcoming Mule Deer rifle season, This year I'm hunting with a new rifle. A Browning A-bolt Medallion in .270 Winchester. I've had it since spring and I have been shooting 150gr Partitions but as the season is getting closer. I thinking more and more about if it's the best choice or not. I would hope for a shot range of 50 to 250 yards. I know the gun will reach further but I would rather take the time to close the distance if I can.
My question is: Which of these two bullets would you guys choose and why?. The choices are Nosler's 140gr Accubond or the 150gr Partition. Let me know what y'all think, Thanks!
 
I personally like 140 or 130's in the .270. I would just shoot both bullets and use which ever is the most accurate in your gun. There is no way you can go wrong with either.
 
I have loved partitions for many years, but recently switched to accubonds and the accuracy is hard to beat. Never could get the partitions under 1" MOA at 100 yards, and the accubonds are fairly easy to get under an inch. Even a five shot group will usually be under an inch. They will retain slightly less weight than the partitions, but I wouldn't hesitate using them on moose or any other North American big game. I'll be shooting 160 gr. accubonds out of my new 7mm STW this weekend..Steve
 
i shoot accubonds out of the following: 270 wsm 270 30-06 7RUM all with less than MOA. have never seen how they work on game but accuracy is awesome!
Casey
 
DallanC, I have the dies, brass, bullets etc. coming and have not loaded any yet. I hope to have some test bullets by Saturday which is when I expect to get me gun back. I will probably start with about 74 grains of 7828. and test accuracy. I am having my 7mm rem mag re-chambered and will only have a 24" barrel this year so I'm not going for speed, however I'm hoping to get the 160s going over 3000fps with accuracy this year. Next year I'll put a barrel on it.

Do you have one and what are your experiences with loading??? I'd be glad to share any reloading info with you if you do the same....Steve
 
Just put a box of 140 AB's through my 7mm Remington Magnum yesterday. Everything betwen 67.5 and 70 grains of RL22 were at an inch or better. Best group was with 69.5. I was very impressed with their accuracy and have heard nothing but good regarding game perfomance thus far...
 
Yes I have one, a WinM70 in 26" barrel. I havent really messed around with 160grn slugs yet though. I always keep an eye out for new 7STW loads. I would like to try tripple shock's to see if they will shoot worth a darn... 140grn XLCs were FAAAASSSTTT out of my rifle but min load to max load they didnt shoot worth a crap. Cant get anywhere near good velocity out of plain old GameKings... even 10% over max with several different powders: RL22, RL25, H1000, 7828, H4831... tried'em all.

Sadly after blowing alot of $$$ trying different components, Remington Safari grade ammo is still the most accurate... but that stuff is $37 bucks a box.


-DallanC
 
DallanC I have a custom 7STW with a 26" barrel these are some of my favorite loads.150 nosler ballistic tips 83 grs. of 7828, or 79.5 grs of AA 3100 75 grs, of AA3100 with a 162 gr. Hornady interlock, this load is my favorite and shoots very well in my rifle, these loads are a little hot but dont show any signs of excessive pressure in my gun.
 
OSOK, Sounds right as I've heard that RL22 works best at max or close to it best.

DallanC, I've heard and read that the heavier bullets fly cleaner through the 7STW or any of the big magnums for that matter. If you want to try the 160 gr. accubonds, here's a load that's been out on the web. 160 gr. ABs, 75.5 grains 7828, 3150ish fps, total COAL. (case with bullet) 3.582. The guy claims a group of less than .350". The gun had a 26" barrel. If you just want fast then maybe you could try a 120 grain. Those should come out of the muzzel over 3500 fps. Poor coeficience though. I really like the 160 accubonds and just want to flatten the trajectory from what I was getting out of the 7mm remington mag. I know it won't be much different, but it should be more comfortable (less pressure, easier on the brass and primers) in the chamber..I'll keep you posted, Steve
 
Thanks for the info. I might try some 160s soon.

As for the "fast" comment, my 140grn XLCs printed 2.5" at 100 yards at 3445fps... I would imagine 120's to be in the +3600fps range but there really isnt a bullet except for Barnes that would hold up on impact at those speeds, and 2.5" groups are crap IMO, my muzzle loaders group smaller.

The factory Safari grade stuff prints .85" and the cheap Remington Express stuff printed .67! Velocity was alot lower, in the 3200fps range. Accuracy > speed... but I would think I should be able to squeeze out a bit more speed and retain 1MOA.

The quest continues.

-DallanC
 
I used Ballistic Tips and Partitions forever. Switched to Accubond's last year. I took a raghorn bull at a little over 250 yards with it through the front shoulder. I have yet to hear a bad story about Accubonds. Only negative reports I have heard is from people that just flat out despise Nosler. Even with them the end result was dead game. I have switched back to Partitions this year because there are no Accubond's currently made for the 6.5's. Good luck.
Paul
 
LAST EDITED ON Sep-26-05 AT 08:53PM (MST)[p]Well the range report is this: Accubonds are the most accurate bullet my gun shoots! 1st two shots were within .5 moa and 1in off center left, (4 clicks right) the next 4 shots were .75 moa total and .25in off center right All of these were about 1.5 inches high. At that point I decided not waste any more time or ammo as 1.5 inches high at 100 yards is a 200 yard zero according to Federal's ballistic chart. Just for kicks and giggles I put three rounds of my 150gr partitions and they were 1.05moa center and about .5 inches high. I think I got really lucky with my rifle/bullet combination. As you might guess I will be recomending them to anyone who asks. Thanks for the replies.

ORsouthpaw
 
i think the accubond has a better balistic coefficient
hard to beat the partition for an allaround good bullet
mycousin shot a moose this year in alaska [300wm with accubond]
dropped it witha good shot behind the shoulder then when they got up to it it started to get up and growl and thrashing hus head around ears back hackles up. it was pretty dicey soundin
any way he shoots it again. The 190grain accubond went through neck and traveled throught a bunch of back bone and muscle
he said about 3.5-4ft worth of moose.
he retrieved the bullet and it still weighs 145grains
thats pretty impressive.
 
I've had great luck in the accuracy department with them out of my 280 and 7mag. Both shoot well under an inch if I can do my part. RL22 is the powder of choice in both as well.

So far between my wife and I we've killed 6 critters with my 280 and Accubonds. Including an elk, warthog, impala, bushbuck and wildebeest with the 160's. The smaller game probably isn't much of a performace guide, but I broke the shoulder on the warthog, and impala on the entrance and they still exited after 20-24+/-" of penitration! The bushbuck was a rib shot, and penitration was only 8-10", no recovery... they just arn't that big... :) The shot on the elk was a spine shot and I didn't recover that bullet either.

My wife shot the wildebeest bull with the same rifle/bullet combination a couple weeks ago. We did recover that bullet, but in all respects, it penitrated on a quartering away shot from the last rib up through the chest cavity to the oposite shoulder and was found bulging under the hide. Aproximate penitration was probably close to 30"+/-. The recovered bullet weighs about 120 grains.

I shot a big bodied mule deer (300ish pounder) last year with the 140gr accubonds out of the 280 as well. The MV is probably close to 3000fps+/-. Distance to the deer was about 80 yards. The performace was not what I expected, but it did perform better than a standard cup and core probalby would have. The bullet didn't exit on the broadside shot, but the recovered bullet was found just under the hide. The weight was 100 grains even. I think what happened was upon exiting the chest cavity and being pretty flattened out, it dead centered a rib, and blew a big hole through the rib cage. It was then stopped by the hide. The deer went about 3 steps and was dead, squirting blood like a fire hose. The wound channel to all critters was outstanding!

I'm going to put an order in for some 260gr Accu's for my 375H&H and try them out on elk this year. I have a feeling that I won't be recovering anything but a dead elk...
 

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