LAST EDITED ON Oct-12-11 AT 09:11AM (MST)[p]>Well, MTSHEDHEDZ, sorry you had a
>bad experience with an Accubond.
>You can't judge a bullet
>by ONE KILL. I killed
>an antelope on Sunday at
>about 125 yards or so
>with my RUM and a
>200 gr Accubond. The wound
>doesn't look anything like what
>you posted in the pic.
>At 3200 fps muzzle velocity,
>the bullet was still over
>3000 fps at impact.. A
>bullet is bound to fail
>once in a while, but
>like I posted, I bet
>I've killed more game animals
>than most on here with
>them. Between myself and my
>buds probably over 50 critters.
>So, I feel I can
>talk about their effectiveness a
>bit. Rest assured, they are
>an excellent big game bullet.
>You oughta try them a
>few more times. mtmuley
It may of if you hit bone. It really depends on a lot of factors. The size of the animal, where the bullet hits, the speed of the bullet when it hits the animal. I shot a few antelope ranging from 85-450 pounds all with the same 200 grain Accubond load in my 300 Win Mag traveling around 3000 fps. At ranges from 60 yards out to 450 yards. On the smaller animals it was all about shot placement. With the Accubond you never wanted to shoot a 100 pound animal in the shoulder. You hit bone with the Accubond on a small animal you get ugly results. I shot one springbok quartering away from me at 100 yards the bullet hit the off shoulder. Let's just say there was not much of a cape left. The other 4 springbok were shot at 270 yards and beyond just behind the shoulder, which is where you want to hit them with a gun like a 300 mag. With a 243 or 25-05 there is less of a concern. No big blow ups just a hole about 3/4 of an inch coming out the far side. I shot a 120 pound impala straight on facing me at 60 yards right in the center of its chest. It went down instantly, the bullet did not exit (which surprised me, and did not explode. I did not recover the bullet.
I was really unhappy with the 200 grain Accubond on the Kudu I shot. He was facing me at 11:00 I hit his left shoulder and broke it at 260 yards. The bullet lost about 45% of its mass (110 grains). It took out one of his lungs but he was not about to stop. I broke his neck with a follow up shot as he was trying to make his getaway. I did not recover that bullet, but I don't believe the bullet exited the critter.
The bullet on the left was taken from the kudu found it in the hide on the far side just in front of his hip (this was the bullet that broke his shoulder). The one on the right was from an Oryx shot at 450. The Oryx was shot quartering away at the back of the ribs we found the bullet just under its neck on the far side. The bullet weighed 145 grains. I was happy with its performance but it did not hit any major bones. I shot a 900-1000 pound Shiras Moose last year at 325 yards right behind the shoulder and made a mess of its heart. The moose rand 10 yards and dropped dead as its heart and both lungs were soup. The bullet exited, I did not hit any major bones. Needless to say I was happy with its performance.
I love the Accubond because the high ballistic coefficient rivaling most match grade bullets. They are supper accurate. They are tougher than most standard bullets, but they are not as tough as a Partition and some other magic bullets. The faster you shoot them and the bigger the bones you hit bone they are more likely to explode on you. It's not rocket science. That can even be said of the super tuff bullets as well, but since they are tougher you can usually shoot them at faster speeds.
I shoot the 200 grain Accubond in the 300 Win Mag because I think the 180's are going too fast and more likely to explode if I hit bone and I like the higher BC for long range performance. If you shoot the 180's out of an 30-06 you will probably get really good performance when you hit bone than the same bullet traveling 300-500 fps faster.