Accubond or Partition
 

Headed to MT next month go hunt Mule deer & want to take my .257 Wby Mag. The 2 rounds I've shot through it are Weatherby 120 gr. Nosler Partitions & Weatherby 110 gr. Nosler AccuBonds. Both group about the same out to 300 yds., but the Accubonds have about 1" less drop at that range than the Partitions do. All else being equal, I know the Partitions are a rock solid round but I'm not sure about the AccuBonds. Which would you take for a mulie hunt - the 120 gr. Partitions or 110 gr. AccuBonds?

hands down, accubond! if you get a shot at 40 yard you will know why.
RR

Given the choice, I'd take the Accubond.

Because I could never get Partitions to shoot up to my expectations and knowing how Accubonds perform I too would use Accubonds.

.257 is 100gr or 110gr, no accubond experience, but not a big fan of partitions.

How about 100gr tipped tsx? or 100gr tsx?

good luck!

^^^^ wut he said. If the bonds run good, useum. At that weight and speed, close range 60 and under, would be a mell of a hess with a partition.

I have used both bullets in my .25-06 rifles and have settled on the Accubond. My .25-06's are normally used mostly for pronghorns, sometimes for mule deer, and rarely for whitetail deer. I use the same bullet in my wife's .257 Roberts that she uses mostly for whitetails and mule deer.

However, I do not agree with a couple of the previous posts when it comes to the .257" Partition. I have used it for close shots and it worked wonderfully well. It works for high impact velocities and also works very well for low impact velocities. A close range shot will have about the same result on game from both bullets.

The tip of the Partition takes a little bit of a pounding in the magazine and can flatten slightly. I have shot flattened tip bullets on the range and found almost no difference from the pretty ones on the target. As for the Accubond, in some older boxes of a few of the tips simply broke off completely but I think that is under control by the factory now. Both seem to have about the same weight retention.

Both are fine hunting bullets.

This surprises me. Typically, the Partition isn't an easy bullet to get to group, while the Accubond is almost difficult to get to not group well.

Either bullet will do the job, but given the same price for the two, I'd run the Accu-bond as well.

Ridge is on target, as usual, slam an Accubond into a game animal at short range and it'll rub a lot off, but still largely perform. Do the same with a Partition, and you'll lose the ogive section quickly and be left with a deformed FMJ. Still kills, and some guys really favor that wound channel profile (big cavity at the front, plus pass through penetration), but the Accubond yields a favorable cavity in my book.