Accubond sucess UPDATE!!!!!!!
 

Well guys I finally got to see the Accubond's that I reload put to good use. I pulled the double today! My first (and second) deer taken with my very own reloads!! I was thrilled to say the least. The first was a 130 lb doe quartering away at 80 yrds, entered 2nd to last rib, took out far lung, and a quarter of the heart. (she ran 50 yrds) The bullet lodged in her front shoulder. I skun her out tonite, but the bullet must be in the meat of the shoulder so I will weigh it when I cut it up tommorrow. The second happened about an hour later on another 100 pound doe, this one was about 70 yrds walking away from me, the only shot I had was to find her head and come down a few inches and take the neck shot. This one dropped immediatly and had a hole in her throat that I could have fit both hands in. You guys that reload all know the satisfaction of taking game with your handloads, and now I am onboard. :D

p.s. I am amazed that on the first one that I didnt get a pass through. I kinda thought it should have went clean through, Im not speaking negativly but I was just surprised of the results.

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Congratulations on your successful hunt. :) What caliber and bullet weight?

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Good job mossy, I have taken 3 deer with my 140 gr. Accubond reloads this year with good results. The bullet passed thru on all the deer with some meat lost but never had any gaping holes.

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Yea, your report kinda worries me some. I was thinking it should have exited. I was planning on using it on elk.

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The one elk I havetaken with an accubond resulted in an exit. 140 grain .270 at about 375 yards - broadside rib shot. Went down real quick.

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dont laugh..........please?????? I know I probably shouldnt have been using it, but I wanted to kill something with it........ok here it goes,

180 Accubond in my ............................300 RUM, there I said it, now go ahead and make fun of me!!! :D:D

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That’s OK, my brother took his buck with the 180 gr. Accubond in his 338 Win. Mag. Nothing wrong with a little more power. OOPS!!! did I say little more power.:D

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No worse than using a 7 STW as a coyote rifle :)

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I also shot a groundhog with it this summer while I was testing reloads........couldnt help it, hog popped up and safety went off and boom!! Wasnt much left though. :D

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ok, well I got finished cutting up my 2 deer, and heres what I found.....After disecting the front shoulder to try and find the bullet I couldnot. SoI did some CSI type stuff and used a wooden dowel to follow the bullets path, low and behold AFTER the Accubond finished breaking through the shoulder socket it made a slight turn and went down and left a pinky sized hole in the hide that I couldnt see when I recovered her. It was so small and the hide almost closed back up around it. There was no blood of any kind surrounding it. In fact it wasnt until I saw my pinky peaking out from the hide until I realized what happened. In conclusion I guess the accubond performed like I thought it would. It did not open very much if any, just penciling the deer, I guess shot placement was key here, concidering I went through the heart, lung, and broke the front leg. I will not use this bullet/gun combination on MD whitetail again, it is definatly NOT designed for 100-150# deer. Iguess we all knew that didnt we? :eek:Oh well, had to find out right????