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Old 08-27-2007 | 09:31 PM
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It's a little late... I've already bought 100 Nosler Accu Bonds and 50 Nosler Part in 140gr... I've read that the 140gr out of the 7mm Mag was a no brainer...

Was the 140gr bullet a good choice???
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Old 08-28-2007 | 08:52 AM
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Should work fine for you. I've have great success with the 140 gr. TSX on whitetail.
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Old 08-28-2007 | 11:31 AM
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To shoot what? For deer sized stuff the 140's are perfect if they shoot in your rig. Brett
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Old 08-28-2007 | 01:56 PM
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I shoot 140 Nosler bt. and they drop deer where they stand.

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Old 08-28-2007 | 04:23 PM
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When I shot the 7 Mag,(Had five of them) I shot mostly the 140 Nosler BT bullets. The very early ones were a bit fragil but the ones now are quite dependable IMO. For boiler room shots I would use them for any NA game. This would hold true for the 280,7X57 and 7MM-08 as well.
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Old 08-28-2007 | 05:04 PM
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To shoot what? For deer sized stuff the 140's are perfect if they shoot in your rig. Brett

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Old 08-30-2007 | 01:30 AM
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3of the last4 whitetails I've shot were with 140 BT's. One was at 200 yards, the other 2 at 325 to 330yards.2 dropped in their tracks, the other ran about 30 yards with a 3" exit wound (hit a couple of ribs and the liver). I think the Accubond's should hold together and perform as well or better than the BT's.

BTW, a friend of mine shot a large cow elk at 200 yards with a 140 BT a few years ago. Bullet hit in the boiler room and passed all the way through. Dropped her right there.
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Old 09-01-2007 | 12:43 PM
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I've used both 140's and 150 gr. bullets in my loads. It's a toss up for me which have been better. What ever bullet I use I like to stick to the BT design. I've had much success with both Noslar and Sierra.
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Old 09-02-2007 | 09:17 AM
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accubonds 3100/ft/sec limit, great bullet!
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Old 09-03-2007 | 01:22 PM
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It's a little late... I've already bought 100 Nosler Accu Bonds and 50 Nosler Part in 140gr... I've read that the 140gr out of the 7mm Mag was a no brainer...

Was the 140gr bullet a good choice???
The 140 certainly works, but I have found tem to be quite destructive. Shot a big mulie (#250+) once at about 35 yards with a 140 Nosler Partition as he was running, quartering away from me down the side of a mountain. The bullet hit just behind the last rib on the left and travelled up into the right front quarter. That right front quarter was totally destroyed as far as edible meat is concerned. MV of that load was 3350 FPS. I switched to the 175-grain bullet. It leaves more stuff to eat!
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