firsttimeelkhunter

OK, Thanks, I ordered the Accubonds today and will be shooting both types next weekend.

Now, I don' t have access to Ballistic Gel to test these thing (not that a ballistic gel will stop a .338 anyway,) Is there any way to test the end result of the bullet, short of the animal itself. A 55 gallon drum of H20 at 100 yards seems, well like something I don' t have the capability to do.

I guess I just look for the most accurate load and go from their????

handloader1

Water soaked newspaper, or magazines. There has to be more, but I can' t think of them now. Good luck.

James B

I have been loading Partition bullets almost from thier introduction. Never had less than excellent performance. I load a lot of X bullets as well Excellent permormance. There is an artical in outdoor life by Jim Zumbo. He is one of the most expieranced elk hunters out there. His choice of Bullets? Corlocks. His favorite elk gun? 300 Remington Short mag in the Model 7 rifle.

eldeguello

Well, maybe the Nosler Partition isn' t exactly DESIGNED to lose the front core, but that is often what happens! The two I' ve found inside an animal, after great penetration and finally hitting a big joint which stopped the bullet, were missing the front cores. Damage in one case was unbelievable (everything ahead of the diaphragm was a bloody soup, with no piece of lungs or other organs larger than a quarter), and the remains of the front portion of the jacket were folded back, constituting the " mushroom" .

Vapodog

firsttimeelkhunter, would you be so kind as to post a report when you bag your elk with Nosler' s bonded bullets.....I' m sure all would appreciate it.

firsttimeelkhunter

That I will do. Counting down to the day. I got the accubonds today. Will be loading some up in the next couple of days. Thanks for the info!

woodseye

The front portion of the parition is designed to mushroom and then fragment,it doesn' t fall off after entering the animal but does massive damage while the rear section continues thru for full penetration and an exit hole.The words above are from John Nosler not me.There still is not a bullet that does it all as well as a parition bar none...............it expands fast and pushes thru like no other.The new bondeds that are there to fix the jacket shedding problems the plastic tips are hitting in some cases will work well but they will " pancake" more and therefore manage less penetration than the parition.Is this inferior?NO...... but I prefer an exit wound whenever possible and at lower velocities (under 3000fps)the parition has and will continue to work best for me.They are still the PREMIUM bullet by which all others are STILL judged,as evidenced by this thread.


woods

Wolf killer

I shot the 7mm 160-grain Accubond head to head with the 160-grain Partition. In every group the Accubond shot a little better than the Partition.
The groups were good with both bullets & I would not think twice about loading the Partition instead of the Accubond. I will give the Accubond an honest try this year on game and see how it preforms? If I do not like the preformance I will switch back to the Partition I know they work.

firsttimeelkhunter

I could have written nearly the same post as wolf killer, only at 225gr. The accubond was slightly tighter than the partition. I am loading both and will take them along to colorado. I am sighting in to be zeroed at 300. This puts me 6" -ish high at the peak and 13 low at 400. I doubt very much I' ll have a shot like that, but I want to be ready. I' m sighting to zero with the Accubond and then firing for measurement of difference with the partitions. If the guides and outfitters have a preference, I can switch and test fire a couple at the ranch b/4 we leave on the pack-in. Only 9 days till we leave and lass than 2 weeks til the hunt

eldeguello

Hey firstime! Where did you find the .338 225-grain Accubonds? I' ve been looking for some 260' s in .375, and all thje usual the places I' ve looked don' t have either the 225' s or the 260' s. But they have all the smaller ones. Maybe the place you got yours has .375' s also??