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Just worked up a load for 160 Accubonds in my 7mm rem mag Sako Finnlite. At 79.5 grs. of H870 I am getting .75 groups. Cases show no sign at all of over pressure and I am sure I could go up another grain. Won't bother though. This will be my moose load the 4th week of September. They should be in full rut. Bringing my .350 rem mag model 7 shooting 225 partitions as my backup and heavy cover rifle. Can't wait!!!!!!!

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Seems like not too many are interested in this Accubond. You and I are responding to eachother's post! :^)
Did you even see some "cratering" on the primer? With the load that I mentioned to you, in the other response, I gave you my load. With that load, I am seeing cratering on the primer.

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Stephen,
No the pressure seems perfectly safe. Primers are crisp and flat but the cases cycle like butter. Primers are not overly cratered. Using new unfired remington casesand federal mag primers.

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hey fellas, I use strictly the accubond also, have had good results, am getting .75 " with the 160 gr in 7mm mag. Im using 61 gr of RL 22, I cant wait to see how these puppies perform on my trip to Canada this year!!!

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mossy33oak,
Thats pretty consistent with what I am getting. Not really surprised as these bullets visually are awful similar to a btip which I have found to always shoot better than partitions in my rifles. What are you going to hunt with that load?

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I heard your group sizes at 100 yards. Any reports of groups sizes beyond 100 yards? Anyone else using the 7mm 140gr Accubond? My groups are right on with what you've reported at 100 yards, but at 200 yards, groups are 2". I am accepting that, as 62 year old eyes are not what they once were, but I believe that the rifle/cartridge can do better, maybe in the hands of young rifleman who can shoot.

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I have been laoding and shoot both the 140 and 160 gr Accubonds in my .280 REM with excellent results. Shot a group @200 that measured 1.55 (3 shot)

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Didn't shoot at 200 but did at 300 and got just a tad under 4 inches. I am sure with a more powerful scope I could shrink it down to around 3 inches. I find targets are aweful small at 300 yds with my 3x9x40 VARIXII.

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Terry M Yes, I agree, targets do get small, but that is about the best variable magnification that I have found for big game, and, with 40mm objective lens, you can get the scope low over your receiver. I only tried 50mm once, and found that to mount too high.

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Of the 140gr and 160gr Accubond, which weight has been found to group better with 7mmRemMag.
I like the 140gr in my 7mmSWM, but just ran into a deal on AuctionArms, for a Tikka in 7mmRemMag. Could not pass up the price. The rifle appears to have been fired very little, if at all. Now, I am waiting for mounts and rings, so I can get to the range and try this one out!

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Really wasn't planning on trying the 140 accubonds. My take on accubonds is they hold around 90% of thier weight so they are a heavy game bullet. I am loading 160s for my upcoming moose hunt. For the lighter stuff my Sako thrives on 150 Btips and have killed a couple of caribou with them so far with good results. I will also be using them on an Antelope hunt in October. If the 160 perform good on game they will likely become the heavy load of choice with my 7mm and I figure the 150 btips should handle everything else. Congrats on your Tikka, they are a great rifle. I originally wanted a 7mmWSM but they took too long getting them to market up here in Canada and I just did not have the patience to wait. Really not complaining so far about my choice. I used a .338 win mag for years on moose but wanted to get rid of the muzzlebreak it had while I still have some hearing left. That 7mm is a nice round to shoot. Should prove to be very versatile. Moose are the only critters that can test a rifle up here as our deer hunting is all in thick bush up close. We'll just have to see how she does.

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TerryM,

Not to rain on your parade so to speak, but more to inform you so you don't become disappointed in the performance of the accubonds; they are designed to perform like a partition with weight retention in the 60-70% range. I have shot quite a few of them into different mediums (no animals yet[:@]), but they have all stayed right around 60 - 65%.
Also, Jamison did a nice write up on them in the June "Shooting Times" and Petersons Hunting (same article basically).

Looks like a great bullet. I am excited to stick one through an elk.

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Interesting. Well, I am pretty well committed to them for my moose hunt this year as I just don't have the time to work up a load with partitions. But if you feel comfortable shooting an elk with them then a moose should be no problem either. I thought I read some advertisement where they claimed high weight retention? Unfortunately there does not seem to be alot of field (dead game) reports yet on them.

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That is a heck of a difference, from 90% weight retention, down to 60%. I expect Nosler to hype the Accubond a little, but not that much. Anything documenting the 60% performance?

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I just checked the Nosler website and I must have been misunderstood something I read somewhere. They do in fact describe them as @60% only. Partitions also always shed the nose and end up close to 60% weight retention in my experience. I will give them a try and see what happens. That is if I bump into a bull moose next month.

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JD338,
Even when I hunted with a .338 I never took a shoulder shot. I find that can almost write off both shoulders with a shoulder shot. Usually shoot behind the shoulder if at all possible. Moose meat is too good to waste!

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TerryM, Have you shoot that load over a chronograph yet? I'm shooting 75.0 grains of R22 using 160 gr Accubonds in my 7mm STW. This load acheives around 3300 FPS and 1" groups @ 100 yards. Hopefully I can test their performance in a elk and mule deer. Good Luck this fall.

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I have been using the accubonds since I could get my hands on them. A little over a year now. I have been an avid fan of Nosler for 25 yrs. I read recently that the accubond was designed to preform like a partition and loose 25-40% of the frontal area. The reasoning is that if too much of the bullet is retained the the mushroom gets so large it won't penatrate deep enough. I have heard that this happens with Hornady Interbonds. So if the nose is shed the diameter stays small enough to do the job. And it does do the job. Took a mature 3X4 Idaho Mulie with the 160 grain last Oct. Hit him through the chest quartering away at about 200yds. The bullet took out a rib on the near side then the heart, blowing through another rib on the far side leaving a 2" dia. hole to bleed through. He immediately went down, tumbling 25yrds down hill DOA. I was impressed! No bullet recovery though it ended up somewhere across the canyon.
The load I use is 64.5 gns of RL22, Rem case, CCI 250 primer. Clocks an ave muzzle speed of 3025 through my Chrony. I get a .75" group at 100 yrds.
This should work well on elk but I use a 338 winnie for that job with barnes X bullets.

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I completed the range testing with the 140gr Accubond bullets and am satisfied with an average MV of 3230fps. The accuracy at 200 yds., consistantly has been three rounds, fired from a cold barrel, inside 2". Using 64.5gr of IMR4350 out of the 24" barrel of my Win. M70 Ultimate Shadow. Fed215 primers and new Win. brass. With a zero, 2" high at 200 yards, I can hold where I intend to hit out to 300 yards. Interbond 139gr bullets came in a close second in accuracy and Barnes TSX were third.