Coleridge

I to think the .257 cal is one of the best whitetail calibers!!!

Roskoe

Jason N - hey, thanks alot! I just called Widner's and ordered a couple of boxes of the .257 Accubonds. Will let you know how they shoot in my .25-06 AI. Roskoe

mybigredford

those accubonds look pretty good, i might have to try them out in my gun, i use winchester silvertips and had great success with them, i got a couple that i retrieved from my moose i shot last year, it was about 300-350 yrds away, if anyone is interested let me know i can post the pictures for ya to check out the mushromming on the silvertips.

Mike from Texas

That's only around 50% weight retention. I don't think that's very good for medium game. I'd rather shoot Partitions and get 80% or better weight retention.

Roskoe

50% weight retention after hitting a mixture of sand and sandstone is pretty good. My experience so far with the Accubonds is that they will normally run about 75% when recovered from game.

Jason N

Like Roskoe pointed out, these bullets were recovered from sand and sandstone behind the target at the range. Most other bullets that I've pulled from the same stuff are nothing but bits and pieces. I'm thouroughly impressed with the way those Accubonds held together. A partition will lose the front end, but still retain weight....haven't shot any partitions to revover though. No doubt a partition is a superb bullet and I would shoot them if they weren't so expensive, but for whitetails and the possibilities of long range shots I decided the accubond was a perfect choice for me.

charlie brown

Aren't the Nosler Partitions and Accubonds only designed for 50-70% weight retention? That seems pretty good especially considering what those bullets were shot into.

Jason N

Accubonds:

I didn't see anything on Nosler's website about the weight retention on the partitions, but I didn't look all that hard for it. Partitions are designed to expand and lose the front and the "H" keeps the back in tact. If they bonded the front of the partitions that would be an exceptional bullet I would think. Like before, I consider what these bullets went into to be much more 'harsh' than a whitetail and they seemed to hold exceptionally well. I'm a fan so far.....we'll see what they do on deer, but so far I see them as being a great bullet. There has to be someone out there with accubond experience for other calibers....how did they fair?

charlie brown

From their website -

The Accubond -

And the Partition -

Roskoe

Well, I shot a cow elk with a .270 AI back in December using the Accubond. Broadside at about 325 yards, the bullet went through both lungs and exited - although I suspect not by much. Elk stumbled about 25 yards and fell over. My only "complaint" was that the bullet appeared to open up fairly fast (like a partition), making a sizeable hole through the ribs, and then settled into a finger size wound channel through the lungs. In contrast, the Swift Scirocco out of the same gun makes a small hole through the ribs - and a pretty big hole in the lungs. End results were pretty good, though.