Accubond or Interbond?

[gitrdun]

Are the Nosler Accubond basically the same as the Hornady Interbonds?

 

[Handloader B.C.]

Bullets

I have tried both in a half dozen calbre rifles. In EVERY case so far, the Nosler slug produces the best accuracy. May be a fluke. Time will tell. As far as terminal performance goes, the Nosler is very good.
Carry on!

 

[savagefan]

Both are good, interbonds are cheaper.

 

[Dogleg]

I have tried both in a half dozen calbre rifles. In EVERY case so far, the Nosler slug produces the best accuracy. May be a fluke. Time will tell. As far as terminal performance goes, the Nosler is very good.
Carry on!

I'm not suprised by that, I haven't had a lot of luck with the Interbonds accuracy-wise. The old Interlocks usually shoot very well, I had high hopes for the new ones.

 

[Amphibious]

yes, virtually the same bullet. both bonded core. Nosler USUALLY has the edge on accuracy, Hornady on penitration (so the web reports go). the 225gr Innerbond shoots .6moa in my .338-06 so I haven;t seen the reason to spend more on the Accubond.

 

[308BAR]

I find the accubonds expansion is more controlled, the interbonds seem to expand faster loosing more of it's weight.

 

[martinbns]

I am going the other way, when heavy lifting is requried ie moose etc I use TSX Barnes bullets pretty much exclusively and when it's just deer I will go back to ballistic tips.

 

[Scott_N]

From my limited experience with AccuBonds and InterBonds, I have found the Noslers to be more accurate. I shot one deer with the Hornadys and the terminal performance was good, but I wasn't satisfied with the accuracy out of my 30-06. But like martinbns, I have switched to using Barnes TSXs almost all the time now. These bullets seem to perform great on game and are very accurate.

 

[MagnumPeanut]

I just switch from 140g Nosler Accubonds to 130 Gr Hornady Interbonds. The Hornady was 1/2 the price. I shot a few 3 shot groups and my best group was still disapointing at about 1.2 inches @ 100 yards. I could do .6 consistently with Accubonds. It was really windy yesterday too tho, so that will affect it a bit. In reality tho, this is a hunting rifle so as long as it can punch a hole in a deer without blowing up, I'll spend $.65 per round rather than $1.10.

 

[downwindtracker2]

In 308 180gr Interbond,more accurate than Partion, worse than Interloc.However my son's A-bolt one holes them.

 

[gitrdun]

I just switch from 140g Nosler Accubonds to 130 Gr Hornady Interbonds. The Hornady was 1/2 the price. I shot a few 3 shot groups and my best group was still disapointing at about 1.2 inches @ 100 yards. I could do .6 consistently with Accubonds. It was really windy yesterday too tho, so that will affect it a bit. In reality tho, this is a hunting rifle so as long as it can punch a hole in a deer without blowing up, I'll spend $.65 per round rather than $1.10.

Yeah, but I'm kinda particular "where" I punch a hole in that deer, and I also don't mind spending the extra $0.55 to ensure a quick, clean kill. I don't subscribe to the philosophy that a hunting rifle need not be on the same accuracy levels as those used in competition to punch holes in paper or knock down lifeless metal silhouettes. I currently use the Accubonds in my .338 and the Interlocks in my .270WSM. Based on what I'm reading here, I'm leaning towards the Accubonds for my 270WSM also. Thanks all for the good info.