Accubonds

huntingfamily said:
Are the Hornady Interbonds a good option?
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The bear I shot with one from my 270 left a blood trail a blind man could follow. I don't use that rifle much anymore so my box of 100 bullets should last me until one of my boys starts shooting that rifle, good thing because they're discontinued. That said, I think they'll just change out the tip for what they're using in the eld-x bullets and release them as ELD-B or something.
 
Gatehouse said:
I would use an Accubond anywhere I would use a Nosler Partition.
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Will have to agree with this for the most part.
The Nosler Partition and Accubond both have thier place in my reloading or in factory loads in my 7mm rem mag which is a ruger m77mkII
I use the rifle for deer , elk,moose and would take the right bear if it presented itself.
For open country with shots possibly in the 300 to 400 yard range , that is where the accubond comes out to play and I never use it for deer.
But for my go to round in this rifle it is the 160gr partition. I have sighted my rifle in with the 174gr(?) Accubond LR , the 160 Accubond and the 160 Partition so I have elevation data to make the adjustment in the field depending what I'm going to put in the chamber.
I'm not a Nosler fanboy but I trust the product and I have tried other bullets from all the top brands. None of them perform in my rifle like the partitions and accubonds. Thier performance on game speaks for itself.
 
South Pender said:
The discussion so far has been entirely focused on availability of Nosler Accubonds. And that's an important issue. However, I'd be interested in hearing about performance on game with the Accubonds. Since they are a bonded-core bullet, I'd expect good game-field results, but has that been the case? I haven't tried any in my rifles, but I've read that they are an accurate bullet--a little more so than the Partition--and shoot much like the Nosler Ballistic Tips. I wonder how they do on really heavy big-boned game like elk, moose, and bears. I've thought that probably the best bullet for this class of game might be the Swift A-Frame bullets. These have both a heavy partition and a bonded front core.
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I use the 168gr ABLR in my 280AI. I’ve been very impressed with their performance on deer. I’ve killed about a dozen whitetail and mulies with it at ranges from 75- 400 yards. The 2 bullets I recovered could’ve been used in a Nosler advertisement.
 
45ACPKING said:
Will have to agree with this for the most part.
The Nosler Partition and Accubond both have thier place in my reloading or in factory loads in my 7mm rem mag which is a ruger m77mkII
I use the rifle for deer , elk,moose and would take the right bear if it presented itself.
For open country with shots possibly in the 300 to 400 yard range , that is where the accubond comes out to play and I never use it for deer.
But for my go to round in this rifle it is the 160gr partition. I have sighted my rifle in with the 174gr(?) Accubond LR , the 160 Accubond and the 160 Partition so I have elevation data to make the adjustment in the field depending what I'm going to put in the chamber.
I'm not a Nosler fanboy but I trust the product and I have tried other bullets from all the top brands. None of them perform in my rifle like the partitions and accubonds. Thier performance on game speaks for itself.
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I should have been more specific- Any ANIMAL I would shoot with a partition I would shoot with an Accubond. I actually think the Accubond is a better bullet than the Partition. Both ballistically and in weight retention.
 
I’m at SCI in Nashville and talked to the people at the Nosler booth Accubonds are the biggest seller, and with the panic buying in the US they can’t keep up.
 
South Pender said:
The discussion so far has been entirely focused on availability of Nosler Accubonds. And that's an important issue. However, I'd be interested in hearing about performance on game with the Accubonds. Since they are a bonded-core bullet, I'd expect good game-field results, but has that been the case? I haven't tried any in my rifles, but I've read that they are an accurate bullet--a little more so than the Partition--and shoot much like the Nosler Ballistic Tips. I wonder how they do on really heavy big-boned game like elk, moose, and bears. I've thought that probably the best bullet for this class of game might be the Swift A-Frame bullets. These have both a heavy partition and a bonded front core.
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They do well on animals I use them here for Elk, Deer and Moose, and I’ve shot over 35 African plains game with a 250gr 9.3 Accubond.
 
The EE is your friend, just bought 2 boxes of 284 160gn accubond and 2 boxes of same in nosler partirons for just over $1.00 each!
 
Nosler has put a pause on a lot of their projectiles, and have concentrated on different market demands. This includes other items beyond projectiles. They use to fill my shelf but I have switched over to the red box brand due to extended unavailability of their product.

They need to remember who brought them to the party.
 
albertacoyotecaller said:
Nosler has put a pause on a lot of their projectiles, and have concentrated on different market demands. This includes other items beyond projectiles. They use to fill my shelf but I have switched over to the red box brand due to extended unavailability of their product.

They need to remember who brought them to the party.
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Their bullets are nothing to rave about these days. Bye nosler.
 
I emailed Nosler Company 2 weeks ago and they said they are currently running .30 Cal, 165 gr. right now in there machines and that they will run .30 Cal, 180 gr. next. They said these projectiles will be available by spring or early summer here in Canada.
 
hunting hard said:
I emailed Nosler Company 2 weeks ago and they said they are currently running .30 Cal, 165 gr. right now in there machines and that they will run .30 Cal, 180 gr. next. They said these projectiles will be available by spring or early summer here in Canada.
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That's great to hear! Thanks for the update.
 
Hornady inter-locs today are not the same integrity as the old dull red box version. I've had several core separations in both .270 and 9.3x62. Sent Hornady bullets to test and of course they were fine in gelatin . They had Korth send me 5 boxes of 9.3 free so cant complain except I will only use the 286gr on deer nothing bigger. Two boxes were the same 286gr and the rest 250gr GMX Pulled all the 286gr Hornady and replaced with Partitions.
 
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