Nosler long range accubonds.

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So I have been trying to find a bullet for my 7-08 for a while now. I wanted to try the 140 gr accubonds but no one seems to have them in stock. I didn't mind the idea of going upto a 150 gr. So the guy at the counter suggested the new long range accubond. I bought a box. They weren't cheap. Wondering if anyone here has used them. Not just for target shooting but for hunting also. I read a few reviews that they are like burger bullets and if that is the case I will return them and look for another option. I know I can go heavier but I don't want to. My main concern, as this is a hunting rifle that the bullets don't blow up because I used them at 50 yards instead of 500.

Thoughts? Thanks.
 
The Accubond from Nosler is my favorite hunting bullet, i use 165 gr in 308 and from 50 to 500 metres they are flawless and very lethal... JP.
 
Unlike Berger, the Accubond LR is a bonded bullet. With the velocities that you will obtain with the 150gr bullet out of a 7mm-08, I wouldn't be at all concerned.
 
Use 'em with confidence, I have used them in rifles producing 500 fps more than the 7-08 and taken some point blank shots, they still work. They do come unglued with an impact velocity in excess of 3200 fps but still penetrated more than a foot into the moose. Tipped him over so fast, it drove his antler into the ground nearly a foot. My 300 Wby is hard on bullets up close but the accubond still kills and penetrates enough. It still imparts great shock out at 500 mtrs as well, you can see it in the reaction of the animal to the hit. The 200 AB from the 300 Wby will almost always exit beyond 200 mtrs, depending on angle of hit, so it is hard to say what it looks like once the velocity is down where your 7-08 is going to be at the muzzle. They are an accurate premium hunting bullet with an outstanding BC giving superior down range capabilities and bucking wind much better, while imparting more velocity and energy on target..........Now if only they had a partition..........
 
I know the accubonds are good but I was curious about their long range accubonds. If that's the bullet your talking about thanks for the info.
 
CanuckWR said:
The Long range accubonds were just a redesign of the regular accubonds for better BC, I wouldn't think they will perform any different.
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Besides the higher BC the LRs have a lighter construction to open up and partially fragment at lower impact velocities while having a chance at closer ranges. The number Nosler is throwing around is 1300 fps versus the 1800 fps they state for the regular Accubonds. Truly long range hunting is a game changer.

As an aside, if you like your magazine you may not like the LRs.
 
Dogleg said:
Besides the higher BC the LRs have a lighter construction to open up and partially fragment at lower impact velocities while having a chance at closer ranges. The number Nosler is throwing around is 1300 fps versus the 1800 fps they state for the regular Accubonds. Truly long range hunting is a game changer.

As an aside, if you like your magazine you may not like the LRs.
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Ya but Dogleg, he's talking a 7-08, not a RUM.........the LR should be just the ticket at 7-08 speeds and magazine shouldn't take a beating with the mild little 7-08.
 
c-fbmi said:
Ya but Dogleg, he's talking a 7-08, not a RUM.........the LR should be just the ticket at 7-08 speeds and magazine shouldn't take a beating with the mild little 7-08.
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I was thinking more about being able to get even remotely close to the lands, and still being able to fit in the magazine. I just loaded some 150 grain LRs for an STW. With 150 Ballistic-tips I can make the lands with full neck contact, with the 150 LRs there's a .200 jump at mag length. I have no idea whether they'll shoot like that, probably find out tomorrow. 3.700" mag length.
 
Of course they are going to come apart at high impact velocities. The Accubond has never retained weight well for a bonded bullet and the LR version is designed to expand at even lower impact velocities...the trade off is that it will comer apart at high impact velocities. There's a couple threads on here about them already.
 
Noslers have always lost a lot of weight. They're supposed to. That's why they work as well as they do. With few exceptions retained weight is the biggest over-rated crock of **** that has ever been foisted off by an advertising agent.
 
I can think of lots of instances where weight retention is desirable but no question that fragmentation can produce some desirable results too. I doubt advertising agents actually have much to do with the popularity of high weight retention bullets. I suspect field experience likely has more to do with it. Anyhow, that's a debate for another thread. From all the reports I've seen, the LR Accubond sheds a very high percentage of weight at high impact velocities...as one would expect it to. Personally it wouldn't be my choice of bullet that was likely to encounter many close-range shots. For long range..it's definitely worth consideration.
 
I understand that the bullets loose weight. I can understand that these bullets will loose more weight likely that the standard accubonds. I know that weight retention is not everything either. My concern about the bullets is that they don't act like burger bullets. I have a couple friends that have shot burgers and have hit deer under 200 yards and only recover the base of the jacket. They have also hit deer in the shoulder and they bullets not gone through the shoulder. They also lost deer for this reason. These are my concerns. I'm not too worries about seating depth. I will be able to get more than enough speed to take down a deer or moose. Has anyone one here shot any critters with these rounds? What was the result.

Thanks.
 
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