Why isn't there a 7mm 150 grain accubond?

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I'm starting to reload my 7mm rem mag and was a bit disappointed to realize that the accubond isn't available in a 150 grain. I know I could load the Long range accubond but from friends experiences shooting them in 7 STW's and Ultramags it seems like extra price for no added toughness over a NBT, only a gain in B.C. It seems my 7 mag likes the Ballistic tips and since in my other rifles it has been possible to find loads that duplicate performance between Accubonds and Ballistic tips. I was hoping to have the confidence boost of accubonds toughness for close raking shots if needed or for critters bigger than deer.
I guess things could be worse atleast one of the first bullets I tried shoot plenty well enough to get by with and I can always load partitions for moose if needed.

As a side note, does anyone have any experience with the 120 TTSX from a 7 rem mag for moose or elk and close range deer? It seems the rifle may also like them but further load development will be required. They should be excellent for deer, but its hard to get past my preference for heavy traditional bullets bellow 3000 fps for bigger critters.
 
Just use 160gr Accubonds. I have a box of factory ammo with those bullets - 3050fps (which is hot). The 4 rounds I have fired have been dead on (1 deer down).

160gr is the largest that stabilizes in a regular factory twist barrel.
 
Why? Because ABs are hunting bullets, and there is a 160 grain that can be driven past 3000 fps, and shoots flatter than 99% of hunters can take advantage of in the field.

Ted
 
If you feel you need the Accubond, just load up the 160 and don't worry about it. There was a point in time
where I was using 160s ABs in 3 STWs and a Rem. Due to shortages it was hard to get for awhile so I went back and did up 150
NBTs loads for most of them so I could keep shooting. As it turns out, everything that shot the AB shot the NBT and visversa. Two of them in particular will shoot to the same yardage dials out to 650.

Some NBTs are a little stiffer than others, amoung them the 120 and 150 7mms and the 180 .308.
 
Dogleg said:
If you feel you need the Accubond, just load up the 160 and don't worry about it. There was a point in time
where I was using 160s ABs in 3 STWs and a Rem. Due to shortages it was hard to get for awhile so I went back and did up 150
NBTs loads for most of them so I could keep shooting. As it turns out, everything that shot the AB shot the NBT and visversa. Two of them in particular will shoot to the same yardage dials out to 650.

Some NBTs are a little stiffer than others, amoung them the 120 and 150 7mms and the 180 .308.
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Ok, the last bit may have been why a few large case 7mm fanatics I know urged me to get 150 NBT's I was familiar with the 6mm 95gr and 7mm 120 gr's reputation as very tough and accurate. I could not find anything concrete regarding the 150 other than a few glowing endorsements for it slaying elk south of the border in 7x57's at 150-300 yards, perhaps less demanding on a bullet then magnum velocities and potentially sub 100 yard shots on deer, black bears and moose.

I picked up a few different 7mm bullet while cabela's had their 20% off sale. 150 grain BT's and Partitions, 160 grain Accubonds and Partitions as well as 120 and 140 grain TTSX Hopefully at least one of them will excel in my 7 rem mag and the others, well may push me to getting a second 7mm. The 7mm-08, 7x57 and .280 have always interested me.
 
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