I have lost a lot of confidence in the Accubond bullets. Last year was my first use and I thought they were the answer to bullet blow up problems with the 257 Wby. This year I was far less impressed. The bullet didn't blow up nor did it expand as I would expect from such high velocity at impact.
I shot an average body size buck high behind the shoulder but well below the spine. He walked around for a while before finally toppling over. The lungs had a thumb sized hole with very little damage and there was minimal external bleeding.It was a very good thing he was in an open area where I could watch him fall since followup even on snow would have been difficult. This performance is very similar to what I'd expect from a .308 FMJ.
I feel this bullet would be problematic at longer ranges on deer sized game. The buck I shot last year @ 340 yards showed far less internal damage than I expected(required a second shot through the vitals). With these observations in mind, I'm not going to recommend the Accubond for deer especially in moderate velocity cartridges.
I shot an average body size buck high behind the shoulder but well below the spine. He walked around for a while before finally toppling over. The lungs had a thumb sized hole with very little damage and there was minimal external bleeding.It was a very good thing he was in an open area where I could watch him fall since followup even on snow would have been difficult. This performance is very similar to what I'd expect from a .308 FMJ.
I feel this bullet would be problematic at longer ranges on deer sized game. The buck I shot last year @ 340 yards showed far less internal damage than I expected(required a second shot through the vitals). With these observations in mind, I'm not going to recommend the Accubond for deer especially in moderate velocity cartridges.