Nosler AccuBond 260 gr..

Anyone used 260 gr AccuBond's in their .375's on plains game? Performance? Accuracy?

I used 260 AccuBond's on Eland, Waterbuck, Bontebok, Red Lechwe and a Nyala with great success. Shots were up to 200 yards. On the Eland which was 190 yards downhill I shot and he took a step and I shot again without my Ph telling me to. He looked at me and said why did you shoot a second time he was going down. Just didn't want to take a chance. Both shots were less than an inch apart and went right through the animal. Other than on Buff and Elephant I will continue to use AccuBonds. Very accurate in my Model 70. Good Hunting!

I havent used them on plains game.
Last year I used them in my 375 for birdhunting.
Ranges between 120 and 160 meters.
Very flat trajectory and accurate.
I wish there were a similar FMJ.

Have we got such monster-birds here in Sweden??

Originally Posted by Swedhunter

Have we got such monster-birds here in Sweden??

Do you mean the bloodthirsty Orrus Vasterbottnis ?
No, not anymore. I got everyone of them during the winter 2009.
It was a tough job but someone had to do it.

Originally Posted by Calle

Do you mean the bloodthirsty Orrus Vasterbottnis ?
No, not anymore. I got everyone of them during the winter 2009.
It was a tough job but someone had to do it.

No need to worry then...?

And now, thanks to you, just like the extinct Swedish hipostrichasauresrectum, my kids will only be able to see them in pictures..!

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Originally Posted by DOCMAN

And now, thanks to you, just like the extinct Swedish hipostrichasauresrectum, my kids will only be able to see them in pictures..!

Ooops, didn't think about that.
Actually I have a few deep frozen in my fridge. Saved for scientific reasons.
I can send you one if you want to see one "live".

Thanks,Bud. I'll keep an eye on the mail..!

With a bc of .473 the 260 accubond is a very flat shooter. In my 375 RUM it would shoot under 1/2 in. consistently. I'm not sure what kind of people we are, shooting these dangerous birds with 375s, but I shot a lot of pigeons in prep for Africa last summer. I used the accubond as a replacement for the tsx as it is much cheaper to shoot and ricocheted less. The tsx would leave a hole the size of my finger as long as no bones were hit, the accubond would poof the poor bird, one time getting 4 with 1 shot. This isn't very scientific for bullet testing. I think it would be a great bullet for plains game at H&H velocities. A person might want to be careful of a bullet coming out in front of the shoulder on a small animal (like an impala) at close range, it could be hard on the cape.

Good comment.
I also use the 300gr TSX for hunting and Accubond for training and birdhunting.
I think the TSX outperform the Accubond hunting bigger animals at reasonable distances.