30cal

[gordon baxter]

Wondering if anybody has used acubond or interbonds on elk or moose. I am loading them in 180gr in 300 win and 30-06 for this season.

[remingtonman24]

I have not hunted anything but whitetails with the accubond but I can say they are good bullets. I shoot a 300 ultra mag with 180 grain bullets. I shot a buck weighing 125 lbs field dressed and the bullet when through the ribs on the right and out the shoulder on the left. Not much visual damage was shown on the outside. On the inside upon skinning both shoulders were destroyed and the exit shoulder had a hole about 3 inches in diameter. Total lose of the front half of the deer. The other deer I shot was "good eatin". It was a head on shot in the chest and the bullet actually deflected and blew the whole underside of the deer off. Easy cleanup job on that one. I cannot explain why the big deer held the shot and the little one didnt. Although both deer only went no more than 30 yards. In experimenting with different bullets I was shooting phone books to see how they held together. I can say that for a ballistic tip bullet it held together under extreme impacts. I would see no reason why it wouldn't be a great elk bullet. I would probably go up to 200 or 220 grain on a moose. The accubond is also an extremely accurate bullet when handloaded. Mine shouts 3/8" groups at 215 yards. Hopefully this will give you some information from a whitetail hunters point of view.

[rem 700]

I've used accubonds on deer a couple times before. Long range mule deer hunting, and long range antelope hunting was the purpose I limited them to. The performance and expansion is too good for their own good at close ranges. As for accuracy, I've grouped as tight as 1/2 inch at 200 yards.