NOSLER wants to see your success
- Thread starter Big Fin
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2007- Mineral County.
160 grain Accubond handloaded for 7rm. Shot was ~125 yards.
I think I'm done now.
I was planning on buying a bunch of Hornady ammo to try out this year, but this thread has me thinking how ridiculous it'd be to not stick with a company I have had so much luck with. I've messed around with other brands of ammo over the years, but I've never gotten the consistent performance I've had with Nosler. They really do make a great product, and you're lucky to have them as a partner, Fin.
160 grain Accubond handloaded for 7rm. Shot was ~125 yards.
I think I'm done now.
I was planning on buying a bunch of Hornady ammo to try out this year, but this thread has me thinking how ridiculous it'd be to not stick with a company I have had so much luck with. I've messed around with other brands of ammo over the years, but I've never gotten the consistent performance I've had with Nosler. They really do make a great product, and you're lucky to have them as a partner, Fin.
Joe Hulburt
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I've been very impressed with the Nosler Trophy Grade ammo I've been shooting out of my .308 the last several years. I've got too many irons in the fire already to have any interest in learning how to reload so I am very thankful I can buy quality ammo off the shelf. 165 grain Accubond.
2016 Spring bear.
The video tells the story.....
https://youtu.be/FGU6nLXqi90
2016 Spring bear.
The video tells the story.....
https://youtu.be/FGU6nLXqi90
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Joe Hulburt
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My 2015 Spring bear, 425 yard shot with a 165 grain Accubond and Mr Bear never took a step.
Here is the video but unfortunately the bear walked out of the frame at the shot. Take my word for it, I poleaxed him too.
https://youtu.be/1wQ50fVRgvQ
Here is the video but unfortunately the bear walked out of the frame at the shot. Take my word for it, I poleaxed him too.
https://youtu.be/1wQ50fVRgvQ
Joe Hulburt
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My 2015 Oregon coast range blacktail. I was still hunting thru the timber and spotted him working his way down a trail at about 125 yards. He only made it 25 yards. 165 grain Accubond once again.
My 2014 Oregon coast range blacktail. Again I was still hunting thru the timber on a rainy late October day. He rolled down he hill he was on and never took a step. 165 grain Ballistic Tip.
2014 Idaho Whitetail. You guessed it, I was still hunting along an old cat road and spotted this guy traveling a trail. He made it about 100 yards before I heard him crash into a tree. 165 grain Ballistic Tip.
And here is my first kill with Nosler Ammo. My 2014 Spring bear. I spotted him from 500 yards and although I can shoot well at that range with this rifle and ammo I opted to cut the distance. I ended up shooting him at about 60 yards if I remember correctly. He didn't go far.....100 yards or so.
The Ballistic Tips shoot great but overall I have been happier with how the Accubonds hold together. Come lat September there is a Shiras Moose that will get added to this thread thanks to the Accubonds or I won't be coming home....
My 2014 Oregon coast range blacktail. Again I was still hunting thru the timber on a rainy late October day. He rolled down he hill he was on and never took a step. 165 grain Ballistic Tip.
2014 Idaho Whitetail. You guessed it, I was still hunting along an old cat road and spotted this guy traveling a trail. He made it about 100 yards before I heard him crash into a tree. 165 grain Ballistic Tip.
And here is my first kill with Nosler Ammo. My 2014 Spring bear. I spotted him from 500 yards and although I can shoot well at that range with this rifle and ammo I opted to cut the distance. I ended up shooting him at about 60 yards if I remember correctly. He didn't go far.....100 yards or so.
The Ballistic Tips shoot great but overall I have been happier with how the Accubonds hold together. Come lat September there is a Shiras Moose that will get added to this thread thanks to the Accubonds or I won't be coming home....
mtmander
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Shot this coyote at 7 AM one morning last season and an hour later killed the 8 pointer out of the same stand. Both shot with a Remington Model Seven 7 SAUM with 160 grain Partitions. This is a pic of them in my pirogue.
Here's a pic of them lying on the ground together.
The coyote was carrying a front deer leg in its mouth when I shot it.
This is the other 8 point I killed last season with the same setup as above.
Here's a pic of them lying on the ground together.
The coyote was carrying a front deer leg in its mouth when I shot it.
This is the other 8 point I killed last season with the same setup as above.
I can't remember the last time I loaded a bullet other than a Nosler. It's been at least 25 years. I took this Sitka Blacktail on Kodiak last Sunday with my .270 Winchester at 250 yards with a standard 140g Ballistic Tip. 140g Accubonds shoot in the same holes in all 4 of my 270s.
MThuntr
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This thread has spawned an awful lot of stories that I'm not familiar with. I think some guys need to share the details in some sort of throwback thursday thing.
sbhooper
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This bullet killed the above antelope at 300 yards. 140 Accubond at 3100 fps mz velocity from 7mag.
160 Partition from a 7 mag at 443 yards. Complete pass-through shoulders.
160 Partition from 7 mag at 200ish yards. Complete pass-through on the neck.
175 Partition from 7mag. Close range neck shot-drt.
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fishing4sanity
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These Partitions have moved into the 'display only' category, but their current production counterparts continue to perform.
fishing4sanity
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My son uses a 180 grain AccuBond in his 30-06 handloads.
Here's his Washington spring bear from 2015, one shot at about 170 yards.
Also, his most recent antelope from 2014 in Wyoming (last couple years WY tags have been elusive), one shot 250 yards.
Here's his Washington spring bear from 2015, one shot at about 170 yards.
Also, his most recent antelope from 2014 in Wyoming (last couple years WY tags have been elusive), one shot 250 yards.
BuzzH
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These 2 bulls were shot as they were going away, in a hurry, after I bumped them from their beds. Both were shot with 160 grain nosler partitions from a 7RM.
Arizona bull, entered between 2nd and 3rd rib at back of rib cage and exited behind off shoulder, 70 yards or so:
Pretty much the exact same shot again, Montana bull, with a 160 partition. I was shooting uphill pretty steep, 120 yards:
Wyoming general area bull, shot was maybe 30 yards as he was moving toward me. Hit the front of the near shoulder, exited about 3 inches behind the off shoulder. Elk went maybe 5 yards:
A few others with the 160 grain partition from 7RM between 70-410yards:
Don't tell topgun, but I parked on the highway and shot this one:
Arizona bull, entered between 2nd and 3rd rib at back of rib cage and exited behind off shoulder, 70 yards or so:
Pretty much the exact same shot again, Montana bull, with a 160 partition. I was shooting uphill pretty steep, 120 yards:
Wyoming general area bull, shot was maybe 30 yards as he was moving toward me. Hit the front of the near shoulder, exited about 3 inches behind the off shoulder. Elk went maybe 5 yards:
A few others with the 160 grain partition from 7RM between 70-410yards:
Don't tell topgun, but I parked on the highway and shot this one:
fishing4sanity
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2015 Utah mule deer. After a good stalk and showing more patience than I have, my son was trying to decide between this deer and a wider and taller 2x3. The 2x3 started to move away and this deer was coming slightly closer, than disappeared in the sage brush. After several minutes, that felt like an hour, he came into a small opening 335 yards away and the 180 AccuBond, my son and his Savage 30-06 all did their job.
Accubonds Meet Elk
160 gr Accubonds from a 7mm Rem Mag, factory load. Cow elk hunt in the Valle Vidal in New Mexico back in 2008 - a buddy and I found a small herd of elk on the third day, a mile and a half from the road. Two shots within a few seconds of each other, about 80 yards. The elk traveled about 4 feet, most of it straight down. My buddy was also successful. It took us all day to quarter, bone out and haul both elk back to the road.
Recovered both bullets under the hide on the far side, about 6" apart. They weighed within a grain of each other - 73% weight retention. As you may guess, I am a fan of Accubonds, although I hope to get a chance to try out some e-tips this year.
160 gr Accubonds from a 7mm Rem Mag, factory load. Cow elk hunt in the Valle Vidal in New Mexico back in 2008 - a buddy and I found a small herd of elk on the third day, a mile and a half from the road. Two shots within a few seconds of each other, about 80 yards. The elk traveled about 4 feet, most of it straight down. My buddy was also successful. It took us all day to quarter, bone out and haul both elk back to the road.
Recovered both bullets under the hide on the far side, about 6" apart. They weighed within a grain of each other - 73% weight retention. As you may guess, I am a fan of Accubonds, although I hope to get a chance to try out some e-tips this year.
2006 - my second elk. One shot - another 160 gr Accubond from a 7mm Rem Mag. Gila NF in New Mexico, about 250 yards across a canyon. This one travelled about 60 yards - fortunately up to the top of the canyon to a spot close to an abandoned road that we could literally drive to.
