Show me your recovered nolser partitions and accubonds

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hillman23 said:
No responses? I’ve shot 2 deer and 4 elk with 250 grain Accubonds in a 338 win mag. All pass through shots. No bullets recovered.
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I've taken several deer with the 180 grain AccuBond from my 338-06 and all were pass through shots. A high shoulder shot will give severe meat damage with severe blood shock. If you've heard the term sucking chest wound you get the message because if you press on the deer's side you can hear the air go in and out. About the only meat that was usable from a shoulder shot was the backstrap and hind quarters. Shots were from 75 yards to 200 yards. Meat hunters and taxidermists beware!
 
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What was the range, and meat damage.
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The 4 elk and one deer were all shot at ranges under 60 yards, closest being a large cow elk at about 20. 1 elk I hit both front shoulders at 60ish yards and it made a real mess with bone and bloodshot. Another elk was quartering way and bent down feeding at about 50 yards. The bullet hit toward the back of the rib cage, detached the blood vessels to the heart, and exited out the opposite side in the lower neck. The other two elk (1 at 20 yards and the other 50) were broadside, behind the shoulder. The one deer was about a 30 yard shot hit behind the shoulder and exited through the far shoulder. That made exactly half the same mess that shoulder shot elk made. Sucking chest wound is right like sage5907 said. The last deer I shot at about 300 yards behind the front shoulder and the bullet destroyed it's heart. So to conclude I'd say that with shots that miss the shoulder joints/bones, there is insignificant bloodshot and the internal bullet damage is impressive from big animals at close range to smaller animals at extended range. Hitting bone and joints didn't stop the bullet (a huge plus in my book) but it left a big mess to work around (a sacrifice I'll tolerate to feel confident in a quick, efficient kill.) None of the animals ran farther than 25 yards which is another benefit.
 
I'd have to dig to find the 165 Partition I shot my first deer with, from a 742 Carbine with my handload of 47 g. of IMR 3031. Range 65 yards, a spike buck that was trailing a doe and never even knew I was there. I tracked him with the rifle, (as I had the doe), and when he stopped to sniff where she peed, I dropped him. Aorta shot, only reason I was able to recover the bullet was that it hit the opposite side leg bone after exiting the body, and lodged in the foreleg. (Seemed like it pulled him down!) I waited for what seemed like an eternity watching him through the scope (It was probably 2 minutes...) then literally jumped out of my deer stand, hitting the ground running. (Yes gun in hands. I was 16, and we didn't wear harnesses back then.) Still the only deer I've shot while in a tree stand. Here's the deer, and my first car, a '70 Mustang:

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I have been a fan of Partitions ever since.
 
hillman23 said:
The 4 elk and one deer were all shot at ranges under 60 yards, closest being a large cow elk at about 20. 1 elk I hit both front shoulders at 60ish yards and it made a real mess with bone and bloodshot. Another elk was quartering way and bent down feeding at about 50 yards. The bullet hit toward the back of the rib cage, detached the blood vessels to the heart, and exited out the opposite side in the lower neck. The other two elk (1 at 20 yards and the other 50) were broadside, behind the shoulder. The one deer was about a 30 yard shot hit behind the shoulder and exited through the far shoulder. That made exactly half the same mess that shoulder shot elk made. Sucking chest wound is right like sage5907 said. The last deer I shot at about 300 yards behind the front shoulder and the bullet destroyed it's heart. So to conclude I'd say that with shots that miss the shoulder joints/bones, there is insignificant bloodshot and the internal bullet damage is impressive from big animals at close range to smaller animals at extended range. Hitting bone and joints didn't stop the bullet (a huge plus in my book) but it left a big mess to work around (a sacrifice I'll tolerate to feel confident in a quick, efficient kill.) None of the animals ran farther than 25 yards which is another benefit.
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thanks for taking the time on that. Good they exit even up close. Better to wreck some meat then lose a animal.
 
entropy said:
I'd have to dig to find the 165 Partition I shot my first deer with, from a 742 Carbine with my handload of 47 g. of IMR 3031. Range 65 yards, a spike buck that was trailing a doe and never even knew I was there. I tracked him with the rifle, (as I had the doe), and when he stopped to sniff where she peed, I dropped him. Aorta shot, only reason I was able to recover the bullet was that it hit the opposite side leg bone after exiting the body, and lodged in the foreleg. (Seemed like it pulled him down!) I waited for what seemed like an eternity watching him through the scope (It was probably 2 minutes...) then literally jumped out of my deer stand, hitting the ground running. (Yes gun in hands. I was 16, and we didn't wear harnesses back then.) Still the only deer I've shot while in a tree stand. Here's the deer, and my first car, a '70 Mustang:

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I have been a fan of Partitions ever since.
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Thanks, I don't climb trees. I'm not afraid of h heights of falling just the sudden stop lol. And I'm to dang fat. Great you have a photo still of your first.
 
This is more just to justify the price, I know there not much when you think one bullet one animal. But I have 3 7mms I use often so bullets as up. I'd like to try the 140 I have some 175s given to me to try.
 
I hunted with 7 mm 140 gr. Partitions for decades but never recovered a bullet .. except one. It was a long shot across a canyon at a 5x6 elk .. about 400 yards. The bull dropped after 50 yards because the bullet cut his aorta. I have the bullet someplace but can't find it. Perfect mushroom up to the partition and totally intact at the base.

I use 100 gr. .257 partitions now in my .25-06, .257 Roberts and .250 Savage. I have never recovered one of these.
 
@troy fairweather

As you probably saw in my thread in the Reloading forum, I used 150g Accubonds for the first time this season.

First buck was shot at 140 yards, double lung, went 30-ish yards and dropped. Significant blood trail. No exit. A lot of shock damage on entrance. Bullet somewhere in the gut pile and I didn’t dig it out.

Second buck was shot at 100 yards, quartering away, double lung, exited high on the offside shoulder almost in the neck area. Buck went 50-ish yards, did a pirouette and dropped. Significant blood trail. Same shock damage on entry with twice the damage on exit. Exit was one hole so it looks like the bullet held together

Bottom line: these Accubonds open up fast at moderate .308 speeds (2,665 fps) and kill quick. Similar performance to a SST. Not as tough as a SMK.
 
I've shot deer with 2 of them, and recovered one. This was a surprise as I fully expected a pass through. .300 Savage 150 grain on a slight quartering mid-lung shot into the far side shoulder on a medium buck in the 150# range at about 175 yards. No picture, but the bullet looked like the old advertisements for the NP. Core intact, with jacket peeled back around and some front core still adhering to it. Embedded in the fat and membrane on the far side of the shoulder under the hide.

Other deer I shot was with the 160NP from my .280 rem at full house, modern action maximum, approaching 7mag ballistics. Deer were basically pests that year, DNR was giving out bonus tags like candy, so I didn't mind a little meat damage and wanted to test out a prospective moose/elk load. Shot was high in the shoulder on purpose and on a level plain on a good sized doe in the 150#range. Broke both shoulders, significant damage on front shoulder, and passed through off side shoulder with a tidy half-dollar sized exit in far side hide. Test successful, I would not hesitate to shoot a moose or elk with this load.
 
I have yet to recover any paritions used in the 7mm-08 or 308. Started using accubonds this year cause they are just so darn accurate, shoot like match bullets but they are tough like paritions. Shot a doe dressed at 138lbs must have been 150 or better walking and the 130gr accubond out of my 260 went thru both shoulders and exited with about a 2" hole, deer went down and that was that. Very impressed with the accubonds for game performance - tips don't deform in the magazine like paritions and they are deadly accurate as well. I Trust Nosler bullets and will continue to. The buck in my avatar was 201lbs dressed and a partition broke the near shoulder and exited the other side went thru full chest width.
 
I’ve taken around 8!mule deer and one antelope with 165g (.308 win) and 180g (30-06) accubonds. Here’s a picture of my recovered bullets over the years:



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That’s right, zero recovered. No animals have needed a second shot either.

Great bullet. They always expand, track dead nuts straight, and I haven’t had any explode or over fragment on impact.
 
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