Accubond

[gspn]

Seeing this thread reminded me that last evening I shot a 140 lb whitetail deer with a Nosler 140 grain Accubond that I hand loaded on top of 71 grains of H1000. It was shot at a distance of 80 yards with a Rem 7 mm Mag. I took a double lung shot, hit right behind the shoulder and that bullet went in one side and sailed out the other.

The deer did me the favor of dropping on the spot. I sight in about 3 inches high at 100 yards and with a dead center hold I did some damage to the spinal cord on the way through…he fell like a bag of hammers. I like the bullet.

 

[Rem700CDLSF3006]

Shot a deer this morning with a 30-06 165 grain Accubond awesome performance dropped on spot and never moved.After dressing kinda glad I picked it over the ballistic tip

 

[d2wing]

I just read a study posted on the "what round has killed the most deer". According to that, the best shot placement is the shoulder for sure kills and immediate drop. The caliber doesn't matter, but soft, rapid expansion bullets worked much better than hard, controlled expansion bullets or bullet that are heavy for the caliber. This bears out what my experience has been. I have seen quality bullets from a 7 MM go right through without much expansion.
I have also seen .223 55 gr bullets drop a deer faster and do more tissue damage, at closer range.
According to that study the biggest factors were shot placement, bullet construction, and distance. Beyond 150 yards good hits dropped dramatically.
No difference in caliber, custom guns or bullets vs factory guns and bullets. Hope this helps.