Anybody else excited for the .223 Nosler 70 grain Accubonds?

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I heard it through the grapevine, that they will release these babies around the end of this month.

These are excellent bullets in other calibers. I am going to be exited to bring a box of these home in miniature size to load up and shoot.
 
Nope, accubonds are junk! I used them in my 30-06 and 375 RUM on whitetails. The 180 gr .308 bullet zipped through an 8 pointer when shot broadside in the lungs and it just stood there. I shot again for the shoulder. It dropped and tried to crawl away. I walked up and agave it a third shot to finish it off. I shot two deer with the 260gr accubond out of 375 RUM. They were standing together. The doe ran a 150 yards with a broadside lung shot and dropped. It acted like it wasn't hit. I harvested the yearling next to it after it ran. The 80 lb deer hit the ground after the shot. Two seconds later it got up and ran a 100 yards down the hill like it wasnt hit and piled up dead in a ditch. Also a double lung shot. Accubonds are too hard and do not expand. I ran them at 2700 fps out of my 06' and 3000 fps out of my 375. If I used a core loct both deer would have been DRT.

Probably great bullets if ran at 4000 fps and hit bone.
 
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Building a 22-250 AI right now and plan next year to try these out for field work. I've had nothing but great luck with every accubond I've ever used on game. Should be reasonably priced, they'll hold up to the velocity and I am going to keep an eye on shooters pro shop for them.
 
Have used Accubonds in .243 Win, 6.8 SPC and .308 Win to kill coyotes, deer and feral pigs with zero complaints. Think a 70 grain Accubond might make for a nice bullet for the faster .22 calibers.
 
Have used accubonds in .308, .338 & .375 w/great results on game and very accurate, to boot.

Regards,
hm
 
I have had great luck with the performance of NAB's. I don't have anything to shoot the 70 Gr in, real...except maybe my 9 twist 700P, but that thing is too heavy to lug around anyways.
 
My few experiences with the accubond was they are usually out of stock and pricey. I tried getting them in 7mm and there were none to be had, even through mail order, so I went with Bergers. Nosler AB were $52 for 50 and the Berger VLD-H is $54 for 100. Pretty easy decision for me there.
 
I could never get them to group better about an inch to an inch and a quarter out my rifle bedded on a hs prescion stock and sitting in my lead sled. Haven't tried them since the first year they were released. Maybe nosler redesigned them since? Swift Sciroccos work great for me and expand for DRT big game performance. The accubonds are like shooting FMJs though whitetails. Both the bullet and deer keep going.

I'd rather shoot their ballistic tip hunting projectile. At least they will cloverleaf out of every rifle I own and will DRT deer with a heart/lung shot. The problem with them is it looks like a bomb went off inside every deer I've harvested with them...along with the stomach contents exploding. Nasty but effective!
 
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My 6.5x47 Lapua shoots the 130 NAB at 2850 into 1/4" groups, easily. And these bullets took very little work to get where I am. Maybe I am just lucky? Additionally, the deer I have shot with them have had text book terminal performance. I never paid more than $28/50 for them, and with how they perform for me, I am happy to pay that.

Again, maybe it is just my set-up is working best because of how I am using them in my particular rifle...?
 
We have had good luck with:

6.5-130g accubonds

7mm- 140g Accubonds

30 cal- 125g accubonds

All of these bullets shot bug holes, and they "tuned" quickly seated .010 off the lands.

A guy wanting to shoot the bonded 22 caliber should also try the Speer bonded Gold dot bullets. I shot the 55's this weekend in a 14T 22/250, and they shot 3/8" with R#15. I have not shot speer 62 or 75g Bonded bullets.

Nosler 70g Accubond sounds like a 22/243 & AI , 22/250 AI Dream come True!

Barrels will like what they like, you just never know till you try some.
 
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I am thinking they may never get here, Lol! Do you think a .223, 8 twist barrel will have enough speed to make these bullets perform at 350 yards and in?
 
Accubonds are very popular with big game hunters. I've never used them. I have them, but I've never loaded them.

My guess is that 70 grain .224 Accubonds will be used for deer. But that's merely a guess. I know nothing about small game rifles other than they're accurate, and I love accurate!

Hunters can spend a lot of money on bullets. It's a guess whether a 5 dollar bullet kills and deader than a 50 cent Partition. I do know that big game rifles firing Partitions will kill really big game. For deer-size animals, it tough to beat GameKings.

I would appreciate some help. Nosler's Website indicates that for the .222 Rem, a minimum twist of 1:12 is required for its 60 grain .224 Partition. Hence, I'm inferring that a very tight twist will be necessary to stabilize the 70 grain .224 Accubond. How would a 1:8 twist of a .224 caliber rifle affect lighter weight bullets fired from a a tightly twisted barrel? In other words, would a hunter need a dedicated rifle to routinely shoot heavy .224 caliber bullets?
 
Have shot 55 gr. NBT's from one 8 twist and another 9 twist and they performed very well in both. 60 gr. NP's also shot well but that is heaviest I've tried.

Regards,
hm
 
Originally Posted By: EMP3

Nosler's Website indicates that for the .222 Rem, a minimum twist of 1:12 is required for its 60 grain .224 Partition. Hence, I'm inferring that a very tight twist will be necessary to stabilize the 70 grain .224 Accubond. How would a 1:8 twist of a .224 caliber rifle affect lighter weight bullets fired from a a tightly twisted barrel? In other words, would a hunter need a dedicated rifle to routinely shoot heavy .224 caliber bullets?

Luckily most hunting bullets are made in the light to medium range. This has a lot to 22-250's generally having slow twist barrels. 220 Swift and .222 REM the same.

The lighter bullets give the hunter the advantage of easy trajectories inside of normal intended hunting distances also.

My favorite twist for AR-15's is 1:9 twist. I have no doubt a 9 twist barrel with stabilize the Nosler 70's.

Remember that temp, altitude and muzzle velocity play a factor into this.

I have a buddy that shoots 75 grain A-maxes with his 9 twist 22-250. That is possible because of velocity. And lots of it!

Berger has a cool twist rate calculator on their website.

There is a lot of info on a bullets center of mass & center of pressure out there. This will ultimately explain why bullet weight is much less important that bullet length when considering twist rates.

Speer 70 grain FB SP's are a good example of this. They are short little bullets and stabilize well in slow twist barrels. Where a 62 grain Barnes TSX will tumble instantly without a good fast twist.


Generally speaking, slow twist barrels will make less pressure than fast twist barrels. For this you can theoretically load more powder into a slow twist barrel and get the same pressure as less powder in a fast twist barrel. (more velocity)

It is thought that slower twist barrels copper foul less also
It is also thought that they torque less when fired also
It is also thought the bullet flies in less of an orbital pattern when fired with just enough twist rate to stabilize.

BLAH BLAH BLAH

In my experience the less rifles to keep track of the better. I load for so many rifles my head spins sometimes thinking about it all.

 
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