DaveABQ
Albuquerque, NM
I picked up several boxes of Nosler 100gr Accubonds from SPS, figured I would give them a try after great reports of the 110gr Accubonds.
I'm far from being impressed. I took two hogs and two coyotes this week. Didn't get really good pics, but did get some. On the first hog, two boars came in before dark, I picked the bigger one which was about 140 pounds, I had to remove my PVS-14 and shoot just with the Eotech from 70 yards. I was going to go for a neck shot like normal, but being it was 70 yards with no magnification, I decided to put on the back of the shoulder. I shot, hog started running, took a second shot and it went down. I also shot once at the second hog before it went in to brush, but missed.
I go look at the downed hog, I see the shot where I hit it in the pic below, flip it over and see no exit wound. So I figured I would dig out the bullet when I processed back at camp. I get back to camp and when skinning I see that I hit it on the second shot just behind the rear legs which also had a exit, like I shot it with a full metal jacket. I also found on the first shot had an exit on the opposite side. I then had to look close at the skin to see the exit wounds. I was going to take pictures, but just then the damn metal pole that holds the hoist, fell, whacking me on the back, now the hog is on the ground, so had to finish skinning and quartering there.
Pic of hog entrance wound, could not see exit, and could not see second shot entrance or exit:
The next day I had another boar, about 90 pounds feeding 35 yards behind me, the shot was about 30 degrees downhill, I took the shot in the neck, forward of the shoulder, down through the chest, I shoot and the boar runs off like it wasn't even hit. After some searching I finally found it, only because I could hear it gasping for air. The shot entered where I shot, down through the chest and back out the other side behind the ribs. Almost no blood for the 70 yards or so it ran. I didn't get pics as it was down in this deep arroyo and was impossible to get it out.
Then with the remains of the hog I processed and another hog when of the guys shot, it was time to take some coyotes. We placed the carcasses about 200 yards out from camp. Took a couple days but the coyotes started hitting them. I shot two coyotes, the first in the pics before, I drilled center chest, I had to dig through the fur to see the entrance wound and just a tiny exit wound. The second coyote I hit running at about 260 yards, it went down, but it is tall grass and never did find it.
Entrance on coyote:
Exit
Wanted to see if others have used the 100gr Accubonds and their conclusion? I switched after this and went to using my 12.5" *** 6.8 with 120gr SST's, but didn't get any more shots.
I'm far from being impressed. I took two hogs and two coyotes this week. Didn't get really good pics, but did get some. On the first hog, two boars came in before dark, I picked the bigger one which was about 140 pounds, I had to remove my PVS-14 and shoot just with the Eotech from 70 yards. I was going to go for a neck shot like normal, but being it was 70 yards with no magnification, I decided to put on the back of the shoulder. I shot, hog started running, took a second shot and it went down. I also shot once at the second hog before it went in to brush, but missed.
I go look at the downed hog, I see the shot where I hit it in the pic below, flip it over and see no exit wound. So I figured I would dig out the bullet when I processed back at camp. I get back to camp and when skinning I see that I hit it on the second shot just behind the rear legs which also had a exit, like I shot it with a full metal jacket. I also found on the first shot had an exit on the opposite side. I then had to look close at the skin to see the exit wounds. I was going to take pictures, but just then the damn metal pole that holds the hoist, fell, whacking me on the back, now the hog is on the ground, so had to finish skinning and quartering there.
Pic of hog entrance wound, could not see exit, and could not see second shot entrance or exit:
The next day I had another boar, about 90 pounds feeding 35 yards behind me, the shot was about 30 degrees downhill, I took the shot in the neck, forward of the shoulder, down through the chest, I shoot and the boar runs off like it wasn't even hit. After some searching I finally found it, only because I could hear it gasping for air. The shot entered where I shot, down through the chest and back out the other side behind the ribs. Almost no blood for the 70 yards or so it ran. I didn't get pics as it was down in this deep arroyo and was impossible to get it out.
Then with the remains of the hog I processed and another hog when of the guys shot, it was time to take some coyotes. We placed the carcasses about 200 yards out from camp. Took a couple days but the coyotes started hitting them. I shot two coyotes, the first in the pics before, I drilled center chest, I had to dig through the fur to see the entrance wound and just a tiny exit wound. The second coyote I hit running at about 260 yards, it went down, but it is tall grass and never did find it.
Entrance on coyote:
Exit
Wanted to see if others have used the 100gr Accubonds and their conclusion? I switched after this and went to using my 12.5" *** 6.8 with 120gr SST's, but didn't get any more shots.
