I have successfully used Nosler Accubond bullets on bull moose and bison out of my .375 Ruger.
But I have not used the AccuBond Long Range (ABLR) bullet on big game yet. I have plenty of 7mm 175g Nosler ABLR’s left from my Newfoundland moose hunt last year. Note: Since, I was staying in Newfoundland for 6 weeks, Canada would not let me enter with my Browning 7mm rifle unless I was headed directly to my hunt.
Hopefully,that will soon to change this fall on my Foggy Mountain Maine bear hunt this September.
The AccuBond ABLR is designed to expand faster than the AccuBond. But will the bullet mushroom “too much” in my 7mm Rem Mag 175g ABLR at say 50 to 75 yards?
UPDATE
Discussion with Nosler says the Nosler Partition will have more weight retention and will mushroom nicely at close range. Accordingly, my Nosler friends are sending some Nosler 160g Partitions for my bear hunt. See the video below.
The biggest complaint from black bear guides is the difficulty of producing a good blood trail, with fat and hair plugging the hole, from smaller diameter bullets. Bears run till death, that may mean hundreds of yards and little blood. I am hoping for a large exit wound for blood trailing.
Fast game recovery means better meat quality!
Good Hunting!