Accubond Accuracy Issue

[JFrank]

Here is a little more information. I did have flat primers with all 3 powder charges. Velocity with 53.0 grs was 2883, with 53.5 grs was 2888 and 54.0 grs was 2927. By the way, the factory Remington's clocked 2787 fps. There was also a noticeable increase in recoil with my hand loads vs the Remington factory loads.

Well sir if your not over than why the flat primers , increased recoil and scattered shots ?
I suggest working down a grain or so on a re test.

 

[JFrank]

In addition I believe’ Nosler makes the Accubond Bullets I assume they know a bit about they’re own product ie bearing length pressure curve etc.

 

[wbm]

Nosler makes the Accubond Nosler makes the Accubond Bullets I assume they know a bit about they’re own product and Bullets I assume they know a bit about they’re own product

So do the rest of us who shoot that bullet. The bullet is not the "accuracy issue!" The reloader and rifle are the issue.

 

[10XSHOOTER]

Change your brass to something better than Remington.
I shoot 180 accubonds in a .300 Win. use Nosler brass and get groups like Dusty's

 

[WVRJ]

I shot IMR4350 in my 280 for years,and got along fine with Accubonds,and several other 140 grain bullets.If you're getting flat primers,there's something the rifle doesn't like about your load.Seating depth,powder charge or type are the first things I would work on,and a lower charge and trying to seat somewhere around .020 off the lands would be the first things I would do.I've seen rifles not like a certain bullet,and I've seen them not like a certain powder.

 

[shb]

I've tried accubonds in:

300wsm
7 saum
6br

And they all loved them.


Helped my friend put together a 308 win with a carbon wrapped barrel......it hates accubonds.


What are you going do, barrels like what they like.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Powders change over the years. Update your manuals often!!

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Change your brass to something better than Remington.
I shoot 180 accubonds in a .300 Win. use Nosler brass and get groups like Dusty's

Thats a 33 nosler in a 6lb rifle. Groups start opening up after a couple. Shoulda waited for it to cool

 

[Phil_700]

Thanks for all the great replies and suggestions gentlemen. I guess it's back to the ol drawing board. LOL

 

[wbm]

Why not give Nosler's "accuracy load" with the 140 Accubond a try. 53gr Reloader-19.

 

[Ned Ludd]

As was already suggested, you might want to consider optimizing seating depth a little better in this particular case, prior to charge weight testing. One possibility is that you're just not seating the Accubonds anywhere near where they want to be seated. Berger has outlined a seating depth testing approach that covers a very wide range of seating depth, primarily aimed at helping shooters tune VLD bullets, which can sometimes be rather finicky with regard to seating depth:

Getting the Best Precision and Accuracy from VLD bullets in Your Rifle

VLD bullets are designed with a secant ogive. This ogive shape allows bullets to be more efficient in flight (retain more velocity = less drop and wind deflection). While this result is desirable for many rifle shooters the secant ogive on the VLD bullets produces another result in many rifle.

bergerbullets.com

This test covers a sufficiently wide seating depth window that excessive pressure can sometimes be an issue with the test groups that have the longest jumps (i.e. least effective internal case volume). Nonetheless, you can choose a slightly reduced charge weight for the test that you know does not generate pressure issues for the rounds with the shortest COAL, and it should be fine for the rest. This test is aimed primarily at getting you to a particular seating depth region where a particular bullet shoots better than any of the other seating depth regions. Further fine tuning of seating depth within that region is still advisable. It may be worth a try in your case before giving up on the Accubonds.

 

[AckleymanII]

I have had great luck with Remington brass in the 280, 140g accubond with 54g of 19.

Pass me the 160g, partition with IMR 7828....Hammer Of Thor on deer.

 

[timeout]

Accubonds shoot good in my SIL's 7 Rem Mag. Accubond LR's will not, even though the twist rate calculator says they should.

 

[AckleymanII]

I am shooting the 9T, 280 AI and the 175g LRAB shoots tiny groups with top end loads of IMR 7828 and Fed 210, Lapua '06 brass. Stock Rem 7 Mags love the 175g LRAB.

The 140g Accubonds I have shot in the 280, 280 AI, and 7 Mag liked to just barely touch the lands, and shot small groups.

 

[Kermit in Va.]

I shoot the 140 accubond in my 280 and love'em.

 

[Clark]

Both 140 gr Accubonds and 140 gr Nos Bal Tips shoot better than I can in 280AI, 7mmRM and 7mmSTW.

But the Accubond do not kill. They just knock the animal down, and I cut the neck veins and windpipe with my knife to finish them off.

Nos Bal tips knock them down and they are dead by the time I walk up to the animal.

 

[Phil_700]

Both 140 gr Accubonds and 140 gr Nos Bal Tips shoot better than I can in 280AI, 7mmRM and 7mmSTW.

But the Accubond do not kill. They just knock the animal down, and I cut the neck veins and windpipe with my knife to finish them off.

Nos Bal tips knock them down and they are dead by the time I walk up to the animal.

Just curious, how many times has that happened?

 

[Gary in MD]

I have the 110 grain Accubonds loaded in my 257 Wby this year for deer. My targets didn’t look quite as good as Dusty’s but they shot pretty good. I don’t expect the deer to go too far if I get a crack at a nice buck, I’ll probably at the very least bust a big doe for the freezer. Hopefully in the next couple of weeks I can supply a “ballistic report.”
Gary

 

[Sekora]

Heres 3, 3 shot accubond groups proving my deer loadView attachment 1212015View attachment 1212017View attachment 1212019

My Remington 700 Mountain Rifle in .280 shoots groups just like that with 140 grain AB's over RL19 with a muzzle velocity around 2890. I seat them .001 off of the lands and they fit in the mag. I have shot this load out to 300 yards and it maintains .25 moa. I would suggest slowing it down also. From what I have found, if a rifle likes ballistic tips, it will shoot AB's also with some minor changes.

 

[WyleWD]

Just curious, how many times has that happened?

I'm with the fellows in Posts 13,14,& 15. I tried to get the Accubonds to shoot in both 6.5 and 30 cal a few years back. Bottom line is that the Sierra's WAY out shot them both at close (100yds) and 400yds was very discouraging. The accuracy difference I got was nearly identical to the difference you saw in the pictures on your first post. I just pitched the remainder of the bullets and was done with them. JME. WD