Thread: 308 Accubond 125 Bush Pig observations

I just thought some of you might be interested in my observations of using a 308 Bush Pig over the last few years since I had my Blaser 308 barrel shortened to 16" and suppressed.
Changed my reloads to 125 grain Accubonds ( from 150 Accubonds previously ) at just over 2900 FPS. Still wanted reasonable speed for flat trajectory out to 500m as a flexible mid range rifle option ( have 300 WSM, 6.5x284 for longer ranges ).
I have shot a heap of deer with it and just last week shot another red stag that I recovered the projectile from.

Why I have put this up here is that these 3 x 308 / 125 Accubond projectiles have all been recovered from reasonable sized red stags.
They were all shot squarely in the shoulder and ended squarely in the off side shoulder just under the hide.

Left 50m stag and projectile now weighs 85 grains = 68 percent retained weight

Middle 200m stag and projectile now weighs 90 grains = 72 percent

Right 360m stag and projectile now weighs 110 grains = 88 percent

Im pretty happy with those results and the results on many other deer that have met the same fate to this combination.