Thread: Berger vs Accubonds

Originally Posted by Flyblown

The two are as far apart as its possible to be, in terms of bullet construction.

Berger = soft and highly frangible
Accubond = hard (bonded) and very high weight retention.

This can make a really big difference in how the animal reacts when hit. Accubonds can be super effective, or a bit disastrous, depending where they strike - not enough resistance like too far back behind the shoulder and they will over penetrate and fly straight through the beastie, with a narrow wound channel. Whereas the frangible bullet has a much higher chance of connecting with something important that outs the animal down faster.

Personally I like a partially fragmenting bullet, and am not that keen on bonded bullets. But I do know for sure that the Accubonds fly very well and are reliably accurate, as a good buddy only uses Accubonds in his three rifles. Just the way he rolls. He shoots for the front shoulder and I’ve only seen him have the one fail with Accubonds, too far back.

Thanks. That's the sort of stuff I was after. I'm tempted to give them a go as I mainly shoot for the shoulder as well and if they are reliably accurate then that is the main point for me...not that the Bergers are un-accurate.
There was someone on this forum that had good sucsess with the ballistic Tips in their .284, But I just had some bad experiences with ballistic Tips in my 25-06 that made me wary....