I loaded 6 test rounds for my Remington 700 in .280 Rem caliber, 22" barrel. Brass is once fired Remington, bullets are 140 gr Accubond, primers CCI 200, powder IMR 4350. Bullets seated .030" off lands. I loaded 2 at 53.0 grs, 2 at 53.5 grs and 2 at 54.0 grs. Distance was 100 yards and shooting was done from a nice bench, on sand bags like I have done for 40 years. The results were absolutely shocking to me. I have never had any of my hand loads group that bad. Distance between the 2 holes from 53.0 grs was 2.375", between the 53.5 grs was 1.75" and distance between the 54.0 grs was 3". I thought something had happened to the rifle. I fired a 3 shot group with factory Remington 140 gr Accutip bullets and could cover the group with a quarter. Now I have been loading Ballistic Tips for years in several different rifles and they always grouped great. I worked up a load for my Remington 700 Sendero 7mm Mag last year with the 160 gr Accubonds and it was a tack driver. Have any of you ever had a rifle "hate" Accubond bullets? Seeing how bad they shot, would it even be worth the time to try different seating depths, powders, primers, etc? Or is it that obvious this 700 just don't like Accubonds? Please look at the two pictures. Any opinions or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Accubond Accuracy in .280 Rem
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Nosler load data is much below you, though they probably formulated with an etip, I'd check them out, starting at 48, max of 52, accuracy found at 50:
https://load-data.nosler.com/load-data/280-remington/
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.
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I just tried IMR 4955 in my .270 Win and Sierra 140 gr TGK # 4440 10 shot ladder test from 49.8 gr to 53.5 gr all grouped into 1 3/8 . I'm loving IMR 4955 . Found a node at 53.0 gr . Can't wait to test that .
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I tried accubonds in 2 different rifles, spending quite a lot of time trying all different powders and seating depths on both to no avail. Never tried them again. I know a lot of people get great accuracy with them, but those 2 rifles didn’t care much for them.
Any 6mm through 30 cal, that I reload now, my go to pills are Nosler Ball Tips and Berger VLDs. I have great luck accuracy wise and killing wise. I’m sure with the right barrel, accubonds would shoot great. I just lost my desire to try them again
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Any 6mm through 30 cal, that I reload now, my go to pills are Nosler Ball Tips and Berger VLDs. I have great luck accuracy wise and killing wise. I’m sure with the right barrel, accubonds would shoot great. I just lost my desire to try them again
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My go to hunting load last year was 150g Accubonds in .308 win. They were very accurate...
And put two nice bucks on the ground, including this one, which is now over the mantle in the study....
And put two nice bucks on the ground, including this one, which is now over the mantle in the study....
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