What is Trophy Bonded Bear Claw?

The world’s toughest game calls for its toughest bullet. The legendary Trophy Bonded® Bear Claw® has proven itself from Alaska to Africa with a bonded jacket and core that retain more than 95 percent of the bullet’s weight for deep penetration. The design’s grooved shank improves accuracy across all rifle platforms.

What is a Trophy Bonded Tip?

Trophy Bonded® Tip combines bonded construction and a bone-crushing solid copper shank with a boat-tail design and polymer tip that tighten groups. The resulting toughness and accuracy make it a perfect choice for the full spectrum of medium and big game at any practical range.

What is Bear Claw ammo?

Federal Premium® Trophy Bonded Bear Claw Centerfire Rifle Ammo is premium big game hunting ammunition that shoots flat, hits hard, and penetrates deep. This Federal Premium ammo is made with select brass casings and powder charges matched to specific calibers and weight bullets.

Who makes the Trophy Bonded Tip?

Federal Premium®
Federal Premium® now offers the legendary Trophy Bonded® Tip as a component bullet. The proven design stands apart from all other big game bullets, combining bonded construction, a bone-crushing solid copper shank, boat-tail design and a high performance polymer tip that tightens groups at long range.

Who makes Trophy Bonded Bear claws?

Federal Premium
Jack Carter designed it. Federal Premium perfected it. The world-famous Trophy Bonded Bear Claw is a deadly-reliable Rifle Bullets from Africa to Alaska, and now it’s available to handloaders in the most popular bullet diameters for large and dangerous game.

Who makes Trophy Bonded claws?

The Trophy Bonded Bear Claw bullet is offered only in the Premium Safari line of ammo in calibers ranging from 7mm Remington Magnum to . 500 Nitro Express (. 416 Rigby shown here). It is important to mention at this point that Bear Claw bullets made by Jack Carter and Federal differ slightly in jacket composition.

How big is a Trophy Bonded bear claw?

In component form, Federal now offers the Trophy Bonded Bear Claw in.375-inch diameter (250 and 300 grains),.416-inch diameter (400 grains),.458-inch diameter (500 grains) and.474-inch diameter for the.470 NE (500 grains). Whether you’re headed to Alaska, Africa or Australia, or planning a hunt

When did federal get rid of the Trophy Bonded bear claw?

Federal bought the rights to it and now has evolved into the tipped versions that we see today. The tipped trophy bonded and now the Terminal Accent. It’s been a while since they were phased out.

Where is the lead core on a trophy bear claw?

ONE OF THE BEST features of the Trophy Bonded Bear Claw is the lead core’s position: it is located in the front of the bullet, with the rear of the bullet being homogenous gilding metal. This does a couple of things, both of which are equal parts of the success of the Bear Claw.

What’s the difference between Bear Claw and Federal bullets?

It is important to mention at this point that Bear Claw bullets made by Jack Carter and Federal differ slightly in jacket composition. Whereas Carter’s jackets were pure copper, those made by Federal consist of 95 percent copper and 5 percent zinc.