Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters Accubond vs. Accubond Long Range

You know, for LR, I see the merits of high vel rounds. For our kinda local hunting, I'm not so sure.

Like the 80 gr. .240 at 3,600 fps. It's really not a LR round because that little bullet loses knock down at extended ranges, doesn't hold velocity and KE well enough to be a LR contender for deer sized animals. Smaller critters, maybe so.

The 26 Nosler with 140 NAB's, 142 and 150 Matrix VLD's, 140 Berger VLD's, etc. should be a good LR round with fairly adequate wallop way down range.

I don't think these hyper vel rounds offer much over std. rounds for 200 yd. and under everyday deer hunting. And, bullet selection isn't that critical; most any good C&C projectile will do the job at 2,800 or so fps.

Learning as I go; that's my current thinking on the subject. As always, appreciate input.

DF