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I was talking with a nosler rep over the weekend and she showed me the list of new products one of which is a 142 grain 6.5 long range accubond. She didn't know what the bc is.

That and a handful of H1000 might work well in the 6.5-06. Be curious about BC.

SMK make a killer 142 for 6.5 for many years already. Hard to beat that unit.

Did they put a plastic tip on it?

30338,

A good guess on the G1 BC based on the 129 ABLR would be a little over .600, maybe .620.

Not yet but I bet it won't be too much longer...
https://www.sierrabullets.com/products/new.cfm

Why not a 6.5mm 108, 123, 139, 155, & 160 long range accubond too?

They can add that to the catalog of other bullets that they list but don't actually make.

maybe they should be able to produce the bullets they already have listed before they go marketing another one they cant produce.

The Canadian 142 gr Matrix VLD did quite well at 950 yds on my Utah spike elk at 950 with a muzzle velocity of 2917 fps from my 6.5x47. Can't tell you what the bullet did other than entered at a forward quartering angle just inside the front right shoulder blade, angling down into the thoraic cavity.

Used a G1 of .625 or G7 of .318.

Alan

What ABLR are you looking for ? I've recently bought the 168 in 7mm and I noticed that SPS has 150's also 210 30 cal seconds Cabelas has some in stock also...Just trying to help !

I've been looking for 129 ABLR's for my 26 Nosler, none to be found.

I have Matrix 129 and 142 VLD's on hand to try.

The 142 ABLR may be interesting.

DF

Yep. The 129 ABLR is hard to come by. I could stand a box or two to try out.

Yeah the 6.5 129's are like unicorns around here. I have been wanting to try them since they came out and have not been able to find a box yet. I got an "in stock" update one time but didn't make it to the computer in time.

Until I can find the bullet that the 26 Nosler was built around (129 ABLR), I'm using what I can find.

So far, my bud and I have killed 4 doe and several hogs, using 140 NAB, 140 NPT and 120 E-Tip.

Earlier in the season, a couple of chest shot doe ran, hit with a 140 NAB and a 140 NPT, just not that far.

This weekend, I killed a 180# sow at 186 yd. with a shot to the shoulder, 120 E-Tip at 3,450 fps. She dropped in her tracks, the bullet pulverizing her heart and busting up one shoulder. It exited slightly behind the far shoulder.

A 130# doe was killed that same afternoon. She stepped out of the woods at 80 yds., slightly at an angle. She was acting nervous and I didn't want to wait too long before taking the shot. I aimed for the heart, the bullet striking the front of the right shoulder and exiting just behind the left shoulder. The heart was pulverized, the hit shoulder damaged enough I discarded it. At impact she whirled to run into the woods, made it about 8-10 feet. Good exit wound, plenty of messed up tissue.

My bud killed two hogs at around 100 yds., both sows, 160 and 175#'s, with pigs. He was using his 26 Nosler, shooting 140 gr. Partitions. Both hogs were DRT.

Bottom line: From what I've observed examining these carcasses, there seems to be little difference in killing effect, wound channel damage and exits with these three bullets. The E-Tips were moving faster at 3.450 vs. the Partitions and Accubonds, at around 3,300 fps.

Partitions, reportedly, have a bit more shrapnel effect than Accubonds and, of course, the E-Tips have no shrapnel to speak of. No recovery of any of these bullets, which is OK. They performed as advertised.

The new 142 ABLR may be an interesting bullet for the 26 Nosler. I've read that the ABLR's may be a bit softer than the std. NAB for easier mushrooming at LR and lower velocity.

Then, there are the Matrix 129, 142, 150, and 160 VLD's, they also offer bonded hunting bullets. Don't forget about the Scenar 123, 136L and 139. It'll take a bunch of deer and hogs to check them all out...

DF

Good thing they are introducing more "New" products, since they can't keep the ones they have on the shelves.

Why should I get excited about a product that will in such limited supply that i'll likely not even get to test it; maybe in very limited quantities. Then, it will be another 1-2 years before it's out there again. AKA: 129 ABLR. Being an FFL, i've got a dozen wholesalers that carry Nosler bullets and i've NEVER seen it in stock. I'll likely pass on the 142 ABLR and stay with the 142 Matrix VLD.

Alan

.712..... Must be the magical fairy dust they sprinkle on those things...

Tanner

Maybe they're using the new Common Core math kids are being taught. Pun there.......

.712 does seem optimistic ...... Beings everyone else's 140 class bullets are about .610-625 area. .100 points on the scale for a plastic tip is a lot!