I load the Nosler 142 ABLR for my buddy's 6.5 Creed with 41.0 H4350 in a Hornady case. A week ago that load was used to dispatch a nice 8 pt buck at 150 yds. The impact was at the front of the throat and left a very small entry hole. The bullet exited the side of the neck with a massive hole that was about the size of a soft ball. The buck was DRT.
A mature doe was also shot with that load (aprox 2,700 ft/sec). The impact was broadside in the chest. I didn't see that deer but my buddy said the exit wound was very similar to the exit wound on the buck. Doe ran about 35 yds.
If you can get the ABLRs to shoot accurately, and you don't mind the potential for dramatic exit wounds on close/moderate range shots, they are very effective at killing whitetails.
