interesting crow. so, you are saying the ablr isn't as stoutly constructed as the 6.5mm 120 bt?? i always figured any ab or ablr would be a step up in construction than a bt..... the 7mm 120 bt not counted here as we all know how stoutly contructed that lil pill is. guess i didn't figure the 6.5mm 120 bt version to be as stoutly contructed as the 7mm version of the 120 grain bullet.........
thanks,
Big Ed
I think the 120 BT is tougher. I used the 129 ABLR on a couple of deer and they expanded too quickly. The deer died but all I recovered was a tiny portion of the base and I didn't get a pass through on either. I personally think Nosler missed the mark with the ABLR. The regular accubonds are a fine bullet but in the interest of making them expand well at long range they made the ABLR too fragile, bonded core or not. I'm not impressed with their performance in my admittedly limited experience with them.
