Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles AccuBond vs AccuBond LR

Anybody have any input regarding the differences in the two bullets? I've used AccuBonds but not the LR version. I understand the jacket on the LR is formed so that expansion is reliable down to 1300 fps but what concerns me is performance at shorter ranges where velocity is considerably higher.

You answer your own question. And it’s herby Hancock

Duuuuuuuurrrrr

210 lrab on a black at 150.


Bear dead = perfect

Eat right up to the hole Freddy!!! Like a monolithic.... grin

Elk Dead at 137 yards. 142 ABLR from a 264 WM. 3250 MV. Inside of entrance shoulder.



Axis doe at 109 yards. 142 ABLR from 6.5x55 2800 MV. Exit of off-side shoulder.

I think I'd rather shoot the regular Accubonds myself.

Me too. I want nothing to do with these bullets. I'm a Nosler guy, I come from the wide open plains but I'm not interested in LRAB at all.

Z: killed 6 deer with them. They die and the holes are easy to find...:)

Decided they are best used like a 15x56 bino--when support is needed.

No surprise though--they are called long range after all, but I had to find out.

I like the 129gr 6.5mm version at 2,900fps. It shoots flat and has worked for me at distances from 80 to 320yds. I've been able to stop two of them on frontal chest shots, but got exits on everything else (deer/hogs). Here is one. It retained 70% of its weight.





Of course the 130gr standard Accubond has treated me much the same, and would like be my pick for an all-rounder in a hunting 6.5mm, as it seems to be a bit tougher. Both are good bullets in my opinion.

I get much better accuracy with the regular Accubonds, so I've stuck with them.

Thanks for the feedback. I'm gonna have to try some of the 129 gr 6.5mm's. I think they'll be great in my Grendel due to it's lower velocity.

I have been using that 129gr ABLR in my 12.5" 6.5 Grendel SBR. It expands well even at relatively low SBR velocities. One disappointment I found with that bullet was that it can't be pushed as fast (at least in my barrel); 2200 fps is pretty much top end maximum, but that rifle will shoot a 140gr to about the same velocity.

That was my notion, so I bought 300 blems. Best accuracy with CFE223 was at 29gr, a couple down from max. Should be fine for the shots I get hereabouts.

JPro, can you tell me about the animal, shot, and range of this recovered bullet?

Yeah, I think the 129's will work well in the Grendel and I'll stick with 130 or heavier AB's in my other 6.5's Though, the 142 ABLR would seem like a good one to try in my 6.5x55.

Sure. It was a 150lb whitetail buck that was a few degrees away from facing me head-on, at roughly 230yds. After I watched him for about 30 seconds, he still remained frozen with his head upright, so I took the shot before he decided to bolt. I shot him 2/3 of the way up the chest and he dropped out of sight. He had fallen neatly in place and one of my daughters asked about the small lump that was 5-6" from his hip, so I showed them how to slice the hide and recover a bullet, which they thought was pretty cool.

I also shot a 270lb feral sow with the same load and shot angle at a little over 300yds, although she wheeled and ran into the brush, leaking pretty heavily from the center-chest entrance within a few feet of the impact. She made it 25yds or so, but I gave that pig to a friend and did not search for the expanded bullet.

Chest to hip is pretty good and the 'shroom is perfection.

Hit any bone on the 80 yard shots yet?

For me, 9 out of 10 shots are probably going to be at less than 100 yards, with the 1 in 10 usually being 300+.

One buck I shot was more broadside and I caught a shoulder with an exit, but he was around 200yds. I did shoot a 120lb doe at 80-90yds through the shoulders and she dropped with an exit. The majority of the other animals were hit through the lungs on purpose, to save the shoulders for the freezer. Lungs were generally wrecked, but I didn't see undue bloodshot, or at least not any more than standard Accubonds and Ballistic Tips at similar speeds.

JPro, what load did you settle on with those 129's?