Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles AccuBond vs AccuBond LR

I’ve had really good luck with the 168 ABLR in several 7 mags with Retumbo.

Report on another 129 ABLR victim. Fairly large, big bodied, older buck. First shot was ~70 yards, angled through left front shoulder exited mid-rib cage on opposite side. 3-legged run for ~ 40 yards, stopped and I quickly put another through the heart (it exited) while it was broadside. This is only at 6.5 CM speeds and all have been at 125 or less yards but this bullet has been perfect in performance so far (in what I value about performance). Everything has exited, even after hitting shoulders at short range. All exit wounds have been much larger than caliber with great blood trails. I haven't noticed much lead/jacket left behind.

Really liking this bullet at the speed I'm pushing it, on the game I'm using it on, and I gotta say thanks again to JPro.

I'm using the 142 6.5 ABLR in two rifles - 6.5x55 SE and a 264 WM. Accuracy has been very good in both of those rifles. Closest shot with either of them has been around 100 yards though. Exit wounds are large enough to give a blood trail, but everything I've shot with them has been DRT. They do prefer some jump. The 6.5x55 is .1 off the lands, the 264 is .05 off.

I use the regular AB's in three rifles as well - 2 - 25-06's and a 243. Accuracy is great. They too leave nice exits, with no blow-ups on shoulder shots. Don't be scared to run the further out. Try them out to .12 or so and see how they work in your rifles.

No game taken with the LRAB yet but have worked up a150g LRAB load for Daughter #1's 1975 Rem M700 in .270 Win.

52.0g H100v gives 2910fps at the chrono (22" barrel) and when MPBR zeroed for a 6" target and 7000' altitude it retains 2234fps and 1662fpe at 600 yards with drop/drift at 52.6" and 15.5". Daughter #1 passed on her first elk opportunity ever last October because she wasn't comfortable with her .308/130g TTSX load at 476 yards, even though she shoots well at longer ranges. But hitting and killing are not the same and, in terms of energy, the 150g LRAB does at 600 yards what her .308/130g TTSX load does at 330 yards. I often use 1500fpe as a rule of thumb minimum for elk when comparing cartridge capability. Doing that, the .308/130g TTSX runs out of gas at 395 yards while the 150g LRAB is good to 710 yards. Calculated recoil in her rifles is 15.9 ft-lbs for the .308/130g load and under 17.7 for the 150g LRAB.

Accuracy with the 150g LRAB was outstanding during development with both IMR7977 and H100V. COL used was 3.467", 0.127" longer than SAAMI, but the cartridge fit the mag easily and the bullets were well of the lands. COL was determined by seating the bottom of the full diameter a caliber depth into the neck.a full diameter.