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Originally Posted by beretzs
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I wish there was a lighter LRX to use in my 18" .308 Win.


I’d bet the 130’s would be rippers in an AR.

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Originally Posted by JGRaider
Looks good. When you test the accubond in the same manner please post results if you don't mind. It would be interesting to see the difference.


Hey JGRaider,

I gave the 130 Accubond a try yesterday. Same load of 19.5 g AA5744. Much different result. Bullet went through the first jug w/o expanding and then started to tumble. It started into jug #5 then bounced to parts unfound. I was a little surprised, but the Accubond appears to be harder at 1800 fps (*at least in milk jugs grin).

I'm curious how the 129 SST's will fare. I pretty much use SST's exclusively now for target practice paired with a comparable LRX/TTSX for hunting in all my rifles as they are reasonable priced and have always shot very well for me. I often carry both bullets when hunting in case I want a softer bullet for some reason, varmint, long shot, etc.

Here's the exit hole from the 1st jug before it started tumbling....

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The 127g LR has been a very easy bullet to tune for me in the 6.5/06, 6.5x55 custom Rem 700. At 3150 fps in the 6.5x55 custom, I am using a 26" Brux #6 contour, with R#26 and cci 250...tiny groups. Using Both R#23/22 in the 26" Brux, 6.5/06 around the same speed, #5 contour

Both of the barrels above are 8T, and both shoot sub 3/8" three shot groups that repeat. These I use on power line tree stands for deer and hogs.

For short range of 300 and under, the 6.5/06 with the old Hornady 129g Sp will NEVER let you down in terms of penetration on bone from any angle, an amazing bullet.

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Originally Posted by djb
Originally Posted by JGRaider
Looks good. When you test the accubond in the same manner please post results if you don't mind. It would be interesting to see the difference.


Hey JGRaider,

I gave the 130 Accubond a try yesterday. Same load of 19.5 g AA5744. Much different result. Bullet went through the first jug w/o expanding and then started to tumble. It started into jug #5 then bounced to parts unfound. I was a little surprised, but the Accubond appears to be harder at 1800 fps (*at least in milk jugs grin).

I'm curious how the 129 SST's will fare. I pretty much use SST's exclusively now for target practice paired with a comparable LRX/TTSX for hunting in all my rifles as they are reasonable priced and have always shot very well for me. I often carry both bullets when hunting in case I want a softer bullet for some reason, varmint, long shot, etc.

Here's the exit hole from the 1st jug before it started tumbling....

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Nice test. Thanks for posting that up.

Be interesting to see your 129 SST test.


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We sure have been happy with the 127 LRX's out of our CM's.

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Beretz,

I ran the test with the 129SST. It appears its reputation as a soft bullet is
deserved and performed well at low velocity. Expanded more than I anticipated. It lost 30g and expanded to the same diameter as the 127 lrx.
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I ran the test again on the sst at a velocity of 2600 fps and it came completely apart.
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I tried all three bullets in packed newspaper and all three zipped right through
without expanding fyi.

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federal 130 grain terminal accent is all you need better performance then both barnes or accubonds

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143 eld x is another great bullet for the creed

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Any consideration given to the 129gr ABLR? I shoot it in my 6.5 Grendel at 2300fps and it's rated for expansion down to either 1400 or 1600fps.


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