ABLR at short range

Entry. Never exited. mtmuley

Definitely dumped some shrapnel. Had a 110 accubond do that from a 257 weatherby. Course they started life at 3450fps and the deer wasn’t 75 yards away. 2 grenaded on surface. 3rd finally made inside rib cage. First and only time I seen an accubond do that.
 
Definitely dumped some shrapnel. Had a 110 accubond do that from a 257 weatherby. Course they started life at 3450fps and the deer wasn’t 75 yards away. 2 grenaded on surface. 3rd finally made inside rib cage. First and only time I seen an accubond do that.
Yeah. It completely came apart. I haven't recovered many bullets from the RUM. I did put a 200 grain Accubond into a bull at 42 yards 3200 fps muzzle velocity with no issues. Stuff happens. mtmuley
 
My opinion is if you’re planning to shoot 400 and under no reason to do the ABLR. I’d just shoot the 140 grain Accubond. I don’t think you will gain much going with the 150 grain. Especially when you consider the different weight retentions.

Long range bullet models typically are designed with higher BC to help reduce drop and wind drift. They often also are designed to open at lower velocities. The second part is usually not the best for the average hunter at normal reasonable ranges.

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I’ve loaded ABLR bullets in several different rifles and have found them to be pretty easy to find accuracy. They’ve never been finicky for me at all. I’ve killed three bucks with the 142 grain ABLR out of a 6.5 Creedmoor. They were all inside 70 yards. All three died quickly and the two that ran left great blood trails. The other one was neck shot and dropped in his tracks.
 

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