Don Fischer
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Don part of the issue is that I have a 6.5 Creedmoor and there is so much hype and advertising along with YouTube makes one think they are going to shoot a mile and need everything LONG RANGE! I just want to shoot Accubonds but don't want to reloader this time. A few small hand loaded companies make 140g Accubonds but I had issues with the consistency from them. Nosler only offers a 140g with the ballistic tip for hunting. My guess is that thru thier R&D they found there is an issue with the 140g Accubonds in that Caliber so they don't offer it. Prob the same reason why the small manufacturers I've ordered from have similar issues. If I were running an AR10 platform or a looser bolt I probably wouldn't notice it as much.
My guess is the subtle difference in the ABLR at 129g performed well. Plus the bullets name, the hype, and good advertising gets people to pay 50 a box on sale $64.80 MSRP. Which I just did to test them. My original question was trying to figure out what the difference was with the new Winchester expeditions that they were on average 20 less. There is no official MSRP I could find but several sits show them list for $39.99. But those same sites could just do that as advertising because they charge around 32-34 a box.
For arguments sake: 64.80-39.99= 24.81 or 1.24 a round more for the Nosler over the Winchester. Both offer the same ABLR and are pretty close on the ballistic tables. What does that 1.24 get me besides a really long post about bullets?
Tell you what I'd do. Pick one that your rifle likes and practice out to 300 yds with it. Practice even more at 200 nd 250 yds. That could very well be as lond a shot as you get.