Fiftydriver
Official LRH Sponsor
We are all pretty familiar with the original AB and it's pluses and minuses. It appears we have learned what we need to know about the LRAB. In my opinion, Nosler tried a little to hard to take over the long range world and overshot! What they need to come up with is something about half way in between the two. I know how difficult it is to get a bullet to take high velocity stress and still be fragile enough to expand at low velocity. These LRAB's expand EASIER than mine do. I believe the difference is, as Kirby pointed out, the large hollow point behind the tip, coupled with a thin nose. Mine have a thin nose, and a tip, and I even serrate the nose, but the lead is flush with the tip. This allows expansion at low velocity but is much more controlled (not explosive). Besides that, the LRAB's are bonded! What would they do if they weren't!........Rich
I think the cure could be pretty simple. I am not a bullet maker and no one should really be listening to me, I build rifles not bullets but here are my throughts anyway.
- Thicken the jacket slightly for more integrity. Retain the aggressive ogive design.
- Fill the hollow cavity under the tip so there is lead supporting the tip.
- Increase the size of the tip slightly and possibly add a bit more wedge design to the base of the tip to promote expansion at longer range. That combined with the aggressive ogive should retain fine expansion at long range.
Would these three things solve the problems. Maybe, maybe not but it would be a good start in my opinion and again, that is all it is.