142 Accubond LR

I have noticed a lot of people mentioning the Berger VLD , Hornady 147 match and the 143 ELD-X. Does anyone use the 142 Accubond LR in their 6.5-284 for hunting purposes. I have used Nosler bullets mostly the ballistic tips and the Accubonds for hunting. They have always performed wonderfully for me. 9 more days until I pick up my first 6.5-284.

Ive used it in my 6.5 cm killed WT at 577yds. I cant find it locally in any shops so quit loading it and switched to ELDx! But It performed fine.

Been shooting the bigger ones this year. To me they seem a little softer than a regular Accubond. Makes sense too since they are touted to expand at lower velicities. Would be a bullet I would want to try for sure in your rifle. They have a reputation for liking to jump a ways to the lands. Keep that in mind playing with them.

Bc numbers listed on the box were way high when they first came out, not sure if they still are or not. I too like the normal accubonds and shoot them at all kinds of hooved animals.

I shot 50 of the 142 ablr through a heavy .260 to see how they shot. Wasn't disappointed, shot out to 800 yards, but this gun probably won't ever hunt so I moved on. The only downside is they seemed to be really soft; where 142 smk's were seating with no issues, every ablr I loaded had a dimple forward of the o-give from the seating stem.

coop2564 said:

Ive used it in my 6.5 cm killed WT at 577yds. I cant find it locally in any shops so quit loading it and switched to ELDx! But It performed fine.

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Were you able to recover the bullet and weigh it? Any idea on your velocity at impact?
I'm planning on doing gel tests on both those bullets, plus a couple others, this winter...

I have been using both the 129gr ABLR, in my 6.5x47, and the 142gr ABLR in my 264WM.
My results on animals was the 129gr expands right down to 900fps or so and the 142gr expands down to 1100fps or so.
Recovered bullets at those distances were in excess of 80% in all but 2 times, the other 2 held 92 and 93% with the 142gr ABLR. Starting velocities were 2836fps for the 129gr and 3289fps for the 142gr. Accuracy with both was on par with Berger 140gr Hybrids.
Inside of 300yrds, neither bullet held up well, a 129gr didn't make it all the way through the chest cavity on a small Fallow deer, it weighed 47gr. I didn't recover any 142gr at that range, I was more interested in the performance at and beyond 600yrds.

Cheers.

thanks for your replies. I picked up a box of the 142 Accubond LR and one of the 143 ELD-X. I imagine one of those will work quite well. Hoping to keep shots in the 300 to 600 yard range.

I used 129LRABs on two cow elk and antelope, 6.5-06 3000fps Both elk were under 200yards. Didn't weigh the bullets but both were around 60% retention stopped under off side hide. Both elk dropped in 20ish yards. Blew through the antelope. They shoot better than the Berger's did in my gun.

A friend has killed a couple of Oryx with the 150s in a .280. Both performed as mine have.

I've been using 129, 142, 150, 168, 190 gr ABLRs since they came out. I load them in 260rem, 280rem, 7mm rem mag, 300wby. We have killed 19 elk with them in the past 6 years, 17 of those were with the 142 & 150 gr ABLRs. I stopped shooting the magnums after I saw how my sons' 260 and 280 performed out to 630 yards. All elk have been DRT no tracking. We've also taken dozens of deer (WT & Muleys) and Antelope with them. I did recover a 142 and 150 from their elk this year but have not weighed them yet. The 142gr from 260rem was mid front shoulder big cow at 450 yards. It went through near side shoulder blade and offside bone and was in the off side skin, perfect mushroom. The 150gr from 280rem was medium size cow mid shoulder at 530 yards broke both leg bones and was just under the offside skin, perfect mushroom. I fussed at them for the terrible shot placement because I like lung shots best, no wasted meat. But it has been the same story with everything we've shot from 50 yards to 630 it's all been DRT. Get the 142s fill it up with H1000 or 4831 and go shoot animals with the confidence that if you do your job they will do theirs.

deerhunter64 said:

I have noticed a lot of people mentioning the Berger VLD , Hornady 147 match and the 143 ELD-X. Does anyone use the 142 Accubond LR in their 6.5-284 for hunting purposes. I have used Nosler bullets mostly the ballistic tips and the Accubonds for hunting. They have always performed wonderfully for me. 9 more days until I pick up my first 6.5-284.

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Shot them in the .260's and was unimpressed with their accuracy. They appear to be pretty finicky about seating depth and very sensitive to slight differences in loads. I like the Hornady Interbond much better.

They were a little finicky about seating depth for me. In both guns we loaded for they liked .050 jump

DBoone said:

Were you able to recover the bullet and weigh it? Any idea on your velocity at impact?
I'm planning on doing gel tests on both those bullets, plus a couple others, this winter...

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No passed thru and broke offside leg!

Orange Dust said:

Been shooting the bigger ones this year. To me they seem a little softer than a regular Accubond. Makes sense too since they are touted to expand at lower velicities. Would be a bullet I would want to try for sure in your rifle. They have a reputation for liking to jump a ways to the lands. Keep that in mind playing with them.

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Second that - OD is right on, a bit softer than reg ABs and like a jump.

I will also say this. I like them and will use them again next year.