140 gr Accubond vice 142gr LR Accubond

[Montana73]

Read recently on Nosler website that Nosler 140gr Accubond needs 1800 ft lbs to mushroom properly and that is why they designed the 142 Gr Accubond as it requires 1300 ft lbs to mushroom properly.

I have a bunch of ammo being loaded for a 6.5PRC build using 140gr Accubonds. Chart shows at 450 yards energy drops below 1800 ft lbs. Should I be worried about performance past 450 to say 700 yards?

Or should I be looking at these 142gr LR bullets right now?

 

[Plinker147]

Should be 1800 FPS not ft lbs

 

[26Reload]

This is a 140 acc.....from a 26 nosler....3200fps @ 10'......
The deer was 30 yards......
Bullet took a different route getting thru the lungs than it was supposed to......

 

[Montana73]

Plinker147 - boy am I screwed up....I went back to see article and it is FPS not energy. 6.5PRC 140 Accubond is good to 850 yards with 1810 FPS.

There is no issue. Sorry for confusion.

 

[Ingwe]

Read recently on Nosler website that Nosler 140gr Accubond needs 1800 ft lbs to mushroom properly and that is why they designed the 142 Gr Accubond as it requires 1300 ft lbs to mushroom properly.

I have a bunch of ammo being loaded for a 6.5PRC build using 140gr Accubonds. Chart shows at 450 yards energy drops below 1800 ft lbs. Should I be worried about performance past 450 to say 700 yards?

Or should I be looking at these 142gr LR bullets right now?

No way Montana, I wouldn't worry at all and use what you loaded already.

The Accubond is a pretty tough bullet...it's bonded

I killed allot of game with each bullet but in 7mmRemMag, and although the LR's are softer, I don't think that it's by much.