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Nosler Longrange Accubond
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<blockquote data-quote="scfam" data-source="post: 1139747" data-attributes="member: 80956"><p>Nailed it in my opinion. The ABLR is softer than the Accubond, so it will tend to retain much less weight when impacting game at the higher velocities. This is a tradeoff. The question becomes, does it kill elk at short to moderate ranges when it is travelling "too fast"? If half of the bullet explodes, doing massive damage to the shoulder, and the remaining 50% makes it into the heart/lung area, is the elk dead within 100 or so yards of the shot 97% of the time?" Is that a "failure" if a one-shot kill? My guess is we don't have perfect data on that, but it would be interesting for members to share their ABLR kill information at shorter range. Over time, we are going to better understand this, but the "failures" people are experiencing at shorter ranges are from basically cosmetic (the bullet doesn't look right when I dig it out of the very dead animal) to lost animals. It is important for us to get this information so we can make good decisions in bullet selection (which ultimately does matter, depending on the application and caliber). Like you, I've dug quite a variety of bullets out of incredibly dead animals, and a good bullet placement will work 98% of the time. I've also seen the results of dramatically mis-selected bullets that were beyond abysmal. I'm hoping the ABLR is shown to retain enough weight at super-fast velocities while doing what it is supposed to out at long range. I've had nothing but huge success with its big brother, the accubond. Time will tell...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scfam, post: 1139747, member: 80956"] Nailed it in my opinion. The ABLR is softer than the Accubond, so it will tend to retain much less weight when impacting game at the higher velocities. This is a tradeoff. The question becomes, does it kill elk at short to moderate ranges when it is travelling "too fast"? If half of the bullet explodes, doing massive damage to the shoulder, and the remaining 50% makes it into the heart/lung area, is the elk dead within 100 or so yards of the shot 97% of the time?" Is that a "failure" if a one-shot kill? My guess is we don't have perfect data on that, but it would be interesting for members to share their ABLR kill information at shorter range. Over time, we are going to better understand this, but the "failures" people are experiencing at shorter ranges are from basically cosmetic (the bullet doesn't look right when I dig it out of the very dead animal) to lost animals. It is important for us to get this information so we can make good decisions in bullet selection (which ultimately does matter, depending on the application and caliber). Like you, I've dug quite a variety of bullets out of incredibly dead animals, and a good bullet placement will work 98% of the time. I've also seen the results of dramatically mis-selected bullets that were beyond abysmal. I'm hoping the ABLR is shown to retain enough weight at super-fast velocities while doing what it is supposed to out at long range. I've had nothing but huge success with its big brother, the accubond. Time will tell... [/QUOTE]
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