Difference between Nosler Accubond vs Nosler Accubond LR

[RugerHawg413]

What is better for hunting elk between 150 and 400 yards, accubond 160 grain vs accubond long range 168 grain? Shooting 7mm rem mag, thanks again!

 

[338 win mag]

Either should work well. I'd lean towards the regular accubond at closer distances

 

[mtmuley]

What 338 win mag said. I only have a sample of one, but I won't use the LR again. mtmuley

 

[Salmonchaser]

The original Accubond has a thicker or stronger jacket. Designed to work well at closer ranges, if you will. Conversely the ABLR is designed to perform better as velocities start dropping off-and get there accurately.
I’ve killed 10 or 12 elk with the 250 gr. Accubond out of a .338 Jarrett (2950 FPS)
Ranges from 30 yards to 500. Classic broadside to hard quartering. The only bullet I recovered was the 500 yard bull, shot through both shoulders.
I’ve killed two deer with the 6.5 creedmore and 129gr ABLR. Both were inside 200 yards. Both shot in the crease. The bullet behaved like a ballistic tip.
I know it’s an apple and oranges comparison.338 vs. 6.5 but particularly on larger critters I’d be inclined to go with the Accubond.

 

[sbhooper]

For what you are going to do, I would not even consider the ABLR. It is a weaker bullet, than the standard ab, because it is designed to work better at a longer range. There is no free lunch with bullets. Pick it for what you will be doing, and in this case, it is the standard ab. This long range thing has gotten stupid. People do not need "long range" bullets for most hunting scenarios. All you have to do, it to look at the velocity of the bullet at the impact distance, to tell whether you need some kind of specialty bullet. Out to way over 400, you don't. With the bullets designed for long distance, you can have some bad performance at the closer ranges-where many elk are shot anyway. A lot of this long-range bullet thing is just marketing to sell bullets to people that think they have to be able to shoot stuff at 700 yards.

 

[mtmuley]

FWIW, the "regular" Accubond works pretty good at what I call longer ranges. mtmuley

 

[ImBillT]

I don’t think 400yds would call for the LR.

 

[88man]

its all about placement anyway

 

[RugerHawg413]

Thanks for the info! AB is the one I will use.

 

[RoughCountry]

AB or Nosler Partition. Both great bullets.

 

[ida homer]

Either are great.

But at 149 or 401 yards I'm just not sure they'd work.

 

[midwesthunter]

I would stick with the regular AB. Out to 400 dont need the extra BC

 

[Walkathon]

I'd use the regular Accubond.

 

[Bigjav]

I’ve heard that the ABLR can be finicky when it comes to accuracy so if you do go with the ABLR make sure you’re dialed in with them first

 

[magnum44270]

try them both, see what shoots better. they both work