Nosler custom competition ?

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Picked up box of .30 caliber .155 grain HPBT .308 250 count from powder valley just now , $65.00 ( no SMK or Amax 168 or 178 )

First time using Noslers and will be loading with Varget .
Any of you guys ever use these?
 
Picked up box of .30 caliber .155 grain HPBT .308 250 count from powder valley just now , $65.00 ( no SMK or Amax 168 or 178 )

First time using Noslers and will be loading with Varget .
Any of you guys ever use these?

They're a worthy bullet to try out.

Shoot them and see.

Get them up to 2900+ fps and they 'might' sail for you.

46-47grs of Varget depending on your brass and rifle.

Start low and work up.

Chris
 
My wife shoots them in Colt Rail 45acp 185 grain and in her Rem 700 308 in 168 HPBT. Both give very good results. Frankly, I think they are very accurate round, just make sure you watch the OAL based on the Ogive and not true overall. The hollow point in not always consistent.
 
They're a worthy bullet to try out.

Shoot them and see.

Get them up to 2900+ fps and they 'might' sail for you.

46-47grs of Varget depending on your brass and rifle.

Start low and work up.

Chris


That was about the weight I thought I would end up with. I'll start a couple at 44.5 and work up from there.
 
Awesome bullet for the price, I believe it has been stated earlier that it actually corresponds to Sierra´s 155 older palma bullet (2155). I´m loading them with Czech Lovex D073.5 powder which is near equivalent of AA2460 (they´ve made it here for Accurate); OAL 71mm, 44grs of powder and 2836fps from a 26" bbl put them recoil-less under .5MOA out to 375m; haven´t checked this load any further, but they´ll probably loose the speed and accuracy soon after. I have currently 100rds ready for this weekend with 48grs of powder. QuickLoad says they should deliver 2950fps performance near MAX pressure; I´ll see how they´ll fly out to 1k.
 
I just switched to the 175 CC over the 175 SMk's. Same seating depth, powder charge, more velocity and still getting the same groups for less money. What's not to like except that they are not in stock anywhere.
 
I load them with Varget for my TRG 22, they are a damn consistent and accurate bullet. I typically use the 168 gr, bu also a lot of the 155's. I think they are a real value in bullets and I have quite a few laid back in my stockpile. I think you will like them a lot.
 
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