Federal does it again 😅

[Emerson0311]

I haven’t seen any data on a 20” bbl 28 Nosler and what it can do. I suspect it will lose a lot of velocity, so not the same thing.

As for totalitarian communist states I don’t hunt there so for me it doesn’t matter. I live in SD, and only intend to hunt here, WY, MO, NE, and MN. Legal in all those spots so happy meal for me.

I compared several reloading manuals and some articles referencing various barrel length 28 Nosler rifles that the authors tested. It’s uncanny how similar the results of a generic 20” 28 Nosler are to the advertised 7 BC performance.

 

[RUN8]

Can you link those articles?

Nosler factory rifles come with 24” bbl’s and I assume the velocity data for their ammo is with a 24” test bbl. They show a 175 Accubond at 3125 fps at the muzzle, which I believe with a 24”-26” bbl, I suspect the slow burning powder needs at least that length to push that velocity with a lower pressure than 7BC. You may be right that at 20” 28 Nosler will only give up 125-175fps vs a 24”, I think it might be more than that with factory ammo but I could be wrong.

 

[Emerson0311]

Can you link those articles?

Nosler factory rifles come with 24” bbl’s and I assume the velocity data for their ammo is with a 24” test bbl. They show a 175 Accubond at 3125 fps at the muzzle, which I believe with a 24”-26” bbl, I suspect the slow burning powder needs at least that length to push that velocity with a lower pressure than 7BC. You may be right that at 20” 28 Nosler will only give up 125-175fps vs a 24”, I think it might be more than that with factory ammo but I could be wrong.

I just googled it. A 26” 175 gr 28 Nos runs about 3150 or do at the c the reloading table. Looks like around 25fps drop/inch shorter when comparing 24” to 26”. Means about 3K at 20” w/175gr. If the 7BC actually is as fast as they say, about the same result. Now consider the howler monkey shrieks about muzzle blast, noise, recoil, and short barrel life from a 20” 28 Nosler, and ask yourself how the same bullet at the same velocity will be any different from the 7BC? Hell, if the 7BC is actually faster, all those complaints will be even worse.