Well, here we are, on the general life quest to not suck. During my personal quest, like you, ideas pop into my head and I decide to investigate them to see if they may or may not suck.
I was investigating the Nosler RDF (Reduced Drag Factor) 130 grain .264" bullet for my 6.5 Creedmoor and couldn't really find a whole lot of info, and what I did find was...meh.... Uneventful.
It seems to me the 130g .264 bullets don't seem to tickle anyone's fanny. But, like my girlfriend, the 130g bullets do mine because I've been shooting nothing but the 130g Norma Golden Target bullet by way of the Prime 130g 6.5 Creedmoor ammo for a couple years with good success and fun. That's the bullet I'm loading up for my Ruger Precision Rifffle since I scored a box of 500 Norma GT bullets a little while ago, but just starting to load up now that I actually have time (finally finished with my self-inflicted, 2 year career enhancement curriculum of EMT, advanced EMT, Paramedic, PHTLS, and TCCC training).
Being a full time cop AND going through Paramedic school was a true test of time management skills to put it lightly.
I digress...
All that said, I figured I'd just get this particular thread going to document my findings to throw out more information to clog people's brains.
I'm going to be using the Nosler RDF 130g .264 bullet with:
-Prime (Norma) 6.5 Creedmoor brass
-Federal 210M Primers
-H4350 and Reloder 17 powders because that's what I have on hand.
My RPR has a Proof Research all stainless 24", M24 profile barrel with an APA Little bastard brake. I haven't really wrung the barrel out yet, but I have every reason to believe it will do 1/2 MOA as long as I don't suck.
Gonna use the charge data from my Norma GT 130g pills. I might drop the charge 0.4 grains and work up in 0.2g increments to my current load for safety reasons. Remember folks, only YOU can prevent forest fires.
COAL is negotiable because the ogive is different and the Nosler load data says their test loads were at 2.775" base to tip. Prime ammo, for reference is also 2.77" base to tip. Per Nosler's info and Prime's info, the BC's, both G7 and G1, are a c-hair better in favor of Nosler. We shall see.
Nosler Pills are in the mail from MidSouth shooters supply as they were on sale for just over $28 for 100.
Let the quest to not suck begin!!
I was investigating the Nosler RDF (Reduced Drag Factor) 130 grain .264" bullet for my 6.5 Creedmoor and couldn't really find a whole lot of info, and what I did find was...meh.... Uneventful.
It seems to me the 130g .264 bullets don't seem to tickle anyone's fanny. But, like my girlfriend, the 130g bullets do mine because I've been shooting nothing but the 130g Norma Golden Target bullet by way of the Prime 130g 6.5 Creedmoor ammo for a couple years with good success and fun. That's the bullet I'm loading up for my Ruger Precision Rifffle since I scored a box of 500 Norma GT bullets a little while ago, but just starting to load up now that I actually have time (finally finished with my self-inflicted, 2 year career enhancement curriculum of EMT, advanced EMT, Paramedic, PHTLS, and TCCC training).
Being a full time cop AND going through Paramedic school was a true test of time management skills to put it lightly.
I digress...
All that said, I figured I'd just get this particular thread going to document my findings to throw out more information to clog people's brains.
I'm going to be using the Nosler RDF 130g .264 bullet with:
-Prime (Norma) 6.5 Creedmoor brass
-Federal 210M Primers
-H4350 and Reloder 17 powders because that's what I have on hand.
My RPR has a Proof Research all stainless 24", M24 profile barrel with an APA Little bastard brake. I haven't really wrung the barrel out yet, but I have every reason to believe it will do 1/2 MOA as long as I don't suck.
Gonna use the charge data from my Norma GT 130g pills. I might drop the charge 0.4 grains and work up in 0.2g increments to my current load for safety reasons. Remember folks, only YOU can prevent forest fires.
COAL is negotiable because the ogive is different and the Nosler load data says their test loads were at 2.775" base to tip. Prime ammo, for reference is also 2.77" base to tip. Per Nosler's info and Prime's info, the BC's, both G7 and G1, are a c-hair better in favor of Nosler. We shall see.
Nosler Pills are in the mail from MidSouth shooters supply as they were on sale for just over $28 for 100.
Let the quest to not suck begin!!