Thanks guys, and thanks to you, specifically, DrMike. Your QL info was very pivotal to where I started. To be totally honest, I was just hoping to hover somewhere between 3100 and 3200. 3300 was a very pleasant surprise. I'll be testing some more as it warms up, to see if pressures are going...
I bought heavy(ish) on the .284 152 banded E-Tips a few weeks ago. I discovered that the bands/grooves are inconsistent on them, which would be why they’re blems, I guess. I thought maybe it was the fact that they were 152s instead of 150s. Now, my concern is whether or not the bands being so...
Just got the banded 152s in from SPS. I’m really looking forward to shooting these. They have 4 grooves total, which I haven’t seen before, but I haven’t played with E-Tips much. These should stomp anything they hit.
Would you be so kind to please run a QL setup for me, sir?
7mm Rem Mag
Hornady Brass
Fed 215M
150*gr E-Tip (*152gr blems from SPS)
3.300
RL26 and H1000
27" Barrel
Very appreciated if you're able. Thank you.
I took the plunge and bought 4 boxes of them. I want to see how they do out of my 7mm Rem Mag. I've got H1000 and RL26, so I hope I can get them 3100+fps out of my 27" barrel.
I'm glad to see them doing everything they can on the back end to make up for their colossal screw up on the front end. The fact that a sales guy "in the wild" knew of your situation, speaks volumes. I can't condone how they handled it, but it's obvious they're trying like hell to make up for...
Glad to see there is at least some acknowledgement and were some effort(s) to get hold of you, although they had the wrong contact info. I hope you're made whole after all of this--you've been more patient and professional than most would have been.
To the Load Techs at Nosler,
Any reason why you guys loaded the 150gr Partition instead of the Accubond? Would you consider loading the 150gr Accubond in 30-06 around 3000fps? Or has it already been attempted with unfavorable results?
Along similar lines, have you attempted a 190gr ABLR...