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R Flowers, Searching the archives of several forums I've seen you and a couple other posters have tried the regular primers and RE-19 with good luck...that was what got me to thinking about this. May get to try things tomorrow, wind permitting. FWIW, rifle is a FN Winchester SuperGrade, 26...

I guess for full disclosure, I should state that I have some shells loaded with 72 to 76 grains of RE-19 and regular primers...was planning on shooting them today, but it was just too windy to learn anything. I usually stick to mag primers when loading the magnums, but haven't used RE-19...

Loading 210 TSXs in a 338 Win Mag with 76 grains of RE-19. I have been using Fed Mag primers but read somewhere that RE-19 often responded to regular primers. Anyone else been down this road?

And if all else fails, try different loading dies. I had a 7 mag that I battled for a year or more, trying different components. As a last resort, I switched from RCBS dies to Lyman. That fixed it. Don't know why, but there was some incompatability between the dies and that rifle.

I would certainly be interested in a 220 Partition. I couldn't care less about the 325 Whatever, but have two 8mm Mags that I feed 220 grain bullets to and that weight is getting hard to find many choices in. No more Barnes Xs or Hornadies. Swifts are a little pricey and the Sierra is too soft.

Just a guess, but they probably came up with the first numbers via computer simulations. Then when they had time to actually shoot the bullets over distance and came up with actual numbers, they didn't match. And now they're waiting on some computer wonk to update the website. :grin: 8mm...

If it would make the decision easier, you could encourage him that he would need to go to Africa and try out a new 458 Partition in person! Research is important. :grin:

OK, enough with the micro bullet talk! :grin: Are there any plans for larger rifle Partitions? Or is 416 as big as we'll see? With the recent interest in the 458 Lott, a 450 or 500 grain Partition would be interesting.

I couldn't get them to shoot quite as accurate as the Sierra, but that was just one gun. Now they have been discontinued and Hornady doesn't plan on re-introducing them. I asked. :grin:

Heck, I'd even settle for a 220 grain Partition. :grin: I've maintained for years that the main thing holding the 8mm RM back was the existence of the 8mm Mauser. Bullet companies always try to hedge their bets and make bullets for both, instead of giving the magnum shooters what they want...

For me the "BC" isn't the point (bad pun) but lighter weight and higher velocity is. If you take the 2.8-ish case length of the Remington from the 3.60 maximum magazine length you have less than .8 inches available for a long graceful taper. I found some pictures of the old Jensen (pre-Lost...

What I think most of us have in mind are lighter than 350 grains. That leaves the NorthFork, which is a great bullet but sleek it ain't. And GS, who still needs to live down their reputation for horrible service. I think Lost River may of made a 325 at one time also. I also think they...

Hmmm, maybe I need to spread the word. I know that the 416 has fairly modest following, but then again, Nosler wouldn't have much competition with a lighter bullet. I know Barnes makes (or made) some 300-325 versions, but some of us like lead cores! :lol:

Acetone is supposed to work.

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Does Nosler have any plans for a lighter weight 416 bullet? I have found the 400 grain Partition to be accurate, but a 300-350 grain bullet would be a little more versatile for North American use, as well as African plains game. Maybe a 325 grain AB ?