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Bonded means exactly that, the core is chemically "glued" to the jacket so it will not slip or separate. I prefer this to the NBT ofr any big game hunting.

Nothing wrong w/ the AB. It's not unusual for diff. bullets to print to a diff. POI. I see this all of the time. The barrel, bedding & bullet shape all affect downrange perf. Get a load you like & sight your rifle for it. You can't really expect to switch ammo / bullets & have the exact POI...

Imr 7828 is alos a great powder for the 7rm. It's a bit slower so start w/ 62gr & work up.

The .375h&h is a great old cart. than can just about do it all. I prefer it in a good bolt action, then it is usefull for DG hunting. Try 4064 & RL15 w/ the lighter bullets & 4350 & RL19 for the heavy weights.

I feel 4350 is a bit fast for the highest vel. in the 7mag w/ 160gr bullets. I like RL22 & IMR7828. Vel. w/ 160gr bullets in my 26" bbl. were running right @ 3100fps, accuracy was 1moa or slightly better.

No disrespect but your shot proves nothing about the bullets performance. If you are head shooting deer you could use a .22lr & kill them pretty dead. The NBT is a good bullet if impact vel. stays below 2700fps IMO, form my own tests & friends who hunt w/ them. Good shooting BTW.

I have a .280 & it thrives on IMR7828 under the 160gr bullets. 4831 works well under the 140gr.

Very nice buck. Do you mean 160grNABs? I'm headed to Montana this weekend w/ my .280 for a couple lopes. I'm using 145gr Speer for this trip. I like the 160gfr bullet for an allround laod & my M70 shoots nice 1" groups w/ the 160gr NP over 57gr IMR7828 for about 2825fps from the 23"bbl.

H4831 is great w/ 140gr but for the 150-160, I like RL22 or IMR7828. Accuracy is exc. w/ about 100fps more vel. 4350 is just too fast for the optimum results in the bigger case. H870 is very accurate but used to be pretty dirty back when I tried it. H1000 is also supposed to give good results...

Just use the 150gr data & work up. I have found RL22 & IMR7828 give me the best combo of accuracy & vel. in my .280.

Jaywalker, you need to let the chamber cool down on hot days especially if you are shooting near max. loads. When you chamber a round things start heating up very quickly, brass transfers heat quite well.

I'm shooting a .260ai & 43gr of VV150 under the 100grNBT. That's a max. load in my .260ai, should be a good starting load for your 6.5x.284.

I know you wante d Nosler to reply, but I have had great luck w/ RL22 & IMR7828 in the 7RM under 160gr bullets. Very accurate & faster than the 4831 loads.

RL19, H4350 & IMR4831 are all good choices in the .338wm. I agree about the use of std. primers, I get better accuracy using a std. or match primer. For better accuracy, try the non moly bullets. I find them more accurate.

Just as note, every rilfe is different. Everyone I talked to said RL22 was great in the .280. Mine only didd so-so. When I switched to IMR7828, bingo, groups half the size & going a bit faster w/o pressure signs too. Good luck.

If you just want to take a back up rifle, any that you mentioned are fine. I would hunt thick stuff w/ the .375. If you are worried about your 260grNAB, switch to a partition & not worry much about it. The problem w/ hunting w/ only a brush gun like the Marlin, is you're bound to come across a...

H4831 is a bit faster & IMR7828 a bit slower. Obviously no powders are interchangable. What cart. / bullet are you using RL22 with?

I agree w/ jd, pick a load & use just one. It would be hard to beat the 210grNP as an all round deer/elk load. I use it in my .338-06 w/ great success, only recovered one from dozens of animals, many the size of elk. Try H4350, IMR4831 or RL19 under the 200-210gr.

Start w/ 68gr & work up. I liek H4350 & IMR4831 under the 225gr NAB.

Thanks for sharing, it looks like the TBBC needs a bit more vel. to get penetration up, they are a tough bullet. Lefty, intersting about your exp. w/ the 154grHIB. I have tried them in my .280 & 7mm Dakota w/ several diff. powders & they are awfull for accuracy. I wish Nosler made a 150grAB.