I loaded up 9 different loads of 165gr AB starting with 55gr of IMR4350 incremented by .3 up to 57.6gr. Except for the first round all had the same POI for a nice ragged hole. I settled on 57grs.
Old thread, but I bought a couple of boxes of Accubonds recently and had the same problem. I contacted Nosler and spoke with Mike who quickly said not to worry that I'd be receiving a couple of boxes in the mail free. Now that's customer service!
I'm going to load up some 165 Accubonds with Varget for my Remington 700 in 308. Unfortunately, the mag box is only 2.830 so I'm going to have to stick with an OAL of 2.800 to ensure I won't have any feed issues. However, doing so requires the bullet to seat past the bottom of the shoulder by...
I was checking the rifle seating depth for some Nosler 120gr BT I'm loading and my rifle seating depth is 3.185. According to the Nosler manual I should seat the bullets another .015 - .03 inches less than the rifle seating depth. This gives me a OAL of 3.170 - 3.155. However, SAAMI OAL is 3.150...