30 Nosler

[Anonymous]

Hmmm.... 30 Nosler... a 180AB at 3200fps or a 210ABLR at 3000fps.



Now I'm interested.

 

[Kodiak]

Kinda like some other stuff we already had .... sorta, ya know.

It'll be interesting to see how it fares.

 

[Anonymous]

True enough...very little under the sun in cartridge development. I'm thinking that 180AB at 3200 will make a very good all-arounder for what I hunt. Same could be said of the very similar 300RUM and 300WBY.

A sometimes hunting partner uses the .300RUM- it's a vicious killer. The .300WBY is fairly popular too. Same performance in a standard action won't be a bad thing in my book.

I'm not sure how it will fare either, but I wish it the best.

 

[JD338]

The advantage of the 30 Nosler over the 300 RUM is burning less powder hence, longer barrel life.

JD338

 

[Anonymous]

The advantage of the 30 Nosler over the 300 RUM is burning less powder hence, longer barrel life.

JD338

Yeah- I have to wonder with a lot of the big magnums in a hunting rifle though- who actually shoots these enough to burn out a barrel? I keep saying I'll rebarrel my .300WSM into .325 if I ever kill it off, but I doubt I ever will at the rate I use it- and I hunt a good deal more than the average guy.

I must confess- I've never seen a bad "modern" barrel in .30cal. I've seen a couple 22-250s that were fried, but it was high volume prairie dog shoots to blame.

Not to discount the legitimate barrel life concerns...but even a serious hunter might not shoot a single hunting rifle 500 times in their lifetime. Even Roy Weatherby was quoted as saying he'd never replaced the barrel on a .257WBY... and that's a pretty tough number on a tube.

If I were to shoot any of the big magnums a lot- I'm certain my shoulder, neck or wallet would go long before the barrel did! :grin:

 

[26NosFan]

I am a HUGE .30 Cal fan since childhood, still have 2 300WSMs. My 200 AB load at 2900 is stout enough for me and will do anything I need it to. I have the 26 and won't add a brother to it unless they get to .358. A 35 Nosler would be great but at the current rate of one a year I have 3 years to wait.

 

[SJB358]

The 30 Nosler is pretty interesting. Seems like a touch shorter 300 Wby.

 

[Hammerdown]

I kinda like it. I really don't need a 30 Nosler.

What is need?------- When there are wants.

 

[Kodiak]

Nosler #8 manual has some loads for the 30 Nosler. Looks ok.

Jim

 

[FOTIS]

Keeping my 300 Bee 180 AB at 3250 fps

 

[SJB358]

Keeping my 300 Bee 180 AB at 3250 fps

That's about what I see is a beltless 300 Wby. Not a bad thing at all. Probably fits a little better in a 3.6" magazine as well with the longish 200+ grain bullets.