Hi from Uruguay

[Lorenzo]

Hi everyone,

I'm from Uruguay, between Argentina and Brazil.

Down here in my region, Nosler's bullets are like GOLD, they are difficult to find even in Argentina. Most of the bullets we use in my country are smuggled from Argentina but there you find mostly Sierra and Hornady.

A box of Partitions can be traded in our neighbour Argentina by nearly everything (powder, primers, cases, etc, which also are difficult to find here). Right now a friend from the States brought me 3 boxes of 140 grainers NP in 6,5 mm for my 6,5x55 and I spent several days bragging around with them !!! They are so rare that I don`t know what to do with them !!! If to shoot them or keep them just to look at them :grin:

Well, my question is, I find an old box of Solid Bases in 165 gr for my 30-06 (Mauser Obendorff), I follow the Nolser number 6 Manual and reload them with 63 gr of RL-22. I am a little bit concerned about that amount of powder for the old action. I have use the max charge for 180 grainers (61 gr of RL-22) with no problems and very good accuracy at 2,850 fp/s average.

Down here we hunt axis and pigs, and In Argentine red stags during the roar.

Thanks
Lorenzo

 

[nodak7mm]

Welcome Lorenzo,

Glad to have you on board. I dont know diddly about old mausers but I am sure someone here does. On the same note, I suggest you strike up a conversation with a guy named "Pop", he is a moderator and may be able to advise you on what kind of internal PSI's that load is getting you.

Again, welcome.

Rod

 

[DrMike]

Lorenzo,

First off, welcome to the forum. We're glad to have you on board. It is a pity you have trouble getting Nosler bullets. By all means, however, shoot the Partitions in your 6.5 X 55; they were made to be shot. Work up a good load carefully and enjoy. It will be sort of like eating dessert first.

I understand your desire to conserve bullets, but I would advise against selecting a maximum charge and loading up a number of bullets. Doing that is a false economy, in my experience. Perhaps that particular load is safe in your Mauser, but you can ensure the safety of the load you build by using at least nine of your precious Solid Base bullets, loading at least three groups of three each with charges of 59.0, 61.0 and 63.0 grains to ensure that there are no pressure issues. It is always wiser (safer and in the long run more cost effective) to ensure safe pressures in your firearm by working up to the maximum.

 

[Desert Fox]

Welcome to the Nosler forum Lorenzo. We are indeed blessed here in the US to have access to almost limitless supplies of reloading component available to the shooting public. With regards to your question regarding the strength of your Obendorff Mauser, If it was able to withstand the pressure generated by the 180 at 2850 fps, then I don't see no reason why it won't be able to do the same thing with the 165. I have 2 sporterized Argentine 1909 Mauser. Both had been chambered to two high performance cartridge - a 280 Remington and 6MM Remington. Mausers are very strong action, especially the pre-war variety. Be careful however. Have a competent gunsmith check your action. When reloading, make sure start low and work your way up. Good Luck. DF

 

[DrMike]

Lorenzo,

In theory, 63.0 grains of RL22 generates less pressure with 165 grain Solid Base bullets than does 61.0 grains of RL22 with a 180 grain Ballistic Tip. Nevertheless, it is a wise practise to work up to the maximum load.

 

[boolit]

Hi everyone,

I'm from Uruguay, between Argentina and Brazil.

Down here in my region, Nosler's bullets are like GOLD, they are difficult to find even in Argentina. Most of the bullets we use in my country are smuggled from Argentina but there you find mostly Sierra and Hornady.

A box of Partitions can be traded in our neighbour Argentina by nearly everything (powder, primers, cases, etc, which also are difficult to find here). Right now a friend from the States brought me 3 boxes of 140 grainers NP in 6,5 mm for my 6,5x55 and I spent several days bragging around with them !!! They are so rare that I don`t know what to do with them !!! If to shoot them or keep them just to look at them :grin:

Well, my question is, I find an old box of Solid Bases in 165 gr for my 30-06 (Mauser Obendorff), I follow the Nolser number 6 Manual and reload them with 63 gr of RL-22. I am a little bit concerned about that amount of powder for the old action. I have use the max charge for 180 grainers (61 gr of RL-22) with no problems and very good accuracy at 2,850 fp/s average.

Down here we hunt axis and pigs, and In Argentine red stags during the roar.

Thanks
Lorenzo

The Obendorf I assume is a 98? Then you shouldn't have to be concerned, unless you have stress indicaions.

 

[FOTIS]

Welcome Lorenzo. Glad to have you here.

Your load is about the normal for all modern type actions. Your velocity indicates that also.

If you need anything else just post or PM

 

[Lorenzo]

Thanks for your answers gentlemen !!

I hunted these stags during this year roar (last march) in la Patagonia using 180 gr Partitions in a 300 wm.
Why nobody is importing Noslers bullets in Argentina right now ?? At least they are not seen at the gunshops.

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L

 

[FOTIS]

Great looking animals man!

 

[DrMike]

Good looking animals. Do they roam into the mountains in the background, or are they primarily resident in the plains?

 

[nodak7mm]

And some great looking scenery too!!! Thanks for posting those pix, always great to see other regions.

Rod

 

[Lorenzo]

They roam on the mountains and during the rut they came down to the valleys where the femals are because of better pastures. They roar and fight each other for their harems.

The older ones remain up the mountains with one or two femals only and they roar less than the rest so it's difficult to connect them. The load I used I took it from this Forum near a year ago !! hahahaha I took it from a topic about the 300 WM and was a recomendation of forum memeber JD338.

This was the camp base with some of the deer taken between the three of us and a look of how the area looks like.

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This is another one hunted those days by my hunting partner using a 30-06.

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L

 

[Lorenzo]

Sorry for hijacking the thread with my pictures, I just wanted to show you where and in what I am going to use those 165 Solid Base noslers I asked about.
I loaded 97 because there where 3 bulets missing from the box. With that I will be able to hunt pigs during our summer (december, jenuary and february) at the corn fields and save some for the next red stag rut in Argentina that starts around the 15th of march.

L

 

[FOTIS]

You can not highjack this thread buddy. It is yours!

 

[balew6254]

Looks like a great place to hunt. Congratulations on the handsome stags.

Bruce

 

[SJB358]

Great pictures! Awesome stags there! Those look like alot of fun to hunt. Glad you are able to get enough Noslers to hunt with. Keep the pictures coming! Scotty

 

[nodak7mm]

Keep the pictures coming!

Super Kool Pix there Lorenzo, keep em coming.

Rod