Nosler 28 Reloading

[Ralt71]

Mine is the Nosler Mountain Carbon, uses the model 48 action with a Proof Research carbon fiber 24" bbl

No brake yet, I'm shopping for one currently

Fantastic rifle!

I'm assuming the barrel is threaded 5/8x24. if so, in my opinion of trying out many different breaks.. the fat bastard is hands down the best option out there.

I would certainly do your research and get what makes you feel the most confident, but from tunability and recoil management for the money this one is top notch! The only other one I like and it's mostly because balancing it with your barrel harmonics is easy is the EC break. It doesn't do anything for muzzle lift, but it does help with recoil significantly and you can "time" it easily with the hash marks. Give me 5 minutes and I'll get you some links to help your search out.

 

[Ralt71]

Mine is the Nosler Mountain Carbon, uses the model 48 action with a Proof Research carbon fiber 24" bbl

No brake yet, I'm shopping for one currently

You probably are already familiar with both and if so, sorry for all the unneccesary detail haha.

All of these are pretty effective, I like the Gen 3 and 4 because you can remove the allen's and help with muzzle lift.
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This is the EC Tuner, I have one on a 300 Win. I bought it just for the sake of testing out how much the tuning adjustments really mattered and not so much because I needed it. It is real, it was adjusting my POI and recoil management was pretty good.
EC Tuner Break

 

[JD338]

My wife has a M48 Mountain Carbon in 30 Nosler. She has the Nosler brake which takes it down but even without the brake the recoil isn't that bad. She's running 180 gr BT/AB's at 3100 fps.

JD338

 

[Charlie-NY]

Have you chronographed it in various temps?

No - most of my shooting/testing has been in rather comfortable weather. Temps only varied maybe 30-35 degrees.

 

[41rem]

Loaded up some 28 Nosler yesterday. Used 13 pc of my 1x fired Nosler Factory brass that all weighed 260 grains, used this load

Nosler 150 Ballistic tip
Reloder 26 @ 79.0 grains
Federal 215 mag primer

Expected muzzle velocity is 3200 fps, load is 3 full grains below maximum.

Will test them this afternoon


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[JD338]

That should make for one heck of a flat liner deer killer

JD338

 

[41rem]

Was running @ 3150 fps SD of 16 for 8 rounds

Think I'll bump the powder charge up some & re-shoot

 

[SJB358]

Just for what it’s worth the temp stable part of stuff is a bit overrated in my opinion. Definitely a thing if you’re redlining stuff in the winter cold temps and then shoot in the 90-100’s in the summer but I haven’t had any issue killing deer, elk and other things if I work up my loads in the normal temps and stay off the top end. Used RL22 and other “temp sensitive powders” for years and years with no issues.

Not saying they aren’t great to be stable but some of the stability will come from using the correct primers to light stuff off and using a charge that’s maximized for the case being used.

 

[SJB358]

Man! N570 is an awesome powder but it burns HOT!!!!!! It will eat up your throat quicker than just about anything out there. I did some research and this is what a lot of shooters are saying.

It is a hot rod powder. I figure barrels are like tires and man, 570 shoots for me in the Mashburn and RUMs. I just try not to hammer on stuff and keep the firewood sized kernels cleaned out now and again

 

[phil]

Just for what it’s worth the temp stable part of stuff is a bit overrated in my opinion. Definitely a thing if you’re redlining stuff in the winter cold temps and then shoot in the 90-100’s in the summer but I haven’t had any issue killing deer, elk and other things if I work up my loads in the normal temps and stay off the top end. Used RL22 and other “temp sensitive powders” for years and years with no issues.

Not saying they aren’t great to be stable but some of the stability will come from using the correct primers to light stuff off and using a charge that’s maximized for the case being used.

It didn’t bother me until I saw an impact in the frozen dirt at the feet of a large wild hog standing in a plowed corn field….I haven’t done the math, but that was the end of IMR powders in my cases about 15-20yrs ago. There was adequate distance involved for it to blow the deal, obviously. And it sucked to watch him shuffle back in the tall grass.
My load work was probably done at 70-80deg.
A fool’s lesson was learned, multiple ways.

 

[SJB358]

Phil I get that. It’d be cool to replicate it today and see what you get for the difference. Not that it matters but it’s always interesting to see what difference there was.