Nosler and powder selections on line

[ehunter]

So why doesn't nosler use standard or current powders for their testing in the book I can find 270 H4831sc loads but on line its not included? The same with 308 and 150 or 165 varget loads. These are 2 standards that almost every one uses?

How do you read the OAL suggested lenght on the web site. I use a hornady gage? Don't get me wrong I love nosler patitions as my go to bullet and BT for targets.

 

[Guy Miner]

I think their on-line data is sort of randomly selected from the loading data they've accumulated. Not necessarily the best or most popular loads.

I'm with you on that - I wish they'd put on line their best loads, if not all of them. You're right, Varget and the .308 Win are made for each other...

 

[Ol` Joe]

If their best loads are free on line why would one buy their manual?

 

[JD338]

But if you were able to get it on line, who would want to buy their Reloading Guides?

JD338

 

[DrMike]

I would still buy the guide. The information is that valuable.

 

[SJB358]

Same here. Like their manual! Scotty

 

[FOTIS]

Great company but they gotta survive too! Only way to do this is to make money.

 

[Guy Miner]

True enough. But I buy Hodgdon's manual every couple of years and also go to their web site for data. They've got some great articles in their manual. The 2010 version has a super article by Jim Carmichael. A few years ago they had a great article on the .204 Ruger when it was brand new, and there was a short blurb on why they were so hot on H4350 for the .30-06 once... Inexpensive manuals, and in soft cover, magazine format, but I buy them frequently. Huge amount of data, complete with pressure figures too. I haven't bought another hard-cover manual in quite a few years come to think of it.

And Hodgdon's web site has a massive amount of data available on it - but it doesn't tell which was the most accurate or consistent load.

Really like that about my Sierra manual, they'll list a couple of real good, proven loads down at the bottom of all their data for a cartridge. I've never been disappointed in those loads. Read once how many rounds Sierra sends downrange every year in testing. It was some phenomenal number that I've since forgotten, but I imagine all the big reloading companies do about the same, and it's got to put to shame what most of us manage to do in a year with our handloading & shooting hobbies.

Guy

 

[SJB358]

That is a cool feature of the Sierra manual. I have never used one of their most accurate or best hunting loads, but I might give it a whirl! Scotty

 

[DrMike]

Sierra has done their homework in listing the most accurate load. The best hunting load is a combination of velocity and accuracy, which is also rather nice.