nvbroncrider
Handloader
- Aug 20, 2011
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Well I caught the nosler ghost today. Shooting out of a 6-284 on top of 56 gr of IMR-7828 SSC according to QL its running close to 3550. After running through my pressure loads I had saved the hot one for the tests. Fighting a 15-30 mph wind I waited for about 45 minutes for a calm spot pulled the trigger at 100 yards and she squirted through the side so I went back to the house loaded one more. That one again squirted through the side by this time I was down to 5 jugs and thought well this is my last chance so I moved up to 25 yards set up and shot. The first two jugs vanished went up figuring it squirted thought the side again. Picked up the third jug since there was a whole in it shook it and I heard a rattle. Pulled it out and what I saw was amazing. The little 90 grain AccuBond had opened up to an impressive .640 and came out in one piece. The down side was it retained 35.6 grains or 39.5% of its original weight. It was the ultimate torture test. When you take a minute and think about it this bullet was designed to operate at a max velocity of 3200 fps for it to stay together at 3500+ is absolutely amazing. Well done Nosler!