Nosler Custom Ammo for .300 SAUM?

[TrpD345]

I have a Rem 700 LTR on order. It will mainly be used for deer, 400 yds. at the very max! I will reload in the futur, but just to get started what ammo would you recommend, Nosler Custom or Remington? Also, I see that Nosler offers it in 150 gr., 165 gr., and 180 gr. I prefer to shoot 150 or 165 gr. What are your recommendations on the Nosler Balistic Tip vs. the Partition, what is the difference? Again it will be a deer rifle that I would like to paper punch with and shoot the occasional ground hog. Thanks for the help.

[sewwhat89]

I have some pet loads that I could share if you want. I have shot my Model 7 out to 535 yds with excellent results.

150 gr Partition Gold/Accubond - 58 gr Varget, 3110 fps (MAX in my ; Nosler lists 60 gr as max

The AB shoot about 2 inches at 200 m, and 2.8" at 300 yds in my Model 7. Almost every load I have shot with Varget has been very low ES and very close to one-hole at 100 yds. I would not recommend any primers but Rem 9.5M. I shot CCI 250, Rem 9.5M, Fed GM210M and Fed GM215M and the Rem 9.5M were in the vast majority of the cases the most accurate.

[sewwhat89]

165 gr Remington factory loads have shot the best in both my rifles followed by the 180 gr Nosler Partitions.