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33 Nosler a GOOD Powerhouse .338 for Hunting???
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<blockquote data-quote="best defense" data-source="post: 2816641" data-attributes="member: 25241"><p>I discovered Nosler bullets about 20 years ago. Where did the time go? It seems like just last week I was only 55.</p><p>Anyway, It was shortly after I got my first custom rifle, an 8mm Mauser rebarrelled to .338 Win Magnum. Not a 33 Nosler but close.</p><p>There were plenty of bullets and powder was cheap back then. I was still relatively new to reloading.</p><p>I wanted to hunt with my new (old) rifle so since I was on the cusp of figuring out some of the nuances of reloading I bought 3 different kinds of bullets and started going thru the 4 different loading manuals I had. Several people had been bending my ear about the Nosler Partition so that is one of the bullets I bought. I also bought some Sierra Game King bullets and some Speer, all in 338 of course. The Speer bullets did fairly well, grouping just over an inch at 100 yards, the recoil was serious but not too much to handle with something less than a maximum load. The Sierra bullets did a little better, keeping 5 bullets just inside an inch at 100 yards. Last to go into the mix were the Nosler Partition bullets which went into a little over 3 inches at 100 yards with the same powder charge I had used on the Sierra Game king bullets. I was still about 2 grains shy of what the book said was maximum load for the Nosler, so I started increasing the powder charge about 1/2 grain at a time. When I got done, I had a very sore shoulder and a group that would go into 2 inches at 180 yards.</p><p>What I discovered was that while Sierra bullets are much more accurate and forgiving in the accuracy department at lower speeds, they also have their limits. Nosler bullets are not as forgiving in the accuracy department, but if you take the time and extra effort to push them about as hard as you can, they will eventually hit the lands hard enough to engrave the lands into the bullets and that is where the Nosler bullets excell. I suppose due to the web in the partition bullets, they don't catch the lands as well as the Sierra Game King bullets do at slower speeds, but when they do engage the lands and spin as they were designed to do, they are devistating on the terminal end.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="best defense, post: 2816641, member: 25241"] I discovered Nosler bullets about 20 years ago. Where did the time go? It seems like just last week I was only 55. Anyway, It was shortly after I got my first custom rifle, an 8mm Mauser rebarrelled to .338 Win Magnum. Not a 33 Nosler but close. There were plenty of bullets and powder was cheap back then. I was still relatively new to reloading. I wanted to hunt with my new (old) rifle so since I was on the cusp of figuring out some of the nuances of reloading I bought 3 different kinds of bullets and started going thru the 4 different loading manuals I had. Several people had been bending my ear about the Nosler Partition so that is one of the bullets I bought. I also bought some Sierra Game King bullets and some Speer, all in 338 of course. The Speer bullets did fairly well, grouping just over an inch at 100 yards, the recoil was serious but not too much to handle with something less than a maximum load. The Sierra bullets did a little better, keeping 5 bullets just inside an inch at 100 yards. Last to go into the mix were the Nosler Partition bullets which went into a little over 3 inches at 100 yards with the same powder charge I had used on the Sierra Game king bullets. I was still about 2 grains shy of what the book said was maximum load for the Nosler, so I started increasing the powder charge about 1/2 grain at a time. When I got done, I had a very sore shoulder and a group that would go into 2 inches at 180 yards. What I discovered was that while Sierra bullets are much more accurate and forgiving in the accuracy department at lower speeds, they also have their limits. Nosler bullets are not as forgiving in the accuracy department, but if you take the time and extra effort to push them about as hard as you can, they will eventually hit the lands hard enough to engrave the lands into the bullets and that is where the Nosler bullets excell. I suppose due to the web in the partition bullets, they don't catch the lands as well as the Sierra Game King bullets do at slower speeds, but when they do engage the lands and spin as they were designed to do, they are devistating on the terminal end. [/QUOTE]
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