28 Nosler Loads
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Calvin45
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You mention .300 win mag in your list. I have a basically new .300 win mag that I want to last a while. I've never thought of it as an overbore cartridge as it's kind of tame as far as .30 cal magnums go now. But would you say then that even the 300 win mag would wear a barrel out quickly if shot when hot? The case to bore ratio on it is very similar to the .243 and .270 (my other two main rifles) and while they're not as efficient as .308s and 223s I haven't heard of these rounds being especially notorious for barrel destruction. I suppose both the 243 and the .300 win have short necks which some say contributed to greater erosion. Is the .300 win mag really worthy of the same concerns as the others listed?
There is no free lunch so to speak. The faster you wanna try and push a bullet down a smaller hole with more powder creates more heat which is the biggest factor in barrel wear. A 300 WM is not that hard on barrels but any cartridge you sit and shoot round after round will wear on a barrel some worse than others.
Calvin45
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Right, makes sense. I don't ever do rapid strings or anything (I've owned a .300 before this one) but I often have shot 20 rounds in a half hour window and was just wondering if I was really looking for trouble doing that
elkhunter1104
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I've never thought of it as an overbore cartridge as it's kind of tame as far as .30 cal magnums go now. But would you say then that even the 300 win mag would wear a barrel out quickly if shot when hot?
Yes. I would think that shooting it back to back and getting the bbl hot and just continuing to shoot it would reduce round count in the end. I can't say to what number or even for 100% certainty that it does but i would sure lean towards it would. It is just one of those things I choose not to do. With any chambering. Kinda like cleaning every 20-30 rounds. Does it make a difference? I don't know. I just try to do it as religiously as possible at those numbers.
Yes. I would think that shooting it back to back and getting the bbl hot and just continuing to shoot it would reduce round count in the end. I can't say to what number or even for 100% certainty that it does but i would sure lean towards it would. It is just one of those things I choose not to do. With any chambering. Kinda like cleaning every 20-30 rounds. Does it make a difference? I don't know. I just try to do it as religiously as possible at those numbers.
Warrior74
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Kmccord
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I have a 28 Nosler, it shoots great with RL33, but what I want to add, if it has not already been mentioned, I would invest in a neck turning equipment, like K&M. I have noticed after 2nd load on same brass, I have a donut formed in the neck. If your Freebore is not as long as some, you could be seating the bullet into the neck/shoulder, this will put you in the donut. A good neck Turner like K&M will cut the donut out and trim the neck to have the same thickness. Also, annealing will help solve a lot of these problems I hear, I don't have one to know.
I have two 28 Nosler rifles. I have a one with a 1-9 and one with a 1-8. I shoot 195s out of my 1-8, and 162s out of my 1-9.
Warrior74
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Have you shot them vise vesa
162 on the 1-8
162 on the 1-8
I was playing with my first 28 nosler with a 26" 1-8, bought a box of hornady 162 precision hunter pulled the bullets and reseated at 3.500". They shot great at 500. Also put some 168vlds in the cases and they also shot great.
I use the 195 vld , they are amazing if you have the twist for it. Shoot 168 vld in my 7 wsm, they also shoot fantastic and have performed very we hunting!
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