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Nosler AB Long Range No Good?
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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 965959" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>Reason I asked is I once received a box of Nosler BT or AB bullets, and when I measured them for diameter by placing the bullet bearing surface (shank) in my caliper jaws, the only place the caliper jaw touched the bullet was at the very base where the bearing surface transitioned into the boat tail. </p><p></p><p>In order to confirm I didn't have a bad set of calipers, I tested a number of other bullets I had on hand, and the other bullets all contacted the caliper jaws more or less evenly along the length of the bearing surface. The Nosler bullets would literally spin around in the jaws, pivoting from the location of contact at the base of the bearing surface.</p><p></p><p>So I contacted Nosler and told them what I was experiencing. They asked me to send the box of bullets back to them for replacement. The bullets in the replacement box didn't display the problem. Their bearing surface diameter was more or less uniform like the other bullets in my reloading room I had tested. I don't remember what Nosler told me. Something about the bullet die may have been nearing the end of its useful life. I think the useful life had already been exceeded. I never shot any of the large-in-the-butt bullets for accuracy, so I can't say how they shot, or would have shot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 965959, member: 4191"] Reason I asked is I once received a box of Nosler BT or AB bullets, and when I measured them for diameter by placing the bullet bearing surface (shank) in my caliper jaws, the only place the caliper jaw touched the bullet was at the very base where the bearing surface transitioned into the boat tail. In order to confirm I didn't have a bad set of calipers, I tested a number of other bullets I had on hand, and the other bullets all contacted the caliper jaws more or less evenly along the length of the bearing surface. The Nosler bullets would literally spin around in the jaws, pivoting from the location of contact at the base of the bearing surface. So I contacted Nosler and told them what I was experiencing. They asked me to send the box of bullets back to them for replacement. The bullets in the replacement box didn't display the problem. Their bearing surface diameter was more or less uniform like the other bullets in my reloading room I had tested. I don't remember what Nosler told me. Something about the bullet die may have been nearing the end of its useful life. I think the useful life had already been exceeded. I never shot any of the large-in-the-butt bullets for accuracy, so I can't say how they shot, or would have shot. [/QUOTE]
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