nosler ballistic dessapointment.....

[mif_slim]

i loaded 5oo nosler 55gr and im pretty dessapointed. i have been loading hornady only and decided to try nosler...maybe its my batch, but of the 5oo rd i loaded, there were 42 rds that had weird ogives, and of those 42, 26 had to be seated extremely low to the point where if i push the bullet, it will slide right in the case! i always crimp and i even crimp hard on these but it still slips! back to what i know works....hornady.

[bruceflinch]

Using a full length resizing die? Not neck sizing?

You just learned one lesson as we all did. Do small batches & test to find the best combo of bullet, case, powder charge, etc...Don't load a big batch till you found the right recipe.

I loaded 500 rounds of .357 once, with too heavy a crimp. Pulling 450 bullets sucked...

[mif_slim]

nah, i loaded a small batch, it worked then i loaded the rest, its the ogive that wasnt consistant.

[bruceflinch]

All the same case length? Was the 2 bullets the same specs?

[mif_slim]

All cases prepred the same, all are 1.748" its the bullet that was diffrent. The bullets are diffrent specs. Seems like some have a shorter ogive and some longer. Although very similar, their some 0.05x off of the rest. I think this gave it just enough room to hit the rifling yet I can seat it back any further..

[westcoastr]

did you buy that batch from nosler direct? they were selling those bulk packs a while back for a pretty good price, I wonder if they were dumping them because of problems and not labeling them as blemished or out of spec

[mif_slim]

nope, I got it at Bass Pro. I did get them for a cheaper price. 34.99 for 250, I think thats 3 dollars off the origirnal price?

[J-cat]

How did you determine the ogjive is inconsistent?

[r08ert209cali]

I have never had any luck with noslers out of any gun. overpriced poor quality.
hornady all the way.

[Jonathan Doe]

You may want to contact the Nosler and discuss about the problem. I think they are pretty good about it.