Not many noslers

[K9kodi]

Im saying they are the best or others are better im
Merely curious as before I purchased my last rifle I was looking at the nosler cartridges, specifically 26 or 28 nosler.

Is there not a large following for them like some of the other odd rounds or wild cats

 

[bnewt3]

I would bet its mostly a combination of economics(reloading and barrel life) and recoil

 

[Unclecroc]

Nosler rounds are beasts. I’d wager a larger reason they’re not popular is expense, limited availability in rifles and high recoil.
But they’re good cartridges that are well thought out but you’re gonna pay to play just like a weatherby.

 

[K9kodi]

I see a lot of outside the box rounds here on the forums. Are they anymore expensive reload then 270 or 30-06 or 300wm?

 

[ResearchinStuff]

Is this a real question? Check brass prices. Look at how much powder they use. Check out a barrel life calculator. The $$$ will show you why they aren't the choice of guys who want to shoot the gun a bunch. Combine that with the increasing knowledge about wound volume and impact velocity for good upset and you'll see why the more knowledgeable hunters aren't picking them either.

 

[bnewt3]

270/30-06 brass is near the bottom as far as cost across the spectrum. 300WM jumps up a bit, the Noslers jump way up in cost by about 2x over 270/30-06(peterson vs peterson)

reloading cost is largely a volume thing. the higher the volume, the wider the gaps in cost become(total cost, not price per round).

for instance, 6.5 creedmoor uses about half the powder that 26 nosler uses. if you reload 100 its not that big a deal(4250ish grains vs 8000+gr) or about $346 vs $651.44 using Staball 6.5 but im not sure what powder Nosler uses,. if you reload 1000, its MUCH more powder cost..... $3460.78 vs $6514.40

Thats JUST the powder component. Brass being double IMO means you will want to invest in an annealing setup so you can make the brass last as long as possible.

EDIT: my initial math was wrong....forgot some zeros, corrected

 

[One300wsm]

Is this a real question? Check brass prices. Look at how much powder they use. Check out a barrel life calculator. The $$$ will show you why they aren't the choice of guys who want to shoot the gun a bunch. Combine that with the increasing knowledge about wound volume and impact velocity for good upset and you'll see why the more knowledgeable hunters aren't picking them either.

I’m just curious are you saying example, a
7 SAUM/7 PRC with a 180 ELD-M will kill better than a 28 Nosler with a 180 ELD-M ?

 

[One300wsm]

270/30-06 brass is near the bottom as far as cost across the spectrum. 300WM jumps up a bit, the Noslers jump way up in cost by about 2x over 270/30-06(peterson vs peterson)

reloading cost is largely a volume thing. the higher the volume, the wider the gaps in cost become(total cost, not price per round).

for instance, 6.5 creedmoor uses about half the powder that 26 nosler uses. if you reload 100 its not that big a deal(4250ish grains vs 8000+gr) or about $346 vs $651.44 using Staball 6.5 but im not sure what powder Nosler uses,. if you reload 1000, its MUCH more powder cost..... $3460.78 vs $6514.40

Thats JUST the powder component. Brass being double IMO means you will want to invest in an annealing setup so you can make the brass last as long as possible.

EDIT: my initial math was wrong....forgot some zeros, corrected

Well said and with that said most people would purchase one with just longer range hunting in mind. Don’t purchase one if you’re not going to be shooting over 400 yards there’s way better choices less expensive and less recoil.

 

[bnewt3]

I’m just curious are you saying example, a
7 SAUM/7 PRC with a 180 ELD-M will kill better than a 28 Nosler with a 180 ELD-M ?

I *think* hes saying that enough is enough and we can go pretty "small" or "low power" and still be enough. Or said a different way.......26 Nosler doesnt make animals any deader than 7PRC.

Thats how I took it anyway.

 

[One300wsm]

I *think* hes saying that enough is enough and we can go pretty "small" or "low power" and still be enough. Or said a different way.......26 Nosler doesnt make animals any deader than 7PRC.

Thats how I took it anyway.

Yea to 28 Nosler about 10 grains more H1000 than a 7 PRC for same results agree But he did add the old wound channel BS in there. The wound channel between the two would be the same with both using a 1-8 twist barrel. And if you think a 6CM at 500 yards is going to have more killing power than a 28 Nosler or a 7 PRC you’re mistakenly fooled.

 

[SDHNTR]

Because they are simply unnecessary.

 

[One300wsm]

I would bet its mostly a combination of economics(reloading and barrel life) and recoil

That’s a great answer.

 

[bnewt3]

Yea to 28 Nosler about 10 grains more H1000 than a 7 PRC for same results agree But he did add the old wound channel BS in there. The wound channel between the two would be the same with both using a 1-8 twist barrel. And if you think a 6CM at 500 yards is going to have more killing power than a 28 Nosler or a 7 PRC you’re mistakenly fooled.

agreed