New Nosler RDF Bullets

[Delfuego]

Nosler RDF (Reduced Drag Factor) 105 grain 6mm bullets. They advertise a BC of .571 (G1) & .280 (G7). I hope they perform well and that the price is reasonable. They are not officially out yet so I dont know what the retail price will be. The BC is very close to the Hybrid 105's and could be a good alternative. They seem to be very pointy, and the small sample I have has very consistent base to ogive measurements. I will weigh them for consistency and see how they shoot.

I just got my hands on a few of the new

[Delfuego]

They made some promising groups today at 100y. The seemed to like Varget a lot more than H4895 in my 6BR. I am not a BR shooter, but for the matches I shoot they could be adequate. If they can shoot similar to the Berger 105 hybrids at a lower price I will be very pleased

[whitewalrus]

I've always liked the Nosler competition bullets due to their price point and seem to be just as good as the more expensive alternative.

Hopefully these will be the same.

[Delfuego]

From what I have been told, they have changed their manufacture process to make much more consistent bullets. They will have and entire line of these RDF bullets, .22 through 30 caliber. They are also pointed from the factory

http://www.nosler.com/blog/news-and-...df-bullet-line

[XC700116]

I also got my hands on a few to test. I loaded them up in my 6BRX with my usual load of Varget for 105 Bergers. Up close @ 100 yards nothing too impressive but this is with zero tuning on the load. The Velocity was extremely consistent which leads me to believe that the bearing surfaces are also consistent, or the load I tried them with was perfect by some strange alignment of the moon and stars.

Here's the interesting part. I took them all the way out to 1000 yds. I dialed in my wind hold with my usual ammo with Bergers and then adjusted for the data my ballistic calculator was spitting out for the Noslers. I only had 5 rounds so I checked it with 2 rounds @ 500 and got the expected results which leads me to believe that the velocity I got from the magneetospeed on the rounds I tested @ 100 was good. Then dialed dope for 1000. All 3 remaining shots hit home but toward the top of a 24" plate @ .2 mils High. Back Calculating this gave me a G7 BC of .290 or G1 of .587, so slightly better than Nosler is claiming, which is SHOCKING considering Nosler's past propensity for inflating BC numbers.

Granted, this is extremely fast and loose as I only had 10 bullets to play with, 3 over magneetospeed @ 100 on paper, then 2 to check zero, then 2 @ 500 and 3 @ 1000. But it's promising. I'd really like to get my hands on about 100-150 of these to develop a load more thoroughly (pretty sure the charge weight is good, just tweak the seating depth to tighten up groups), then test fully at distances from about 300-1200 on paper to dial in the numbers a bit.