lets Talk 28 Nosler

[birdseye]

My youngest son is looking at the 28 Nosler,Anyone with experiance owning and shooting the 28 Nosler for deer to Moose tks

[Battle Rat]

No but my STW has similar velocity.
Using rather light for caliber bullets like 140 gr Barnes TSX have be working really good.

[Pointer man]

Absolutely love the round. Shooting 180gr bergers and it’s been lights out on every thing I’ve shot with. Very accurate so far, but I’m not expecting a long barrel life.

[elkhunter11]

Originally Posted by Battle Rat

No but my STW has similar velocity.
Using rather light for caliber bullets like 140 gr Barnes TSX have be working really good.

I am the same 140-150gr monometal bullets, and great results.

[M.C. Gusto]

I guess if you have the money and they’re hard to get ammo for. For me, no caliber is worth this price


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[waldedw]

I have 2 buddy's that have 28 noslers, I have nothing against them whatsoever but to me there is no real advantage over my 7mmPRC, recoil is noticeably more in the same rifle, all are CA mesa long range rifles, yes they have about 7% more muzzle velocity with a 175 gr bullet but they burn 25% more powder to get that 67gr for my PRC and 84gr for the nosler.

Out at 1,000 yards the retained energy of both is almost identical within 50 foot pounds, the trajectory on the nosler is 10% flatter but that's just a few more clicks on my scope, and at the end of the day barrel life on my PRC will be substantially longer than on the 28 nosler which means nothing unless you do a pile of long range stuff.

I can also buy factory ammo for 50% less than the 28 nosler, to each their own that's part of the fun of playing with new cartridges.

[fordtruckin]

Originally Posted by M.C. Gusto

I guess if you have the money and they’re hard to get ammo for. For me, no caliber is worth this price


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8$ per round… that right there would turn me off even if given to me free, OUCH!!

[Robmcleod82]

Great cartridge only real problem with it is short barrel life. Most of the big 7s i have seen only go 700-800 rounds before the barrel is totally wrecked. Another thing to be aware of is staying ahead of the carbon ring buildup.