What sneaky one said. I've pretty much given up on 22 Nosler due to the stupid rebated case head and super craptastic brass (I culled about 20% out of a lot of 250'that literally had bent rims from excess dwell time and bolt thrust after the first firing). The remaining 200 went through a second loading and about a third of them have primer pockets that are so loose that even Harvey Weinstein would think twice about them.
But regardless, spotting any 22 cal hits out past 600 yards becomes a difficult task. Not a lot of lead to splash and we all know "energy" is bs when it comes to smacking steel. Given a choice between a 240 gr 44 special plodding along at 750 fps with 300 ft lbs of energy or a 115 gr 9mm at 1180 and 355 ft lbs of energy and one shot to knock down a self resetting target, we all know what we're going to grab.
My 22 Nosler has worked its way to the back corner of my safe. If I didn't have such a absurdly accurate barrel, I'd probably give up on it. But I still have some brass and a stash of 1500 55 gr NBT Varmints that I picked up from Wideners last winter when they were litterly blowing them out the door (I think they were 14 cents a piece), so I'll load them up warm and shoot out my barrel doing what it was designed for - pushing lighter bullets fast.
And that will be the end of my foray with anything other than 223/556 in the caliber. I went 7 for 10 on 1k with 223 during a very calm period today (blemished (!!) 77 gr NCC at 2835 out of my 24" that cost about a quarter to make). What I do with the rest of that build remains to be seen, but if it's 224 caliber, I doubt it will be anything other than 223.
But regardless, spotting any 22 cal hits out past 600 yards becomes a difficult task. Not a lot of lead to splash and we all know "energy" is bs when it comes to smacking steel. Given a choice between a 240 gr 44 special plodding along at 750 fps with 300 ft lbs of energy or a 115 gr 9mm at 1180 and 355 ft lbs of energy and one shot to knock down a self resetting target, we all know what we're going to grab.
My 22 Nosler has worked its way to the back corner of my safe. If I didn't have such a absurdly accurate barrel, I'd probably give up on it. But I still have some brass and a stash of 1500 55 gr NBT Varmints that I picked up from Wideners last winter when they were litterly blowing them out the door (I think they were 14 cents a piece), so I'll load them up warm and shoot out my barrel doing what it was designed for - pushing lighter bullets fast.
And that will be the end of my foray with anything other than 223/556 in the caliber. I went 7 for 10 on 1k with 223 during a very calm period today (blemished (!!) 77 gr NCC at 2835 out of my 24" that cost about a quarter to make). What I do with the rest of that build remains to be seen, but if it's 224 caliber, I doubt it will be anything other than 223.
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