Nosler 70 gr RDF .224 in a 1/9"?

[JLT]

The 70 RDF seems like, a likely candidate for, a .22-250 AI with, the .416 BC / .965 OAL and stabilizing well in a 1-9 at, 3,200 plus FPS !
Do any of you guys know, the Bearing surface LENGTH, of this bullet ?

I've been shooting the 75 AMax in my .22-.250 AI but the end of the road is in sight with this bullet (I wish they'd bring it back!). I hope I can get similar on-target performance out of the RDF. That BC will come in mighty handy.

I'll measure one later on today and advise.

 

[Beau]

I tried the 70s in a 1/7" barrel and they look pretty good to me.
I seated them over 22.8gr of AR Comp. Out of a 20" Service Rifle, that gave me about 2,740fps. Oddly enough, that same charge, same cases, same primer, same gun, gave me a touch over 2,800fps with Hornady the 68gr BTHP.

They were pretty accurate, giving me a smaller mean radius than other bullets, like the 77 Scenar L, 68 BTHP and the 80gr Nosler CC.

 

[Clancy]

I’m hoping they do ok on coyotes because I’ve got them shooting like a house afire from my 22 Lapua

 

[JLT]

The 70 RDF seems like, a likely candidate for, a .22-250 AI with, the .416 BC / .965 OAL and stabilizing well in a 1-9 at, 3,200 plus FPS !
Do any of you guys know, the Bearing surface LENGTH, of this bullet ?

@Idaho-Lefty , sorry for being so derelict . . . I finally got around to measuring the bearing surface length of this bullet and my lot yields an average bearing surface length of .360". I measured five and they were pretty darned consistent - .359, .360, .360, .361, .361

 

[Idaho-Lefty]

I'm in no hurry,.. Thanks, JLT

 

[mensajd]

I bought 200 of the Nosler 70gr RDF .224 when they first became available and they shot terribly out of my WOA 22" 1-8" twist varmint upper, which shoots 77gr TMK and 69gr TMK at around .5" - .75" 5-shot 100yd groups. Gave the remaining 125ish remaining bullets to a friend to try to see if he could get better results. This appears to be a common experience shooting these bullets out of an AR - even a known accurate AR.