Been seeing several For Sale ad's for Nosler RDF bullets, aren't these bullets living up to their sales hype, or are the buyers not happy with their performance ; ie ACCURACY ??
Nosler's RDF bullets ?
- Thread starter Baddog0302
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My 6.5 Creedmoor loves them! Shooting under and inch at 200yds and under 1.5 inch at 300yds. Have not been beyond that yet. They also seem tolerant of jump as my gun will either shoot them at .020 jump or .047 (factory length) jump.
There was a thread about them on here a while back. Some people are not impressed with them. They claim they have more random fliers with them. I have been using them in my 6.5x47 for about a year and a half and I am pleased with the results. I finally got to start in F-Class this year and it is my wind reading, not the bullets that limit my score. So far I have scored in the middle of the pack shooting with more experienced shooters at a range that has a reputation for having difficult wind conditions. If I am having random fliers they are all horizontal rather than vertical and get lost in the bad wind calls.
They are not supposed to be sensitive to seating depth but that is not my experience. I ran the Berger seating depth test and wound up at .060" jump.
They are not supposed to be sensitive to seating depth but that is not my experience. I ran the Berger seating depth test and wound up at .060" jump.
Dusty Stevens
Shiner
I cant find the flyers i get with any sorting method ive came up with and dont get the same flyers with any other brand
dstoenner
Silver $$ Contributor
I shoot a 260 Remington in LR F-class. My normal load at 1000 is Berger 140 hybrids with h4350 in lapua brass. I bought 2 boxes of the 140 rdf’s to try out. At 100 they were as accurate as the Bergers. So on one match earlier this spring i tried them out at 1000. For the most part they did as well as the bergers but I had 2 8’s come out of the blue in 2 different 20 shot strings about mid string. One was at 12 and the other was at 6. That right there was enough to stop using them at 1000. I might try them at midrange but I have no confidence in them for long range.
Longtrain
Gold $$ Contributor
I tired the 6mm RDF's all the way out to 1000 yards. At 100-300, they shot as well as SMK's or Berger's, they looked promising, it took a bit of trial and error to find the seating depth they liked (Which is to be expected with most bullets). My big complaint was the huge LTO variation, since they liked a specific seating depth, getting them all 40 thous off was a PITA. Opened a box of Berger 108's they were all the same, find what they liked and load away. Very consistent and accurate, IMO worth their cost.
I had just enough 140 Berger Hybrids loaded for the fianle match but had one more match to shoot before the finale. So I got a 500 box of 140 RDF to limp along until Berger got their shit together.
No way, no how could I get the RDF to shoot in my 6.5x47 (Surgeon 591 with 500 rounds on Krieger bbl). The night before match, I tried one more time with the RDF but failed.
Had to use Finale Berger loads and hope like hell I could find more Hybrids; ended up finding a 500 box from a fellow shooter.
Long story short, I couldn't get the 140 RDF to shoot.
Chris
No way, no how could I get the RDF to shoot in my 6.5x47 (Surgeon 591 with 500 rounds on Krieger bbl). The night before match, I tried one more time with the RDF but failed.
Had to use Finale Berger loads and hope like hell I could find more Hybrids; ended up finding a 500 box from a fellow shooter.
Long story short, I couldn't get the 140 RDF to shoot.
Chris
boltman, are you still shooting the RDF? Is jumping them working for you? I'm looking run them in a repeater shooting steel. From what I understand is to get them to group well they have to be jumped about .040. Also because of them be lengthy a little faster twist than an 1-8".
boltman13
Gold $$ Contributor
Since my last post I have weighed 100 of the 6mm 105's on a Lyman 2000 scale with a +/- claimed of 0.1 gr accuracy. There was a 0.7 gr spread.
104.6 gr-1
104.7 gr-10
104.8 gr-19
104.9 gr-23
105.0 gr-27
105.1 gr-19
105.2 gr-1
Throwing out the high and low that is still a 0.5 gr spread.
I loaded the bullets and segragated them by weight. I plan to shoot a 50 shot + sighters Hunter Bench Rest Match this Saturday and will post a report. These were the last 100 out of a 500 count box and I was getting some unexplained results at a 600 yd Mid Range Bench Rest Match with some wicked cross winds so decided to weigh them. My load is Varget 29.5 gr, Rem 7 1/2 primer, Lapua brass, and base to ogiv of 1.750". That is a 0.030" jump.
104.6 gr-1
104.7 gr-10
104.8 gr-19
104.9 gr-23
105.0 gr-27
105.1 gr-19
105.2 gr-1
Throwing out the high and low that is still a 0.5 gr spread.
I loaded the bullets and segragated them by weight. I plan to shoot a 50 shot + sighters Hunter Bench Rest Match this Saturday and will post a report. These were the last 100 out of a 500 count box and I was getting some unexplained results at a 600 yd Mid Range Bench Rest Match with some wicked cross winds so decided to weigh them. My load is Varget 29.5 gr, Rem 7 1/2 primer, Lapua brass, and base to ogiv of 1.750". That is a 0.030" jump.
Keep me in the loop on how those work out for you in your 22 Creedmoor. I just bought some 70gr RDF's to try in my 22-250. Really like to looks of them so I hope they perform as well as they look.
mike06
US ARMY 1970-1977
Man I am sorry it should have been 2635 to 2650 going to test more this weekend will post complete results. Using a MagNeto Speed
The 6mm do not work in my AR15 and the 175 do not work on my AR10 no matter how hard I tried. I don't think Nosler put enough time and work in their design, manufacture and testing.
I got some of the 85gr .224 blems. They run about .6-.7 MOA on paper at 200 yards from prone through a SAAMI chambered .223 Rem and I didn't try hard to find a load. I didn't weigh them but the base to where they hit the lands was surprisingly consistent as tested with my barrel stub gauge. The blems had a very slight variation in the tip of the ogive, but not where the ogive met the lands. They shot well enough I might get some 'real' ones later to buck the wind where the 77s blow around.
There's a LOT of bullet in the case though. Going from the Nosler 77CC to the 85RDF I lost about 200fps velocity from my 24" barrel. It's nice though that they stabilize in my 1:8 twist at my native elevation (5250'-7250') being that they're so stubby.
There's a LOT of bullet in the case though. Going from the Nosler 77CC to the 85RDF I lost about 200fps velocity from my 24" barrel. It's nice though that they stabilize in my 1:8 twist at my native elevation (5250'-7250') being that they're so stubby.
I picked up 500 of them. Opened up 2 boxes. In addition to weighing them like @boltman13 I sort them from bullet base to bullet OGIVE. Put them back in the boxes and back on the shelf.
My guess is as long as you sort and shoot them in the groups they will be fine, but it will take some effort. Definitely not a load and shoot bullet.
My guess is as long as you sort and shoot them in the groups they will be fine, but it will take some effort. Definitely not a load and shoot bullet.
I found the same variance. I have got them to shoot reasonably well having done so - they like a 60thou jump in my Mullerworks 1:7.75 twist 6XC.
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