New 22cal bullet from Nosler

I'm liking this.

Oh, that would be nice!!! That would make a good hunting bullet for a 223.

Me likey. Wonder when they will be available? I don't usually splurge on .223 bullets but this should make a great round for my Mossberg MVP Patrol rifle. I currently keep it loaded with 70 grain Speer soft points but I believe I might jump on a box or two of these.

There will be a lot of new announcements with SHOT show coming up in a few weeks. I won't go this year. But there is always some cool new stuff there.

And I’m betting standard twist 1:10 twist won’t stabilize it?

What's a "standard twist"?

1:10 might be common in a bolt action .223

I would venture to say there are more AR's in .223 than there are bolt action, by now. And they have a 1:9, 1:8, or 1:7

I'm thinking these out of my 1:8 twist 22-250 would be sweet.

Well since I never intend to enter the world of the black rifle standard = standard for bolt guns. In all your wisdom I think you know exactly what I meant

like the looks of it so far.

There is no bc on it yet but filling out all the other goodies on bergers site it says a 1:8.5 is recommended. It has marginal stability with a "standard" 1:10 twist. Looks like I will stick with the partition or 64 grain bonded bullet they offer in 224.

me too


but interesting. everyone has now woke up to hornady kickin their azzes

I sure hope a 9 twist will stabilize it, because i’d sure give it a try. But, if it won’t stabilize, I still have the 60 gr Partition that shoots great in my rifle.

Awe heck they are cheap enough, if I run across a box of them I will pick them up and see what they do. Marginal is good enough for me lol... there may be a box of 70 grain accubonds for sale with a handful missing before long.

Should be a nice (cheaper) alternative to the 75gr Swift Scirocco.

If I'd known this was coming I would have rebarreled my Swift with a 1:9 rather than 1:12. It would be interesting to see that bullet perform at 3500 fps!

There is no "standard" twist rate, for anything. There are some more common than others. Seen many a .308 Win with a 1:10, 1:11, 1:11.5, and 1:12

Buy a Tikka Varmint .223 and it comes with a 1:8.

Any info on the B.C.?

Too Be Determined.

I think this is a very smart offering in a perfect weight. Should stabilize with 1 in 9 or faster. I know my Savage 1 in 9 has never had an issue with any 69-70 grain bullet.

yep

that's what I was just thinking

That's the first bullet I'm gonna try out of my 22 creed.....

Just when I get settled on loads for all of my AR's; they do this.

Maybe the wife's AR will like it. I have no doubt it'll work though. With the exception of my 77 grain SMK load; all my top handloads use Nosler bullets.

You should get at least one AR. They're really fun, and are easier to make accurate than a bolt gun.

The joy of reloading is the experimentation. Loading the same load all the time is boring.

Makes sense to make a hunting round for the 22 Nosler.
Bet Hornady will come out with a heavy 22 ELD-X bullet too.

That will be scootin' out of a 22cm. My 80.5's are going 3393fps from a 22", and its a hammer on the receiving end. I would expect those to be North of 3525 fps in a similar set up.

I bet we can still find that out and a bit faster with the 22-243 that has a 27 inch barrel. Bet at 3500+ this bullet will copper foul a lot less than the Sirocco

how fast does it need to go to be effective on deer? 1-200 yards

That would be nice, and I bet you are right. Not that the 73 or 80 ELDM have much trouble causing damage in critters, especially when you crank up the speed in our 22cm's. But, for the 223/556 guys, this and/or an ELDX would be a nice option to have along with the 69/77gn Sierra TMK's.

I would think that it would be just fine at 223/556 speeds.

Yeah them black rifles! Most of them are very accurate, easy to load for and self load into the chamber. And a more versatile platform is hard to imagine. I like bolt guns too but have phased out my boltgun 223 rifles down to one and it has a 1 in 9 twist. The real advantage to bolt guns is that they carry easier than the AR style rifles, no magazine sticking out. I think this bullet will be a fine one and will be trying some.