BWalker,

No, it's not particularly soft. I have had ejector-hole marks show up on a few cases, but only when I tried to push things--as, for instance, with a charge of 82.0 grains of Ramshot Magnum with the 130-grain AccuBond.

This is the max Nosler lists with the 129 ABLR, and gets right around the 3400 fps in Nosler's data, but apparently the 130 AB produces higher pressures. The velocity was around 3475, and all the cases firedshowed a very faint ejector-hole mark. My bet is dropped the charge back a grain or two will work fine.


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