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Your bullet Brand #11753534 01/19/17 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,748 Likes: 15 Texas hanco OP Campfire Savant OP hanco Campfire Savant Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,748 Likes: 15 Texas If you had to pick a bullet manufacturer, which brand would you choose? I load some Barnes and Sierra's, but if I had to pick it would be Nosler.

Re: Your bullet Brand hanco #11753548 01/20/17 Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 4,003 Cave Creek, AZ Blacktailer Campfire Tracker Blacktailer Campfire Tracker Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 4,003 Cave Creek, AZ Local area is unleaded and has been for years. Barnes I am continually astounded at how quickly people make up their minds on little evidence or none at all. Jack O'Connor

Re: Your bullet Brand hanco #11753605 01/20/17 Joined: May 2007 Posts: 550 Pittsburgh, PA R RShooter Campfire Regular RShooter Campfire Regular R Joined: May 2007 Posts: 550 Pittsburgh, PA Barnes

Re: Your bullet Brand hanco #11753619 01/20/17 Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,297 Likes: 1 Chassohowitzka, FL M Muffin Campfire Outfitter Muffin Campfire Outfitter M Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,297 Likes: 1 Chassohowitzka, FL Nosler Sierra.... I do have a limited supply of 300 grn Barnes Originals that my 338 shoots like a laser............ Last edited by muffin; 01/20/17. "...A man's rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box and the cartridge box..." Frederick Douglass, 1867 ( . Y . )

Re: Your bullet Brand hanco #11753725 01/20/17 Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 1,075 NW Oregon L LowerRiver Campfire Regular LowerRiver Campfire Regular L Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 1,075 NW Oregon Barnes Brad ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~ Let’s Go Brandon

Re: Your bullet Brand hanco #11753733 01/20/17 Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 4,659 WA S slm9s Campfire Tracker slm9s Campfire Tracker S Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 4,659 WA If I was rich it would be Berger. But I'm not, so its Nosler.

Re: Your bullet Brand hanco #11754477 01/20/17 Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 46,103 Likes: 6 Colorado S smokepole Campfire 'Bwana smokepole Campfire 'Bwana S Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 46,103 Likes: 6 Colorado Lapua. A wise man is frequently humbled.

Re: Your bullet Brand hanco #11754507 01/20/17 Joined: May 2003 Posts: 23,036 Likes: 6 SW Montana V VarmintGuy Campfire Ranger VarmintGuy Campfire Ranger V Joined: May 2003 Posts: 23,036 Likes: 6 SW Montana Hanco: Indeed here on the Big Game Rifles reloading site Nosler is my go to brand, and has been for 57 years now. Hold into the wind VarmintGuy

Re: Your bullet Brand hanco #11754565 01/20/17 Joined: Jul 2016 Posts: 4,099 Likes: 4 Mtns of Va and Wv Troutnut Campfire Tracker Troutnut Campfire Tracker Joined: Jul 2016 Posts: 4,099 Likes: 4 Mtns of Va and Wv Depending on the rifle, I load Nosler mainly. Also Berger, Hornady, Sierra ,and some stuff from Barnes.

Re: Your bullet Brand hanco #11754649 01/20/17 Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 839 Nebraska N NEBHUNTER Campfire Regular NEBHUNTER Campfire Regular N Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 839 Nebraska Mostly Nosler some Sierra

Re: Your bullet Brand hanco #11754660 01/20/17 Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,499 Sierra Vista, AZ Hawk_Driver Campfire Tracker Hawk_Driver Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,499 Sierra Vista, AZ Nosler Hornady Sierra There is no way to coexist no matter how many bumper stickers there are on Subaru bumpers!

Re: Your bullet Brand slm9s #11754696 01/20/17 Joined: Sep 2015 Posts: 315 SW Montana J JayJunem Campfire Member JayJunem Campfire Member J Joined: Sep 2015 Posts: 315 SW Montana In many of the places I looked, Partitions are more expensive than Berger hunting VLDs. Accubonds appear to be about equal. Keep in mind Bergers are boxes of 100 and Nosler are 50.

Re: Your bullet Brand hanco #11754725 01/20/17 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 28,390 Likes: 1 Idaho, USA Jim in Idaho Campfire Ranger Jim in Idaho Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 28,390 Likes: 1 Idaho, USA Hornady by far. Some green boxes on the shelf with a few black ones, but red boxes dominate by an overwhelming margin. Gunnery, gunnery, gunnery. Hit the target, all else is twaddle!

Re: Your bullet Brand hanco #11754760 01/20/17 Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 10,258 Colorado Springs, CO Prwlr Campfire Outfitter Prwlr Campfire Outfitter Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 10,258 Colorado Springs, CO Nosler Hornady Ed A person who asks a question is a fool for 5 minutes the person who never asks is a fool forever. The worst slaves are those that put the chains on themselves.

Re: Your bullet Brand hanco #11754789 01/20/17 Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 10,365 Central, PA G gemby58 Campfire Outfitter gemby58 Campfire Outfitter G Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 10,365 Central, PA Sierra, Hornady, Barnes, Nosler, and home made

Re: Your bullet Brand hanco #11754828 01/20/17 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 10,966 Winchester, WY USA M memtb Campfire Outfitter memtb Campfire Outfitter M Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 10,966 Winchester, WY USA Barnes.... and my own cast! memtb You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel “I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024

Re: Your bullet Brand hanco #11754918 01/20/17 Joined: Oct 2014 Posts: 4,755 Skagit County, WA Y Yondering Campfire Tracker Yondering Campfire Tracker Y Joined: Oct 2014 Posts: 4,755 Skagit County, WA I think it's silly to be stuck on any particular brand. It's just more Chevy vs Ford thinking.

Re: Your bullet Brand hanco #11754922 01/20/17 Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,844 Craigmont, Idaho M mart Campfire Tracker mart Campfire Tracker M Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,844 Craigmont, Idaho Nosler Partitions for most, Woodleighs and Hawks for the odd stuff. Chronographs, bore scopes and pattern boards have broke a lot of hearts.

Re: Your bullet Brand hanco #11754975 01/20/17 Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 28,867 Grants Pass,OR Ringman Campfire Ranger Ringman Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 28,867 Grants Pass,OR When something new comes out I try it. Hammer bullets is most recent one. There is a new company I am waiting for them to start shipping. It is called Hollow cavity. With that stated I would go with Barnes if limited. "Only Christ is the fullness of God's revelation." Everyday Hunter

Re: Your bullet Brand hanco #11755081 01/20/17 Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 28,259 Likes: 6 W. Texas J JGRaider Campfire Ranger JGRaider Campfire Ranger J Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 28,259 Likes: 6 W. Texas Overwhelmingly Nosler nowadays. It is irrelevant what you think. What matters is the TRUTH.