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Partition or BBC for hunting.
After that, I like Amax, Sierra, BT for practice.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Barnes. Nothing their line wont cover and cover better. Used to be they were short on varmint or practice bullets but not any more.
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I have more Nosler Custom Comps and RDFs on-hand than any other bullet. Lapua Scenars are next. For hunting, I have more Speers than everything else combined. I've had good results from Hornady, too, and Sierra, but what I have is what I have. I wish ATK hadn't totally destroyed Speer. 
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For deer hunting I have more Corelokts than anything else other than 35 cal. That's all Hornady.
The Karma bus always has an empty seat when it comes around.- High Brass
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Nobody's right if everybody's wrong
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I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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Nosler, rifle
Speer, handgun
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Hornady (Interlocks)
Nosler Seconds
Last edited by River_Ridge; 01/20/17.
Wag more, bark less.
The freedoms we surrender today will be the freedoms our grandchildren will never know existed.
The men who wrote the Second Amendment didn't just finish a hunting trip, they just finished liberating a nation.
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Speer was my nostalgic favorite for decades. But I'm fed up with their pathetic attempts and stumbles, intro Deep Shocks, drop Deep Shocks, re-design Grand Slams, replace Hot Cores with Deep Curls, drop Deep Curls, bring back Hot Cores...what a joke
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Barnes but I hate needing faster twist for some.
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If I had to pick one, it'd be a coin flip between Nosler and Hornady. I like Nosler's variety of offerings better, but I like Hornady's pricing and 100/box availability better.
That said, in a glance at my bench, I see Hornady, Sierra, Nosler, Speer, and Barnes. I do a fair amount of load testing for my range time, try a new one every session, and I stick with two or three for each rifle, governed only by accuracy and consistency of POI. Whichever bullet that happens to be, is the one it is, and manufacturer doesn't matter to me. They all take deer and hogs well.
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^^^^^^^^ Like the Accubonds in 7mm and .270 and the 7mm 120 BT, Interlocks in 6.5, .270, 7mm . Interlocks are hard to beat for the $$$$$ for deer hunting anyway.
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Colossians 3:17 (New King James Version)
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Nosler
Barnes
Woodleigh
Hornady
Nothing like a Remington 700xcr.
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Regarding rifles the Gunsmith recommended Hornady, back in the '70s. But I hunt in the Condor zone which requires 100% lead free. So I switched and tried Nosler (E-Tip), Hornady (GMX). I finally settled on Barnes TSX & TTSX.
For handguns I stick with Speer.
If you reload, there's no such thing as an obsolete cartridge.
Once you render an opinion, you open yourself up to criticism.
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Hornady occupies the most shelving space on my bench by a large margin.
Dan
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I'm glad I don't have to choose 1, no one brand makes all the bullets I like.
We live in the Golden age of reloading!
If I chose in order by volume it would be,
Nosler
Berger
Hornady
Swift
Barnes
Speer
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You will remember a curve of your wagon track in the grass of the plain like the features of a friend."
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Grew up in bend Oregon so lots of Noslers. Barnes is great too.
Two notable exceptions are the excellent 87 Gr Speer hot Core for the 250-3000 and the Speer 145 gr .284 BTSP.
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Lots of Hornady and Nosler on my shelves.
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