DF Gun lore gack has it the 120 7mm was designed for silhouette shooters to better knock over rams at 500 meters. It is supposedly the same jacket as the 140 but shortened down to 120 length where it starts getting thicker. The 120 6.5 is the typical hunting BT but no special mojo. Works great at 6.5x55 velocities no idea if they would hold up to 26 Nosler velocities. My guess is if bone is hit you will get fragmentation at least partially but fun to try and see on a non critical hunt. I had some of the early solid base bullets come unglued but they still exited because of the heavy base on the jackets. Some of these had relatively thin almost un-tapered jackets on the forward section.
Thanks for that info.
The 26 Nos is another deal, another world regarding bullets and their design paramaters.
I worked up VLD and Scenar loads for my Nos, abandoned both. I think that round demands tougher bullets than the Creed or Swede, even the 6.5-284.
Matching velocity to bullet design is an art, IMO.
A great bullet in one setting may be a train wreck in another.
I'm now working with 143 and 147 ELD loads for the Swede, Creed and 6.5-284, not the Nosler.
Working with RL-16, RL-23 and RL-26.
Lots of options, lots of variables. Gotta be some nice loads somewhere in that mix.
DF
