Originally Posted by River_Ridge
I have some 6mm/70 grain Solid Base Boat Tail Match. They're in the old black box of 100 with the red & white label. Never tried them.


Yep that's the box except mine are .308 150gn. There is nothing on my box to indicate that they are a match bullet. The only difference in this box and some other Solid Base boxes I have is on the end of the box where it gives the calibre and weight it has HP tacked on to the end of the Solid Base name. (Solid Base HP). I guess at the time they were made people knew what they were for.

I won't hunt with them but I'll have to load a few up and try them just to see how they shoot. Some old 100gn Solid Bases I put through one of my .257 Roberts rifles last year shot as good as any other .25 cal bullet I have ever fired (3 shots into 1/2 inch in a nice triangle pattern). Considering they were probably made in the 80's that's a pretty good effort on Nosler's part. Even 100gn Ballistic Tips rarely shoot that good.

Last edited by Elvis; 03/01/18.