It's always interesting to read reactions to a new cartridge. especially the accusation that Nosler is "marketing" something. Geez, last time I looked, that's what companies in the business of selling stuff do. It would be pretty dumb to make a new product and not market it. As for whether Nosler did their "market research," I would strongly suspect they did, since they're also not in the business of offering products just because they guess somebody MIGHT buy them. They also went to the trouble and expense of having the round approved by SAAMI.
I doubt Nosler cares whether another company chambers their new round. They're not Remington, Ruger or Winchester, out to produce and sell hundreds of thousands of bolt-action rifles a year, everywhere from mom-and-pop stores to Walmart. Instead they make a few thousand that are relatively specialized, in somewhat the same way Ruger makes No. 1's anymore.
