This rifle and cartridge were/are a bit of an enigma to me. It hasn't shot factory ammo well at all. I've gotten 2-3" groups or worse from offerings in 160AB, 175LRAB and 162gr ELD-X.
Today I loaded up some 168gr LRX and 175 ELD-X to mag length and went to the range.
The LRXs keyholed. Barnes recommends a 1 in 8 twist and this rifle is 1 in 9...bummer. I knew this prior, but thought I'd check it and see if I could get lucky.
The 175gr ELD-Xs were much better than anything I had seen before from this rifle.
86gr of RL33 - 1" group
77gr of H1000 - 5/8" group
81gr of H1000 just a hair over an inch
I had my chrony setup but there was some fog rolling in and didn't get reliable readings. At least one shot from each of the best groups with each powder were in the mid 30--s, but unreliable with fog and flattening light.
I'm interested in what others have experienced with the Nosler rifles in 28 Nosler. Has anyone else had similar bad luck with factory ammo?
I likely won't chase speed in front of more H1000 until I can find more bullets, but it is intriguing.
How do these ELD-Xs perform on critters?