Nosler to introduce new cartridge

[Love Life]

They are calling it the Nosler 26. It claims a 129 gr 6.5 mm bullet at 3400 FPS. That is pretty legit. I think when this 1st comes out I'm going to snap up all the brass I can.

http://dailycaller.com/2013/11/26/no...4096735236#%21

[carbine86]

Looks interesting ill fight you for brass haha

[Love Life]

I'm trying to figure out if it's a long or short action cartridge. Magnum bolt face or 308 bolt face.

[carbine86]

I am thinking that it might be a long action similar to a 6.5-06

[horsesoldier]

i want one......

[Love Life]

The SAAMI drawings aren't out yet. Bummer.

Hey, Goodsteel, you watching this? I want one of these...for now.

[carbine86]

The 26 Nosler® case is non-belted, thus headspaced off of the shoulder to further enhance accuracy. The “26” also utilizes a standard (30-06) length action meaning shorter bolt-throw and lighter weight than magnum length actions.

Straight from the nosler sight

[Love Life]

I'll be danged. If it were a snake, it would have bit me!!

[carbine86]

I am thinking i might hold on to some 30-06 brass as it should be able to be formed to the nosler 26???

[Love Life]

Mebbe. Should be quite fun, but then again I am moving to a place that is overcrowded with trees so I really don't need another long range shooter.

[Sweetpea]

I am thinking i might hold on to some 30-06 brass as it should be able to be formed to the nosler 26???

According to the article, the case is unique...

Guess that remains to be seen.

[Nobade]

I don't know about the "most powerful commercial 6.5mm cartridge" bit - a 264 Win Mag will do that easily with the right powders. But you have to handload for it, so I guess that counts. I wondered what the next wonder round was going to be.

-Nobade

[Love Life]

I doubt the case is THAT unique. It will have a standard bolt face which means some cartridge, somewhere, can be formed to this thing.

[Sweetpea]

I doubt the case is THAT unique. It will have a standard bolt face which means some cartridge, somewhere, can be formed to this thing.

Dick, I agree with you... BUT...

Ever see a 224 WBY Rocket?

Enter the waiting game...

[Love Life]

Booo. I guess I'll stick to pushing the 6mm.

I'll keep an eye on it though. I wonder how this cartridge would do with a case full of H1000 pushing 140 gr bullets. I bet it would be very interesting indeed.

[fryboy]

yup it was staring you right in the face , i posted about it elsewhere a few days back ( i guess i could now honestly say last month lolz ) i did a bunch of web searching and only found alot of speculation ( kinda like here :P ) it's supposed to have around 93 grains of water capacity ... leaving many to think ( including me ) that it's going to be based on the 375 ruger case ( necked down to 6.5 maybe shorten the shoulder a wee bit , the ruger has around a 99 grain capacity so this seems plausible ) btw ? you think i'm waiting and watching as well ? lolz oh and they say formally introduced at the 2014 shot show so ....

[Artful]

I'm thinking 375 Ruger necked down 'cuz 6.5 '06 AI won't do that velocity - ergo you need more powder room

[Artful]

wow, Fryboy and I are posting together!

[Blammer]

this should go over as well as a turd in a punch bowl.

[Houndog]

Ho Hum!
There's already 4 rounds capable of that speed with that bullet, and two are standard bolt face! The 6.5/06, the 6.5/284, the 264 Win Mag and the 6.5/300 Weatherby can ALL be pushed to that speed. The "secret" is changing the twist rate to 1/10 or an even slower 1/12 WITH A BIGGER BORE! One of our local Gunsmiths, the late Herb Riley, was a 6.5 bore nut and used to do just that by using a special barrel made by Pac-Nor. He was also one of the people, along with Jim Carmichel, that finalized the specs for the 260 Remington, which incedently started out as the 6.5/308 wildcat. When you get right down to it, there's not very much that can be designed thet some wildcatter hasn't done sometime in the past.