Why does some Nosler have a plastic tip?

[bushmaster1313]

I recently got very good results from Nosler .257 Roberts ammo with a plastic tip.

100 yards

Is it a gimmick or does it really enhance accuracy

Link to the Nosler page

 

[Mistered]

These are typically referred to as their 'Ballistic Tip' style of bullet.
Very accurate - I have shot LOTS of them over the years in various rifles and all very accurate.

 

[bushmaster1313]

I did a little searching and found that the idea is to give hollow-point terminal performance in a rifle round with spitzer pointy tip accuracy

 

[snuffy51]

To make a Hi-speed hollow point rifle bullet more aerodynamic and more accurate? I'm not into rifles. They make an assortment of hand gun bullets with plastic tips in the hollow points to keep from getting filled with material and not expanding like they should. Ought to work real well on a hi-speed rifle bullet.

 

[CH4]

Nosler was the original, but Hornady et al. now have polycarbonate tipped bullets.

As others have mentioned the plastic tip increases ballistic performance, while providing the additional benefit of minimizing bullet tip deformation during recoil and handling.

 

[bushmaster1313]

Plastic bullet tips
Better living through chemistry!

 

[kraynky]

Flies like an arrow, stings like a bee!

I've been using 150 gr Nosler Balistic Tipped ammo in my Ruger Number one in .270 for something like 20 years. I have dropped them in their tracks probably 95 % of the time, maybe higher. I can only think of one mature 12 point buck in rut that ran somewhere around 50-60 yards from the shot.

I"m thinking I want to try their .308 load (probably in 180 gr) during my cow elk hunt in easteren Kentucky this year. I've got the first week hunt, right after Thanksgiving. After I see how they shoot in my BLR that is.

My 444 Marlin now has a plastic tipped hollow point 265 gr I'd prefer to use. Although the are not a Nosler Ballistic Tip, they are Hornady Flex Tip I think.

 

[Borderboss]

When I started shooting long range pistol in the early '90s, the Nosler Ballistic Tip was all that anyone would use. They were by far the most accurate bullet on the market. When I weighed them, I found that every bullet was spot on in weight with absolutely no deviation from bullet to bullet. Every 7mmBR bullet was 140.0 grains. Not sometimes 139.9 or 140.1, they were 140.0

In my Frank Glenn custom Remington XP-100, the Noslers would shoot to a little over one inch at 200 yards. And that was with the Remington factory barrel (a testament to how good the Remington XP-100 barrels were back then).

If you want accuracy, use the Nosler Ballistic Tip.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

Nosler was the original, but Hornady et al. now have polycarbonate tipped bullets.

As others have mentioned the plastic tip increases ballistic performance, while providing the additional benefit of minimizing bullet tip deformation during recoil and handling.

Nosler invented and held the patent on plastic bullet points......Now the patent has expired ALL ammo mfg's. have copied it with their version.

 

[SMSgt]

I haven't used them much. Back in the early '80s, I tried 150-grain .30 Nosler ballistic tips in my Rem 700 .30-06. At 100 yards, dime-size groups. 200 yards would fit into a quarter. Hot Dang!, or so I thought. At 300 yards I could barely keep them on the target. For whatever reason, beyond 200 yards they became unstable. I went back to Sierra SPBTs and never looked back.

I've recently started using various brands of plastic-tipped bullets in a 6mm wildcat I'm using but don't have any long-range testing with it yet. I honestly haven't seen any significant advantage in accuracy up to this point, but I'm early into working up a load, so time will tell.

 

[jdlii]

My .30 caliber hunting rifles deliver super accuracy with the 165 grain Nosler Ballistic tip bullets. A Sako 30'06 Mannlicher produces sub MOA groups at 100 yards. My DPMS Oracle will consistently deliver 1 inch or better groups at the same distance with the same bullet in .308.

I use Nosler partition bullets in my Mod. 70 pre 64, 30'06 only because they produce a slightly smaller grounp that the ballistic tips.

 

[stansdds]

It gives a hollow point rifle bullet the ballistics of a spitzer, so you get retained velocity and improved trajectory with the terminal performance of a hollow point. It's not a gimmick.

 

[bushmaster1313]

It gives a hollow point rifle bullet the ballistics of a spitzer, so you get retained velocity and improved trajectory with the terminal performance of a hollow point. It's not a gimmick.

The best ammo I have found for my 1949 Model 70. A bit pricey at about $2.00 a pop — but I’m not putting down suppressive fire.