Owe Man..Glad I have a bunch....That sucks..

Thanks Joe.

Jayco

 

Um. If they are Dropping this what do ya figure they plan on replacing it with??

 

I will try to get an explanation from the boys at Nosler and let you fellas know what is going on.

JD338

 

Well crap! Best all around premium jacketed hunting bullet, for the .45-70, and they decide to drop it. I used that bullet in South Africa, last summer to kill 7 head of plains game. I got 1 extra box, guess I better see about getting 1-2 more.

Mad Dog

 

Gosh, Now we won't be able to kill deer with the 45-70 : ;D

TO be honest, that is kind of a strange. Wonder if our readers were their only buyers. ???

 

They sent an e-mail reply to my "why"question.


No sales


Oh, by the way, you can still shoot non-premium deer. If you want the really good ones, though, you're out of luck. ;D

 

Since Nosler is discontinuing the great 300 gr PT, what would you fellas consider the perfect 300 gr bullet for the 45-70?
Nosler is pretty good about taking feedback through their forum. Let them know how you feel about the PT going away and what the perfect bullet would be.

JD338

 

I think the Speer 300 Unicor # 2482 is probably next in line. They're about the same price.

 

I don't have a dog in the fight (yet), but what about the Barnes 300gr TSX? They're about the same price (>$1/bullet) or even a little less and I have never heard a bad thing about any Barnes bullet.

 

I don't have a dog in the fight (yet), but what about the Barnes 300gr TSX? They're about the same price (>$1/bullet) or even a little less and I have never heard a bad thing about any Barnes bullet.

Ill give ya one. The price, spendy little bastids.

 

I don't have a dog in the fight (yet), but what about the Barnes 300gr TSX? They're about the same price (>$1/bullet) or even a little less and I have never heard a bad thing about any Barnes bullet.

Ill give ya one. The price, spendy little bastids.

I agree they're spendy, but they're no more than the Partitions we're discussing, though. Right?

 

Since Nosler is discontinuing the great 300 gr PT, what would you fellas consider the perfect 300 gr bullet for the 45-70?
Nosler is pretty good about taking feedback through their forum. Let them know how you feel about the PT going away and what the perfect bullet would be.

JD338

JD

The best bang for the buck in 300 grain loads is the Speer Unicore.The toughest 300 grain bullet made for the 45-70 is the 300 grains Barnes XFN which my wife calls the cement bullet. ;D ;D..Tougher than the Nosler but because it is basically the length of a 350 grain bullet,the velocity suffers.

There is not another man that has pushed the 300 Nosler more than I on Levergun forums.I have fought tooth and nail for it way back in the Marlin Talk days...To say the least,I am quite disappointed in "Nosler" but with the way things are I semi understand....

Jayco

 

Pretty disappointing. I'd think a company as large and diverse as Nosler would at least keep it in the line-up and make one big run each year. Well, guess I'm glad to have a bunch of 350 gr Hornadys and 405gr Remingtons, as well as the 300gr cast bullets on my bench. If I'm pressed for time a box of 300gr Winchesters always does the job on deer and I'm sure would be fine for black bear if I didn't have time to reload one of the others. I'd always thought that Nosler could've done better with something in the 350-385 gr range to go along with the 300gr "lightweight", but it looks like that won't happen now.

As long as Marlin keeps building the guns, we'll keep finding something to feed 'em.

 

If my memory serves me correctly, I was told a couple of years ago while speaking to one of the Nosler factory people on the phone that they were looking at going to a heavier partition bullet in the 44 mag. and the 45-70. Maybe they are now doing it. Has anyone else heard anything along this line?

 

Sucky news

 

Well, if they want to make up for it, they COULD come out with a 400 gr. nosler partition ;D

Mad Dog

 

I don't know if any of you guys are interested, but Bud's Gun Shop has them for $48 for 50 count, and they are in stock. If you want to get a box for old time's sake now might be the time.

Not as good as the $25 / box sale Cabela's had a couple of years ago, but it's the best deal today.

 

Since Nosler is discontinuing the great 300 gr PT, what would you fellas consider the perfect 300 gr bullet for the 45-70?
JD338

It isn't a 300gr but my favorite do everything bullet for my 45-70 1895GS is the 350gr Swift A-Frame.

I personally don't have an issue with Nosler discontinuing their 300gr PT bullets, of the thousands of 45-70 rounds I have shot I have never used it...

 

Well as long as the bullets I cast aren't discontinued, I reckon I'll be alright.

 

My 300 grain sierra's,320GC rcbs and 480 saeco (in win 1885) shoot fine for me.Probably get the rcbs 405GC next.

 

Reading this, I had to look at my 45/70 bullet stock. Well, I have about 10 boxes of the Nosler 300 gr., 4 boxes of the very fine North Fork 350 gr., a couple of boxes of Swift's great bullets, etc., so with the way I usually don't just pound 'em into a dirt bank, these will probally "last me out" ;D.

Surely Nosler will come out with a new replacement bullet if indeed they discontinue the 300 grainer.

I'll be watching them very closely for an announcement.


Jim

 

I went by Bass Pro Shops here in San Antonio today and they had 2 boxes on the shelves. So if you are interested give them a shout. I am glad I did not have gum in as I might have swollowed it when I saw the price tag. $60.00 plus for 50 Bullets?

 

I'm still trying to get an "Official Response" from Nosler. I'm sure its going to be along the lines of too expensive a bullet to make for the low volume of sales.

I got a hunch that there is going to be an new bullet to replace the PT.

JD338

 

JD338,

Possibly something in the way of a non-lead core bullet, maybe?

But then, who can out-guess the bullet companies :-X.


Jim

 

Cabela's has them online. http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/t...navAction=push&catalogCode=IK&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat20843&hasJS=true