I picked up another Nosler Patriot in 6.5x284. My first one was very accurate and well built, but I sold it to a friend. He had to have one, and couldn't find one. I felt like I could live without it, until it walked out the door. So, now for the last year and a half I could not find one, and felt pretty certain if I did - it would not match the other. This one is new, and now broken in. It is amazing. Trigger, fit and finish, accuracy, weight and pointability. Not just bullet versatility, but also powder and primer versatility. Bullets from Nosler, Sierra, Hornady, and Berger all shot tiny groups with practically no effort. Has anyone else had much experience with the Nosler 48 in other calibers with similar results?

We had an Easter egg hunt at the gravel pit this weekend. Colored eggs set all over the pit at 100 to 280 yards. Spot and shoot from a bi-pod. 130 grain Berger VLDs. One shot then the next kids turn. All eggs killed easily with no long tracking jobs. They will have to draw straws on who gets to hunt with this rifle, they were all impressed. ages 15, 17, 18, and 19.

Nice. I've been curious how the 48s shoot. They are intriguing and the 6.5x284 certainly has a cool factor.

Quintus, just curious. What powder did you use?

Somewhere I had read that the 6.5x284 reached it's best at about 2900 fps .Does that seem the best velocity for you ?

I have a TLR in 308, it shoots sub1" groups with a 40 year old West German Zeiss 6x.

How does it feed? I know where 1 is available & might just buy it.

I am loading the Bergers with RL22 and 120 grain A-Max with RL19. I am having no troubles well beyond 2900FPS, but I am not shooting beyond 500 yards either. The rifle feeds flawlessly so far. The other thing I like is the magazine is so long, I can seat 140 Scenars to just past the heel of the boat tail and they will still stack. If the other chamberings are this accurate, it seems unlikely these guns will stay this reasonably priced. I got this one from Cove Creek for $1,299.00. They have since bumped the price to $1,399.00, but even at that, by comparison, they are reasonable. You can get any rifle to shoot A load well, but an accurate rifle will group most anything and this one does.

I have a 6.5x284 being barreled at Bartlein's.

Researching (0n www.awccurateShooter.com) it seems most shoot the 140gr Berger Hybrid between 2950 and 3000fps with 4350.