“ballistic tip”

A little more than a decade ago, Nosler set out to combine the characteristics of its famous Partition with the accuracy of its Ballistic Tip offerings. The result became the AccuBond.

Some shooters call Federal Premium’s new .224 Valkyrie, a “.223 on steroids.” While that may sound cliché, the point is this new cartridge is the world’s first supersonic, 1,300-yard cartridge designed for AR-15s.

With the 6.5 Creedmoor gaining popularity in the hunting world, Nosler is expanding its 6.5 Creedmoor hunting ammo selection.

HSM Ammunition has engineered a low-recoiling variant of 6.5 Creedmoor ammo, with full, 140-grain hunting bullets.

Currently Nosler offers BT loads for a handful of popular hunting cartridges from .243 Win. to .30-06. Expect the company to add more loads, and expect them all to be perfectly tuned to put deer-size game down with authority. They’ll work just fine on blesbok, too, even a long, long ways out there.

The 22 Nosler carries more energy with less bullet drop to long-range prairie dogs and groundhogs.

Our resident ammo aficionado weighs in with his top ten.

Put a good bullet in a buck’s boiler room and he won’t go far, caliber notwithstanding. To that end, here are seven great bullet choices.