Thread: Nosler solid base

Greetings,
There was an earlier version with a flat base and annular rings to grip the rifling plus, perhaps from memory, an even earlier one called a Zipedo or something like it.

This is what my alternative brain says:

1965: The Zipedo bullet is launched, showcasing Nosler's advanced manufacturing techniques.
1972: The design is refined, and the bullet is rebranded as the Solid Base bullet.
1984: The Solid Base forms the foundation for the revolutionary polymer-tipped Ballistic Tip bullet.

That's great news.
I was absolutely gutted when they dropped the Solid Base in favor of the Ballistic Tips.

I read a number of test reports in various hunting magazines of how the BT would blow up on deer sized game, so, I changed to using Hornady projectiles.

I will certainly try the new Solid Base bullets.

6.5 140gn impact probably 2625fps passed through with a slightly quartering lung shot. I've been back to try a higher shoulder shot to see how they punch through something harder but haven't seen any game since. Factory ammo