Thread: Finally first blood for the 28 Nosler

After a couple of false starts, and not getting the chance of pulling the trigger on an animal with the 28, I finally got the opportunity on Friday night, the first night of a 3 day private land trip with the inlaws.

With the knee still pretty weak after dislocating my knee cap only 4 weeks ago, being able to cover ground on the iron horse was a very welcome way to hunt.

Still had to climb some hills to recover the animals tho but the knee coped reasonably well.

It was hardly a real test for the 28 but at least I know the 195gr Berger holds up at that higher impact velocity.

https://youtu.be/bVmuO6oiyKI

Good to see you managed to get out, the 28 seemed to do the trick. Look after that knee.

Sustained loss of traction..........lol good stuff

Nice shot, 195gr seems to do the trick. What velocity are you launching them at?

Nice shot how far did he move from the spot? Bullet looks as if it held up OK

Nice one, impressed you managed to recover the pill , at that range I thought it would still be going

Originally Posted by stug

Nice shot, 195gr seems to do the trick. What velocity are you launching them at?

3075 fps, had them 100 fps faster in load development but I think 3075 is more than enough 😉

Originally Posted by Mooseman

Nice shot how far did he move from the spot? Bullet looks as if it held up OK

You can see him crash to the ground just as he gets to the edge of the screen, he didnt go any further. Yeah I reckon it performed pretty well for the impact speed, it's lost some weight but sure seemed to do the job

Originally Posted by chainsaw

Nice one, impressed you managed to recover the pill , at that range I thought it would still be going

With the high impact velocity I'd expect it to expand alot and shed some weight as it did.

I'd imagine the bullet will be more likely to exit at greater distances with lower impact velocity and less explosion expansion.

Good stuff Clint.
Did you have your old man with you?

Great outcome. I was worried that I was going to have to buy that rifle. 😀

Look forward to seeing it take a nice Sika stag at a longer range.

Originally Posted by Shootm

Good stuff Clint.
Did you have your old man with you?

Nah i had my father in law with me at the time

Originally Posted by craigc

Great outcome. I was worried that I was going to have to buy that rifle. ��

Look forward to seeing it take a nice Sika stag at a longer range.

hahahaha, even if i could never use it again, its such a thing of beauty i'd hang it on the wall as art ;-) You and me both mate re the Sika Stag!

Awesome, looks like a sweet weapon

When you have got 195 grs of bullet you have a bit to come and go with.

nice bit of country to , well done

Enjoyed that video very much,well done mate!

Cripes you have some good spots to hunt.

Well done with the bung knee.