Nosler Load Data in Caliber .308 Win.
Nosler
Nosler, Inc., founded in 1948 by John Nosler, is a renowned American manufacturer specializing in high-performance bullets, brass, ammunition, and precision rifles. The company's origin stems from a personal hunting experience in British Columbia, where John Nosler encountered bullet failure while pursuing moose. This inspired the development of the revolutionary Partition® bullet, designed with a dual-core, partitioned jacket to ensure both rapid expansion and deep penetration—qualities that have since become hallmarks of premium hunting bullet performance.
Over the decades, Nosler has consi ...
.308 Win.
Born from the U.S. military’s T65 experiments after WWII, the .308 Winchester was commercialized in 1952 and soon paralleled by the 7.62×51 NATO adoption in 1954. While dimensionally similar, the cartridges are not identical: commercial .308 Win typically carries a higher SAAMI maximum average pressure, and many 7.62 NATO chambers feature slightly longer throat and looser headspace. Brass can differ too, with NATO cases often thicker and offering marginally less internal volume. For reloaders, that means treating .308 Win and 7.62 NATO as related but distinct, verifying headstamp, adjusting me ...
