Craig Boddington was the senior contributing editor of our modern gun and ammunition caliber dictionary. Craig was involved in the development and testing of many of these and writes from first hand experience. This dictionary was written exclusively for Wholesale Hunter with unique information found nowhere else.
GUN CALIBER DICTIONARY
Rifle
30 Nosler
Introduced in 2016, the 30 Nosler is the third of Nosler's growing family of proprietary cartridges, following the 26 and 28 Nosler. Like its predecessors it is based on the .404 Jeffery/Remington Ultra Magnum case with a rebated rim and 2.55-inch case allowing it to be housed in a .30-06-length action. Americans love their .30-calibers and certainly there is no shortage of fast .30-caliber magnums, but with its fat, unbelted case the 30 Nosler has acquired an excellent reputation for accuracy and efficiency. With a 180-grain bullet at 3110 fps the 30 Nosler is similar in performance to the .300 Weatherby Magnum...meaning that it is suited for hunting the full range of non-dangerous game just about anywhere in the world. Because of its modern, efficient case design it has found favor with the growing group of long-range riflemen. — Craig Boddington