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The .30 Nosler shares the same overall cartridge length 84.8 mm (3.340 in) as the .26 Nosler and the .28 Nosler which allows it to be chambered in standard-length action firearms. Four of Nosler's Cartridges, the .26 Nosler, .28 Nosler, .30 Nosler, and .33 Nosler, are based on the same .300 Remington Ultra Magnum [6] parent case.
.33 Nosler.33 Winchester.333 Jeffery.338 Blaser Magnum.338 Edge.338 Federal.338 Lapua Magnum.338 Marlin express.338 Norma Magnum.338 Remington Ultra Magnum.338 Ruger Compact Magnum.338 Weatherby RPM.338 Winchester Magnum.338-06.338-378 Weatherby Magnum.338 Whisper.340 Weatherby Magnum.348 Winchester.35 Remington.35 Whelen.35 Winchester
Currently A-square is the only other factory ammunition producer of the .340 Weatherby Magnum, which has led to limited popularity of the caliber. In field tests the .340 clearly outperforms the 300 Ultra mag, .338 Win mag. and even rivals the larger .375 H&H, providing a much flatter shooting and harder hitting performance.
The .378 Weatherby Magnum was designed by Roy Weatherby in 1953. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Although inspired by the .416 Rigby , it is an original belted magnum design with no parent case. [ 5 ] The cartridge features a high powder capacity relative to its bore size, and can hold upwards of 7.13 g (120 gr ) of powder.
The new rifle has a Basix trigger and Bell and Carlson stock. For the most accuracy out of the Patriot, Nosler incorporated an aluminum bedding chassis into the aramid-fiber reinforced carbon fiber stock, and the barrel is free-floated. The stock is a hand laid-up laminate that is elephant gray with black epoxy webbed over the surface.
.22 Nosler.22 PPC.22 ARC.222 Remington (sometimes chambered in countries where ownership of military cartridges is illegal).223 Remington – Original AR-15 cartridge: .223 cartridges may function in a 5.56×45mm rifle, however 5.56×45mm cartridges may produce excessive pressure in a .223 Rem rifle.
The use of .333 in (8.5 mm) bullets may seem odd today but at the time this was the standard diameter of European .33 caliber bullets which were more common than the .338 in (8.6 mm) diameter bullets used in cartridges such as the .33 Winchester.
On average, Weatherby factory ammo is loaded to higher chamber pressures than Remington or Winchester magnum rounds. The Remington round can be handloaded to equal pressures, and as a consequence, surpass the .300 Weatherby in power. The .300 Weatherby is commonly used by big-game hunters all over the world. [4]