First Look: New Products From Nosler

New rounds and components soon to appear in a store near you.

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posted on November 24, 2025
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New Products From Nosler

Nosler Ammunition, one of North America’s most storied ammunition brands, is expanding its ammunition, bullet and handloading-component offerings for 2026.

On the pistol and defensive-ammunition front, Nosler is expanding its ASP handgun-cartridge product line by offering three new Nosler ASP straight-wall revolver cartridges consisting of a 125-grain JHP .357 Magnum, 125-grain JHP .38 Special and 240-grain JHP .44 Magnum round. Nosler will also be offering these same .38- and .44-caliber jacketed hollow point bullets as individual components for handloaders.

Whitetail Country is Nosler’s go-to cartridge for the great outdoors. Loaded with non-bonded Nosler Solid Base or Nosler Straight Wall bullets jacketed soft points bullets, Whitetail Country rounds are also engineered to be more affordable.

Nosler’s Whitetail Country cartridge list encompasses some of the most popular bottleneck and straight wall rifle cartridges used for deer hunting. Whitetail Country is currently available in the following calibers:

  • 6.5 Creedmoor: 140-grain SB
  • .270 Win.: 130-grain SB
  • 7mm-08 Rem.: 140-grain SB
  • .30-30 Win, 150-grain SB
  • .308 Win.: 165-grain SB
  • .30-06 Sprg.:165-grain SB
  • .350 Legend.: 180-grain SW
  • .45-70 Gov’t.: 300-grain SW

Nosler is also making the same Solid Base bullets listed above available for purchase as separate components. Nosler will also make the following loaded cartridges available for Whitetail Country:

  • .243 Win.: 100 grain SB
  • .308 Win.: 150 grain SB
  • .30-06 Sprg.: 150 grain SB
  • .400 Legend: 215 grain SW

To learn more about Nosler’s Whitetail Country ammunition or its Solid Base (SB), Straight Wall (SW) or ASP JHP ammunition products, visit nosler.com.

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