Partition vs solid base in 30 cal

[cjmac]

Cjmac
Welcome to the forum. Both the SB and the PT are excellent bullets for WT deer. I have used the 165 gr SB in a 308 Win and the 140 gr SB from a 6.5 Wby RPM to crush MI late season deer. As Fotis mentioned, the 140 gr SB from the 6.5 Wby RPM at 3050 fps absolutely hammered a couple of TX hogs, DRT.
I’ve also taken many WT deer with PTs in several calibers and bullet weights. They crush shoulders with ease and always exit. I’ve even taken a couple of 200 lb bucks with the 338 RUM and the 250 gr PT. Internal trauma was extensive and both bucks were DRT.

JD338

Seems like a good bullet for everything from small whitetail to big game . Soft up front solid rear to push through

 

[cjmac]

this is a perfect description of the Partition bullet .

I've said many times , if I could only use one bullet for hunting , the Partition would be it . I'd never feel like I was missing out on anything , by using it exclusively . accuracy is easy to find , and they work great for hunting .

Im gonna try some in the 150gr in my 308.

 

[wvbuckbuster]

Nosler Partition, the gift that keeps on giving.

 

[cjmac]

Nosler Partition, the gift that keeps on giving.

Sounds like it lol im interested to see what it does on the base of the neck or above the shoulder on a whitetail

 

[JD338]

Seems like a good bullet for everything from small whitetail to big game . Soft up front solid rear to push through

It’s the benchmark that all other bullets are compared to

JD338

 

[FOTIS]

The first premium ever.

 

[cjmac]

It’s the benchmark that all other bullets are compared to

JD338

If it does the damage the old corelokt did im sure itll be a good one lol especially if itll push through a shoulder

 

[jimbires]

If it does the damage the old corelokt did im sure itll be a good one lol especially if itll push through a shoulder

if it doesn't push through a whitetail's shoulder , I'll eat my hat .

 

[cjmac]

if it doesn't push through a whitetail's shoulder , I'll eat my hat .

Lol . Im gonna test it out come November!!

 

[TackDriver284]

A Partition will do the job for sure. I dropped my first bull nilgai with a 140 Partition out of a 7 Mag at 200 yards head on. The Partition hit square in the chest just below the beard, it kept trucking along lengthwise of that tough critter. It dropped so fast and I'll never forget it because most nilgai I have shot don't drop that quick except for neck shots. They are tough brutes.

 

[highoctane]

Below are three 284 cal bullets that Ive "caught" in animals. The first one is a 140 gr Partition that was run from stern to stem in a deer. Found under the hide in the chest. As you can see the front half is gone. That happens quite frequently.

2nd is a 140 gr Sierra Gameking. Found under the skin on the offside.

3rd is a 154 gr SST run about half way through a 7pt buck.

Finally a sectioned 140 gr Partition, not quite half way through, but it does show what makes a Partition a Partition bullet.

 

[cjmac]

Below are three 284 cal bullets that Ive "caught" in animals. The first one is a 140 gr Partition that was run from stern to stem in a deer. Found under the hide in the chest. As you can see the front half is gone. That happens quite frequently. 2nd is a 140 gr Sierra Gameking. Found under the skin on the offside. 3rd is a 154 gr SST run about half way through a 7pt buck. Finally a sectioned 140 gr Partition, not quite half way through, but it does show what makes a Partition a Partition bullet.


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Nice . Very informative. The gameking seemed to hold up a little . But I know it would be way to soft if it ever hit bone . The Partition looks like it would just hammer through anything lol

 

[Hunter26]

I love Partitions and they will absolutely expand at lower velocities and on smaller critters. I've killed a bunch of deer with them in multiple calibers. The price can be a little high, but if you keep an eye out for blems/factory seconds in the Nosler shop, you can get them for a great price. That's all I buy anymore when it comes to Nosler bullets.

 

[salmonchaser]

At the risk of being redundant at this point I’ll add that the Partition was the only bullet I used for years on moose, caribou, deer, (Sitka and Columbia blacktails, mule deer and white tails, elk, bears, antelope, bighorns, coyotes and what ever else needed to be shot. I started loading the Ballistic tips perhaps around 1980, cant find loading records going back that far. Regardless the ballistic tip is a great bullet. I stuck with partitions on elk or any thing that bites. A decade or so ago I started running accubonds out of a couple rifles.
In the country we hunt I was taught the high shoulder shot to anchor an animal just right there.
If i have to use just one bullet, I would be hard pressed not to make it a Partition.

 

[highoctane]

Nice . Very informative. The gameking seemed to hold up a little . But I know it would be way to soft if it ever hit bone . The Partition looks like it would just hammer through anything lol

It actually performed really well, however, the GK's performance depends on how fast you want to run them. The GK's are not designed to be pushed at the speed of light. Outside of the premium bullets, bonded, and the such, and the monolithics, which are another animal all by themselves, bone strikes will stress any cup and core bullet to the ragged edge most times.

 

[cjmac]

I love Partitions and they will absolutely expand at lower velocities and on smaller critters. I've killed a bunch of deer with them in multiple calibers. The price can be a little high, but if you keep an eye out for blems/factory seconds in the Nosler shop, you can get them for a great price. That's all I buy anymore when it comes to Nosler bullets.

I plan on running the at the velocity that gives the best accuracy which in a 308 is mostly around 26 to 2700 ft a second in my guns anyway. Not too concerned about the price as I won't be shooting them a whole lot throughout the year. Just few times year to make sure gun is still zero . .
I do have some of their 150 grain ballistic tips I work up a load for just to see how it would act on a neck shot .. I am considering getting a Browning automatic hopefully it wouldn't deform the tip on the Partition too much then again we used soft points back in the day in those rifles and never made much difference

 

[cjmac]

It actually performed really well, however, the GK's performance depends on how fast you want to run them. The GK's are not designed to be pushed at the speed of light. Outside of the premium bullets, bonded, and the such, and the monolithics, which are another animal all by themselves, bone strikes will stress any cup and core bullet to the ragged edge most times.

I made a neck shot on a 150 lb buck last year at about 90 yards it only went halfway through his neck and stopped I didn't recover it but it seemed that you have dumped all of its energy within the first few inches of impact

 

[cjmac]

At the risk of being redundant at this point I’ll add that the Partition was the only bullet I used for years on moose, caribou, deer, (Sitka and Columbia blacktails, mule deer and white tails, elk, bears, antelope, bighorns, coyotes and what ever else needed to be shot. I started loading the Ballistic tips perhaps around 1980, cant find loading records going back that far. Regardless the ballistic tip is a great bullet. I stuck with partitions on elk or any thing that bites. A decade or so ago I started running accubonds out of a couple rifles.
In the country we hunt I was taught the high shoulder shot to anchor an animal just right there.
If i have to use just one bullet, I would be hard pressed not to make it a Partition.

I like the fact that the front half expands easy and fast on soft animals like deer yet the rear can be solid enough to drive through a shoulder

 

[cjmac]

At the risk of being redundant at this point I’ll add that the Partition was the only bullet I used for years on moose, caribou, deer, (Sitka and Columbia blacktails, mule deer and white tails, elk, bears, antelope, bighorns, coyotes and what ever else needed to be shot. I started loading the Ballistic tips perhaps around 1980, cant find loading records going back that far. Regardless the ballistic tip is a great bullet. I stuck with partitions on elk or any thing that bites. A decade or so ago I started running accubonds out of a couple rifles.
In the country we hunt I was taught the high shoulder shot to anchor an animal just right there.
If i have to use just one bullet, I would be hard pressed not to make it a Partition.

It sounds like with the Partition rather I make a soft tissue shot or above the shoulder base of the neck shot it's going to perform and blow a hole no matter what