Hello everyone,
New here, LONG time Nosler bullet user. Just Thought i would post on my latest discovery, but kind of a review.
I had a good supply of 100 gr. partitions in 257 cal for my Roberts. Not real sure of the year of production they were but they shot bug hole groups and flawlessly slayed many whitetail, coyote, some crows, mule deer and one bear. Never to recover a single bullet, just lots of dead game, In my book perfect as one could get. That supply run low after years of excellent service and then bumped into some real oldie but goodies the old 'lathe' turned 117 gr simi-spitzers. The roberts shoots them just as good, but do leave larger exit holes in game, a good thing. Problem is, when this stash is gone, there really gone.
Birthday rolled around and found myself a proud owner of a new rem 700 LS chambered in the 25-06 rem. So, I put together a couple loads with different powders for the '06' with what I had left of the older 100 gr. partitions. Same story as with the roberts, tiny little groups but with 300 feet per second more velocity said my chronograph.
I was lucky enough to find and buy one box of 'new' 100 grain partitions to build more ammo for the 700 and compared them to the 2 older partitions I had left. On the new bullets It sure looks like the 'Partition' is moved forward a little compared to my 'older' partitions. That's very fine with me, more retained weight, the more bullet hole there will be. I just hope they shoot just as good as the older models.
Has anyone elts noticed the 'Partition' moved forward on other calibers?
New here, LONG time Nosler bullet user. Just Thought i would post on my latest discovery, but kind of a review.
I had a good supply of 100 gr. partitions in 257 cal for my Roberts. Not real sure of the year of production they were but they shot bug hole groups and flawlessly slayed many whitetail, coyote, some crows, mule deer and one bear. Never to recover a single bullet, just lots of dead game, In my book perfect as one could get. That supply run low after years of excellent service and then bumped into some real oldie but goodies the old 'lathe' turned 117 gr simi-spitzers. The roberts shoots them just as good, but do leave larger exit holes in game, a good thing. Problem is, when this stash is gone, there really gone.
Birthday rolled around and found myself a proud owner of a new rem 700 LS chambered in the 25-06 rem. So, I put together a couple loads with different powders for the '06' with what I had left of the older 100 gr. partitions. Same story as with the roberts, tiny little groups but with 300 feet per second more velocity said my chronograph.
I was lucky enough to find and buy one box of 'new' 100 grain partitions to build more ammo for the 700 and compared them to the 2 older partitions I had left. On the new bullets It sure looks like the 'Partition' is moved forward a little compared to my 'older' partitions. That's very fine with me, more retained weight, the more bullet hole there will be. I just hope they shoot just as good as the older models.
Has anyone elts noticed the 'Partition' moved forward on other calibers?
Seems like a good batch of knowledgeable people here. Hope to be able to share what I have learned from my own school of hard knocks and plain experience :lol:
