NOSLER PARTITION BULLETS DO THE JOB!!!

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I would like to share a hunting story with the Partition that I was a small part of when Scott, a friend of mine last summer received his Custom 35 Whelen built on a Mauser Action. He was having difficulty deciding what load to use on Moose. Here is what he wrote me.


Hey Mike, thanks for all your help this past summer.

Just a note to say, "The 35 Whelen claimed another Newfoundland Moose..!"

Your tips on powder, brass, primers and OAL were a great help, and also, the things you spoke of concerning the TSX bullet.

I wound up going with your suggestion concerning the 250 grain Partition. The Partition accuracy gave me the confidence I needed to take the shot.

However, the shot was a close one and the bullet punched completely through the near shoulder and out the other side just behind the other shoulder. Before I could re-chamber the next round, the Bull was tipping over...Perfect.!


Thanks again Mike,
Scott

Like I have always told my friends, "when in doubt or concerned about the kill, remove the doubt and use the Partition."

 

[JD338]

bullet,

Excellent! Glad to hear the PT did it again with flying colors.
What was the load Scott used in his 35 Whelen?

JD338

 

[bullet]

He ended up using 57grs of IMR4064.

 

[FOTIS]

Nice! What else can one say?

 

[SJB358]

That 35 Whelen is a pretty awesome round. I would bet that load pushed that big 250 at about 2500FPS and was pure destruction. Glad your buddy had such good luck with his Whelen. I like to hear of guys using it, it is really a very versatile round that is very powerful, and does the job very efficiently on big, tough game. Scotty

 

[bullet]

That 35 Whelen is a pretty awesome round. I would bet that load pushed that big 250 at about 2500FPS and was pure destruction. Glad your buddy had such good luck with his Whelen. I like to hear of guys using it, it is really a very versatile round that is very powerful, and does the job very efficiently on big, tough game. Scotty

Scotty, you are so right about the 35 Whelen, great cartridge indeed.

 

[SJB358]

I can't wait to give the 250gr Speers a try in my Whelen. I think RL15 will give me 2500+ and be a very economical bullet to shoot. If that doesn't work I may try your load of 4064 or maybe Varget. Scotty

 

[JD338]

Here are some recovered bullets from my 35 Whelen. The 250 gr PT is impressive looking.

JD338

 

[SJB358]

Wow, yeah those 250's look pretty solid. Seems like a pretty stout bullet. I may give them a whirl depending on how the Speers shoot. At 12.00 a box it is hard to justify anything else till I see how they shoot. Plus, I have read the Speers are a pretty tough bullet on some of the Ak forums. Scotty

 

[bullet]

For all the years I have hunted and all the bullets I have tried and killed game with only the Partition has consistently preformed as it was intended to. The AccuBond is a great bullet but it is not and I will say it again, it is not the Partition. I have had Accubonds that did not always give stellar performances on game from time to time especially in my 7mmSTW and 300Wby and one time in a 257Wby.

Now I might be a lucky guy but I have never had a Partition (this is when with any bullet make I used that I hit where I was suppose to) fail to do the job I ask it to preform. In fact, when I have gone back to it from time to time it has been outstanding and I have ask myself on those occasions why I left it as my main bullet.

Frankly when it comes to North America and needing one bullet for hunting and I said hunting bullet (not shooting competition bullets which seems to define a hunting bullet today) in a 30 cal or bigger to do the job on coyote to moose or large bear it is the Partition. I have shot game from here to Africa with the Partiton and as I said it did not fail and expedited the kill in quick time when as I said I put the Partition where it was suppose to be.

There are three very well made bullets for big game and they are the Partition, TSX and A-Frame and in my humble experience in using all three on game when it comes to push and shove I choose the Partition.

 

[jmad_81]

The more you guys talk about the 35 whelen the more I want one

 

[DrMike]

jmad_81,

The 35 Whelan is an excellent cartridge. One which you would not regret owning.

 

[SJB358]

The 35 Whelen is an awesome cartridge and has ballistics that are pretty incredible for something based on the 30-06. Scotty

 

[JD338]

The more you guys talk about the 35 whelen the more I want one

The 35 Whelen is a thumper, out to 300 yds. :grin:

JD338

 

[jmad_81]

Dark timber elk gun for sure!