Partition gold...2100 fps impact speed...deer hunting

[kraky]

This year during deer hunting I discovered a deer trail that could give me a 300 yd shot with my 308 using a 150 partiton gold. Forecast impact would be about 2140 fps at 300 yds.
Does anyone think this bullet might be too tough to get a good expansion with that shot??
(Reason I don't want to go to something like an AccuBond or ballistic tip is my normal hunting shot would be close range with twigs in the way and the partiton has done real well at this)

 

[bullet]

No, it will work perfectly and do the job in spades. The front part of the Partition will do a great job of opening up at that velocity and you will get a good wound channel and it will pass out the other side more than likely leaving a good hole on the exit side with a dead deer if you put the bullet where it needs to go. :grin:

 

[FOTIS]

She'll do just fine.....

 

[Antelope_Sniper]

I'd take that shot, and wouldn't blink.

 

[JD338]

kraky

Try it, you'll like it :wink:

It will work perfectly.

JD338

 

[kraky]

well...it was time to do a little work on my own behalf on this. I had a regular 180 part on hand and of course the 150 moly part gold.
Held them both against a grinder wheel till I got them pretty much sectioned off.
The jackets start off the same but the hollow point on the part gold is AMAZING. I say "hollow point" cause that's about all it is.
The jacket on the "gold" quickly gets thicker and the lead cavity stops about 1/2 the way between the ogive of the bullet and the tip.
There really isn't alot of lead in this bullet!
If I had to explain it I'd almost call it a lead tipped ttsx. From what I'm looking at I would not be afraid to run this 150 after an elk.

I can't imagine this part gold not holding at least 75-85% of it's original wt from what I'm looking at.
I do believe it will start to open on a deer at 308 speed out to 300 yds but I think I'm gonna check my good old plain jain nosler solid bases for accuracy and try to load them for that kind of shot.

 

[bullet]

Did you say 150gr is a moly coated bullet and if so do you like using moly coated bullets?

 

[Richracer1]

Did you say 150gr is a moly coated bullet and if so do you like using moly coated bullets?

The CT brand (Winchester/Nosler) were coated with Winchester's stuff. The Nosler guys have commented on it here before. I don't think it's "Moly", but for some reason I want to say it's a Lubalox coating, whatever that is. It probably is "Moly" just a fancier name to jack up the price.

 

[bullet]

Did you say 150gr is a moly coated bullet and if so do you like using moly coated bullets?

The CT brand (Winchester/Nosler) were coated with Winchester's stuff. The Nosler guys have commented on it here before. I don't think it's "Moly", but for some reason I want to say it's a Lubalox coating, whatever that is. It probably is "Moly" just a fancier name to jack up the price.

I had a bad experience with moly and I never use a coated bullet again. It happened with Ruger Target Gray in 22-250. I like to have never cleaned that out of my barrel and you talk about my accuracy going south before I realized it had to be the moly. Cleaned that stuff out and when I did brought accuracy back to acceptable.