What do you men think about this?

[Guy Miner]

Fotis, my son and I have used that bullet on at several bucks, mulie and whitetail.

I've got it all written down, but sometimes my memory slips between different Nosler 165's that we've used. I do know that the 165 Ballistic Tip does NOT stay in a deer, and DOES drop 'em fast.

From a .30-06 or a .308 Win, I'd use them on elk. Might have a slight preference for the Partition, but I wouldn't say "Gee I'm not going to shoot him, I've only got Ballistic Tips in my rifle." :mrgreen: I'd just put the crosshairs where they belong and gently send that bullet into the vitals!

Guy

 

[Ridgerunner665]

Fotis, my son and I have used that bullet on at several bucks, mulie and whitetail.

I've got it all written down, but sometimes my memory slips between different Nosler 165's that we've used. I do know that the 165 Ballistic Tip does NOT stay in a deer, and DOES drop 'em fast.

From a .30-06 or a .308 Win, I'd use them on elk. Might have a slight preference for the Partition, but I wouldn't say "Gee I'm not going to shoot him, I've only got Ballistic Tips in my rifle." :mrgreen: I'd just put the crosshairs where they belong and gently send that bullet into the vitals!

Guy

Me too...I used them for quite a few years in a 308, then switched to the 168 grain BT....then moved from 308 to 30-06...have taken several deer with the 168 BT's in the 30-06....and only once has the bullet not exited the deer....and that was a head on shot (head down)....straight into the spine, lengthwise...the BT penetrated and destroyed over 12" of mostly bone...I did not find that bullet, but I'm certain it was there, just hidden in the mess of bone fragments...nothing will ever convince me that it "disintegrated"....the deer dropped instantly.

Don't launch them at more than 2,850 fps or so....and the Nosler Ballistic Tip will serve you well for all but very large or dangerous game.

Edited to add: My experience with them is limited to 24, 25, 27, 28, and 30 calibers...mostly 24 and 30.

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[super-7]

Not much to add although if loading in a savage or tikka with a box mag that long 165 gr BT may eat up a lot of case capacity if seated to function in the mag. I only load for one .308 so no expert but my buddy Dan had me load some for his wife last year and a 150 gr Sierra pro hunter over a nice charge of RL-15 did the trick on a nice fat mule doe. That flat base bullet seated nice and was not a compressed load. Just something to think about .

 

[Guy Miner]

You bet! 150's are also a good choice in the .308 Win. Can get some great velocity from them. I'm still pretty much a 165/168 gr kind of guy with the .308 most of the time.

Made an exception for Dani last year and loaded her whitetail ammo with the 125 Ballistic Tip. Zippy little thing, and deadly.

Guy

 

[Oldtrader3]

I mostly shoot 165 grain Partitions or Accubonds in the .30-06. Most 150 grain bullets tend to tumble inside game with my .30-06.