Nosler Partition Bullets What happens?

[JimPag]

The ones I have user retain 90 percent. 277 cal. I hope yours was just a fluke. Tommy Mc

Your bullet was a fluke Tommy. Most partitions avg a 60 percent weight retention unlike an A frame which usually retains 90+ percent.

 

[JimPag]

Unlike Swift A-Frame bullets, Nosler Partitions are not a bonded design. It is common and normal for them to shed a sizable portion of weight.

The A-Frame is not totally bonded only the front core is the rear is not.

 

[Tommie]

The A-Frame is not totally bonded only the front core is the rear is not.

Understood

 

[Orr89rocz]

Shot quite a few deer with the 100 grain 6mm remington nosler partitions. Never recovered a bullet. Just passes through. All 100 yards or less shots tho, never hit shoulder bones

 

[209jones]

Only ever recoverd two Partitions, one was a 140 7mm-08 out of a moose from about 150yds, stopped on the hide after breaking a rib on the way in and the offside. One was a 210 in a 338WM on a whitetail that entered the spine at the base of the neck head on, travelled about a foot down the centre of spine and stopped on the hide just coming out the top of the spine. most of the others had through and throughs with them on deer, elk and moose, couple on shoulder shots on elk and moose that still passed thru the offside at 100-200yds, could be a few that were in guts somewhere I didn't look for too.. It is a bullet I have absolute faith in, developed over about 38-39 yrs now. I wanted a few moose and elk planted right where they were, took full on bone shots as they were all I had, Partition did what was asked of it.

 

[Bojo]

This thread is a fail without pics of said buck !

 

[markT]

IF I POSTED SAID BUCK, THE ADMISTRATION WOULD WOULD DELETE IT BECAUSE I HAVE MY RIFLE IN THE PIC AND THEN I WOULD BE "ADVERTISING" THAT I OWN A RIFLE..

 

[209jones]

This thread is a fail without pics of said buck !

Wasn't much to look at, scored 121, my one hunting partner is a P&Y and B&C scorer. I can also add that one of my all time favourite shots was with a 210 Partition in the 338WM, first hunt with it, about 1990 or 91. Muley doe at about 150yds, walking away, in the back of the bean, saw the red mist in the scope, just the left ear, a piece of skin and an eyebal left in the skin, no bone above the neck left, none, nada, zilch, bones, etc were scattered all over the snow though. Within likely 1/2mi of the same spot a couple of yrs before that with the 140gr in the 7-08, same shot at ballpark 325-350 yds, hit neck 2" below skull, it jumped straight up, probably 6-7ft, did a backflip and splatted, I was impressed.

 

[Adam in WI]

This thread is a fail without pics of said buck !

How bout pics of a recovered Partition!?

 

[areaone]

I used 220 grain partitions on Giraffe (3) and worked fine..like a Hand grenade on soft tissue with pass thru on the partition. All from a 30 06. Never underestimate them. They work. Fantastic in 200 gr. On zebra also. You want them dead..this does it.

 

[choprzrul]

The weight came out of the front core, and I will add that near 100% weight retention is not always, or even often, better. As those little fragments of lead come off they are causing damage, damage to lungs if everything went according to plan.
I really wish they would put a boat tail on a partition to up the bc a bit. A high bc partition would be an excellent long range bullet because they can be made very soft, yet are still tough enough for shots that are close

Scirocco?

 

[snert]

According to the green beans in the PA game commission, that missing lead likely goes into every area of the deer meat, slowly killing every person who eats a donated deer burger, and the rest of it remains in the entrails to be eaten by every endangered bird on the continent, killing them too. There is simply NO OTHER EXPALANATION.

Sorry...couldn't help myself. Sorry also, to every other person who will be now tempted to respond and derail the post. Sometimes i say stuff I didn't need to say. So don't further my missive. Sorry OP.

So. that being said. back to the real topic

THE Partition is a fine bullet with a construction that does exactly what it is intended to do...dump energy but still penetrate reasonable sized game.

 

[Rem06]

Sometimes i say stuff I didn't need to say

lol, I have that exact symptom too! must be from eating all that lead!?

NP is like a berger up front followed by a solid.
i love -em both.

 

[gsardokla]

I get a kick out of guys who try to gauge bullet performance by shooting them into random objects like metal or wood blocks. There's no valid data to be had; you need a fluid medium to simulate flesh.

If cost were no object, much better to shoot a large ham or a huge beef roast. However, here in S. Oklahoma, good beef can go for over $15-17 per pound. We just use cup-and-core bullets and keep killing whitetails.

 

[sw282]

''Nosler Partition Bullets, What Happens?''
They K I L L

 

[Scrumbag]

Not a partition, but a 160gr accubond from 7mm rem mag. 20 in of penetration and recovered weighing 101.5 grains. 63% weight retention. It blew through the spine, lungs and neck of a West Virginia whitetail.

Passthroughs are great for blood trails, however when a bullet is recovered on the off side under the hide it means that it dumped all available energy into that animal. That's really what I want!

PGohil
WV

That's one side of the conundrum isn't it?

Put all the energy in the quarry or do you want a pass through for 2 holes meaning:

1) more chance of letting the blood out for dropping blood pressure
2) more chance of letting the blood out for trailing
3) much more surface area allowing air into the chest cavity (means lungs won't inflate) - and exit usually a lot larger than entry

I must admit, I like a pass through but each to their own

In terms of partition performance, sounds like it did what you want it to.
I have shot partitions in .223 Rem (60gr), .257 Roberts (120gr), 7x64 (175gr) and 9.3x62 (285gr)

All have worked well on deer (from Muntjac to red deer) and wild boar

Scrummy

 

[SeabeeKen]

I recovered a Partition Bullet form a buck I killed on Friday. 85 gr Nosler / I weighed the recovered bullet and it is 50.5 gr.
Where and what is the missing 35 gr?
Probably a real stupid question but I figured I throw it out there.

The missing 35 gr is in the meat and various other parts of the animal. There is an xray of a deer killed with a lead core bullet out there on the web. The lead shows quite well and looks like it was hit with a shotgun. This changed me to Barnes and then later to Hammer bullets. Bon Apetite!

 

[Turls]

Partitions are supposed to shed the front half. The rear is closed off to limit weight loss, and ensure penetration.

They are not "supposed" to shed the front half. I don't know why everyone insists this crap. If they were designed to do that then why doesn't Nosler itself advertise it? Ever see an add for NP with the front part of the bullet missing?

 

[Turls]

The missing 35 gr is in the meat and various other parts of the animal. There is an xray of a deer killed with a lead core bullet out there on the web. The lead shows quite well and looks like it was hit with a shotgun. This changed me to Barnes and then later to Hammer bullets. Bon Apetite!

That's why I use good bullets too! I just dont like shooting copper bullets in my expensive custom barrels.

 

[Turls]

Your bullet performance was exactly as John Nosler designed it to be. Congratulations on the buck.
Gary

This was a galvanized water tank that was about 3/8s thick and it was a 250-grain partition.

Weird, I tried this with a 30-30 on a plastic 5 gallon bucket and it couldn't make it through that. A 170 grain powerpoint expanded much better, penetrated much better and retained more weight. NP are overrated.