Early Nosler Partitions

[Adam in WI]

I bought a few boxes of 6mm Partitions from a member here. Some 95 grain spitzers and some 100 grain semi spitzers. Turns out they are the yellow box screw machine made bullets. Anyone have a comparison of these versus the newer style bullets? I'm not worried, as I seldom shoot deer much over 100 yards, but inquiring minds want to know.

 

[CaptainMal]

Do know that the old style worked. If the big bear and many deer I killed with them back in the 1970's could talk?

Then again they can't because my old Partitions worked.

 

[Rick300]

Don't know about the new ones, but the old ones work great and are my goto bullet for hunting.
What's changed?

 

[TheOtherZilla]

I have some here in a few calibers. Elk, Deer and Antigoats can't tell the difference.

 

[Lonny in ID]

No comparison personally, but I've known guys that hoarded the screw machine version of the Partition.

 

[GotRDid]

I have a few boxes of them in various calibers from that era. They were certainly superior to most bullets of the day, and likely still better than many of today’s offerings.
GotRDid.

 

[Adam in WI]

I've no doubts they'll work fine. I thought it'd be an interesting discussion comparing old to new; accuracy and terminal performance.

 

[wboggs]

I bought a few boxes of 6mm Partitions from a member here. Some 95 grain spitzers and some 100 grain semi spitzers. Turns out they are the yellow box screw machine made bullets. Anyone have a comparison of these versus the newer style bullets? I'm not worried, as I seldom shoot deer much over 100 yards, but inquiring minds want to know.

I used them for years in the 50s, 60s, early 70s in a variety of calibers. They are a little less accurate than the new ones and ballistic coefficient is a little lower. They made some semispitzers that are better on large game than the new design. Keep your range around 300 or less and you will love them. These are the bullets that built the Nosler reputation.
Good hunting.