Your bullet was a fluke Tommy. Most partitions avg a 60 percent weight retention unlike an A frame which usually retains 90+ percent.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.The ones I have user retain 90 percent. 277 cal. I hope yours was just a fluke. Tommy Mc
The A-Frame is not totally bonded only the front core is the rear is not.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.
UnderstoodThe A-Frame is not totally bonded only the front core is the rear is not.
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.This thread is a fail without pics of said buck !
Scirocco?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
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.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.
That's one side of the conundrum isn't it?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
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!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.
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?Partitions are supposed to shed the front half. The rear is closed off to limit weight loss, and ensure penetration.
That's why I use good bullets too! I just dont like shooting copper bullets in my expensive custom barrels.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!
Your bullet performance was exactly as John Nosler designed it to be. Congratulations on the buck.
Gary
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.This was a galvanized water tank that was about 3/8s thick and it was a 250-grain partition.