Did these recovered Nosler Partitions perform correctly?

[huntnphool]

My daughter is shooting the 140gr. 7mm-08 Partition on her late hunt next month, if she gets one and we can retrieve the bullet I will post it for you to compare.

My brother and I are using the partions next month in Montana as well, our typically go through but if we can get them I'll post them for you too.

[C-Money]

Thanks Phool, that will be interesting to compare. If my wife gets a shot at a spike, I guess I will not worry about it, I still thik the Partition will work. Hope we find out!

[huntnphool]

Thanks Phool, that will be interesting to compare. I my wife get a shot at a spike, I guess I will not worry about it, I still thik the Partition will work. Hope we find out!

 No problem, I'm shooting a 7mm and have yet to not pop a hole all the way through but my brother is shooting a 100gr. .243 partition while my daughters is a light load 7mm-08, my brother regularly gets his bullet back and I'm better my dauhgter will too if she is fortunate enough to tag something.

 I have never had to hit an animal twice with one so to this point I am pretty happy with them, as several others have said, dead is dead.

 

[Atroxus]

Trust me, I hear all your words about the buck being dead. The 140gr partition from the 7mm-08 droped him in his tracks, Dead as dead can get. I wish they held together is all. MRS C-Money will be elk hunting with the same load, and sure want the bullet to mushroom , hold together and drive deep. I hope you folks understand what I am getting at, two bucks are dead, they both dropped like a sack of potatoes, and we are very excited people to have harvested two bucks. I am just not sold that the extra money is well spent to buy a box of 50 Nosler Partitions vs buying a box of 100 Hornanday interlocks for the same money. I found my 150 Interlock from my 30-06 in my spike bull a few years back, it held together, mushroomed fine, bull went a few more steps before I watched him fall over.

So the partition killed the animals faster, but you want a bullet that looks better when recovered and allows the animal to stagger a few more steps before it dies? This is what confuses me.

[C-Money]

Atroxus, I do not think I can make it any more clearer than in my last post. Sorry I failed to make what I am getting at understandable. I think I am gonna drop the subject as I dont see why to continue. 

[Atroxus]

Atroxus, I do not think I can make it any more clearer than in my last post. Sorry I failed to make what I am getting at understandable. I think I am gonna drop the subject as I dont see why to continue. 

Oh my bad, I think I missed your latest post when I clicked reply.

[Curly]

This article might be of interest to you:  link

Here is a quote from the article:

whilst the Nosler Partition bullet, especially when encountering heavy resistance within the animal, will be found with only the rear section of the partition remaining.

Logically speaking the question should be asked how soon the expanded front section of the bullet is lost. Ideally one would expect the bullet to keep its expanded front section for most of its path through the animal, thus delivering a large wound channel.

The website in the link has quite a few pics of recovered bullets.

[C-Money]

Thanks Curly! I will read this! Maybe the bullets did what they were designed to do after all!

[C-Money]

After reading the article and looking at pictures of other Nosler Partition bullets, looks like my bullets performed just fine. Some of the Partitions in the photos looked very similar to my bullets. I am not the first guy to find only the rear section of a Nosler Partition bullet in a game animal. Great read, thanks again Curly!

[Guy]

C-Money, have been using Partitions since the 1970's. Normally I don't recover them, as they tend to pass on through the animal.

The rear portion usually hangs together nicely, like yours did. The front tends to either expand nicely into a classic mushroom, or quite often expands, then comes apart inside the animal inflicting a lot of damage while doing so. The front of the Nosler Partition is normally pretty "soft" and expands very rapidly in most cases.

Interestingly, Nosler changes the location of the Partition depending on the anticipated use of the bullet. Bullets designed for deer hunting typically have the partition fairly well back, with a lot of "front" section avail to expand. Heavier Partitions designed for bigger game have the partition farther forward in the bullet, for less expansion and a longer/heavier rear section for deep penetration.

I like the way they work, and am impressed with their accuracy as well. Have also started using the Accubond, last year, and it too delivered impressive performance - although again - I failed to recover it as it went right on through the bear I shot.

I'm happy with most of the bullets on the market now. We're living and hunting in a time of tremendous availability of various different bullets for hunting. Many, many good choices exist. I am though, a pretty well confirmed user of Noslers in most cases, though I've tried quite a few different bullets over the years.

Regards, Guy

[DOUBLELUNG]

A pretty mushroom is really nice - and sells bullets.  However, the purpose of the partition is to ensure what you have there - the non-expanding portion stays intact and penetrates the critter shot.  I've recovered about equal, beautiful mushrooms 200+% diameter, and "cores" like those.  They both perform great - leave all the energy in the target and ensure a significant penetration by the base.  If you hit bone, you get the tubular base, if it is all soft tissue (or just rib), you are likely to get a pretty mushroom.

[Guy]

Nosler Partitions:

[C-Money]

Great additional info everyone, Thanks! Guy, those are great partition pics! I shoot the 140 Accubond in my 270, and have killed quite a few deer with them. All have been pass through, never found an Accubond.

[ducksoup]

I've killed several deer with my 7-08 and the 140 Partitions and any that I recovered looked very similar to the pics. I thought the same thing you did, "why no perfect mushroom" than I happened to read the Nosler info and they state that Partitions retain approx. 2/3rds of their original weight so I weighed mine, all between 90 and 100 grains, yep, 2/3rds. All dead deer including my oldest sons first deer, a nice 3x4 mulie. I've stuck with Partitions and they've never let me down.

[hillbilli]

keep in mind that part of the reason the partition is as quickly fatal as it is, is because the front is soft, and does partially fragment. if you want perfect mushrooms, and a partition shaped bullet where the front of it is a tougher bonded core for bigger animals, well they make it, its called a swift A frame...