i was stunned by the amount of meat damage a factory load 140 Nosler Partition (7x57 Mauser) did to a whitetail last year... deer was perhaps 40 yards away. So for the 300RSAUM, I am searching for a reliable opener/deep penetrator that won't wreck too much meat when bullet hits bone. thanks for the many recommendations to date
The one thing that's certain is that every bullet will leave you thinking you could have gotten better results with something else from time to time. Partitions have a very long and successful track record. But they are not exempt from the rules. One of the messiest butchering jobs I've seen wasn't a wreck. Rather, it was a bullet which opened poorly, penetrated poorly, and, by slicing a deep artery, poured blood into multiple layers of what should have been edible meat. (And it was a highly regarded 'premium' bullet.)
