Really appreciate the wealth of info here! Nice to know there are good alternatives to the partition. They seem to be hard to find.
I wouldn't work too hard trying to find them. I've done a lot of reading over the last few years about good bullets for 22cal rifles and deer hunting. I've also killed a few with the little Hornady I mentioned above. I found a lot more complaints about accuracy issues with Nosler's 22cal medium game bullets and this has also been my experience. I've never found a very accurate load with the 60gr Partition or the 64gr BSB. Nosler 55gr BTs seem to get rave reviews in the accuracy dept, but not in toughness for deer hunting. I love Nosler bullets and use them in most other calibers, but I've decided to stick with Hornady, Barnes, and Sierra for my 22cal needs.