Partitions are and continue to be the standard. If your rifle shoots them, use them! I used them in Africa out of my 300 Weatherby with great results. That said the locus of this thread included Sierras, which I would never use on anything except varmints at any speed in any caliber.

A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”