BW, Thank you. Mike, I have used Partitions almost exclusivly for the last 15 years. I'm not sure how many animals I've taken with them but it's probally pushing 75 to 100. (We have very liberal deer limits in Va.) I have recovered 5 partitions in that time and I have them all. In each case the recovered bullets jacket peeled back to the partition and retained about 50% of it's original weight. Exactly what it was designed to do. Each recovered bullet was under the hide on the off side of the animal taken. Each looks just like a magazine advertizement with perfect mushroom. Most of the time mine too blow right thru deer which is fine with me. Calibur size entry wound, 2X calibur exit wound, (big time blood trail if needed). I guess you can tell I am a beliver in Nosler Partitions. They simply perform flawlessly. I have also been able to get exceptional accuracy with handloads. I have played around with other bullets and hunted with a few thru the years and taken some game with them. There are some other very good bullets out there. Some are probally just as good as partitions but I don't believe any are better. For big game especially critters larger than a whitetail I'm shooting partitions !! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />