Originally Posted by Firestorm


It really doesn't matter what all of you believe to me. This is what happened and I found the bullet where I said I did. I was there, you weren't. Obviously the bull was dead from the second shot so I was able to recover the first bullet. Time and place- Selway-Bitterroot wilderness area in Idaho 1985. Geez, someone doesn't agree with your opinions of a bullets performance and the insults start. How about-"odd, it shouldn't do that", but no, here come the "bs" claims. Now, the next bull I shot was with a 250 gr. Grand Slam, and both shoulders were broken. Kinda what one would expect from a .338.
The guide service was Moose Creek Outfitters, now long defunct.


Firestorm I don't think anyone doubts that you saw what you saw...or that it happened.But as WinM70 points out,one bad example does not tell us much about how bullets perform across a spectrum.

I doubt the insults were directed at you..just people's way of expressing "doubt".....just that there is collectively a lot of Nosler Partition "experience" on here,dating back decades;likely far more than even your elk guide has,and given the tens of thousands (100's of thousands?)of animals those bullets have taken over 6+ decades,(everything from elephant down,actually)they have a proven track record for very consistent and reliable performance.

So, folks may collectively be a bit underwhelmed with what one guide thinks of Nosler Partitions because such statements fly in the face of their own experience. smile

Last edited by BobinNH; 02/02/13.


The 280 Remington is overbore.

The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.