Rost, I am no Partition fanboy, but the fact remains that bullet has killed millions of critters big and small. Allan Day even took a cape buffalo with a 180 partition out of a 300 win mag iirc.
I might also say your opinion on bullet performance is a bit fubar, given you get off on tracking critters..
So when you get about 12 inches of penetration on a Nilgai with it, and a 150ish pound whitetail can stop the bullet.... and a 225 pound ones neck can stop it, its the bullet you'd rely on in any circumstance?
I believe that says all it needs to say.
But I could care less what anyone else really uses, just like to point out what i've actually seen in bullet performance.
And yes I enjoy the trail and I"m not that lazy or worried if I have to trail one. And I can DRT one any day of the week if I really have the need to. Even with those horrible old Barnes bullets.