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Ok. I'm lost.

In what way is a Partition NOT a soft point? One with the partition yes....but still a thin "skinned" soft point in front unless I completely am missing the info I read.

Opens up AND penetrates hence the opinion of "a lot" of it's superiority to a great many bullets.

Not arguing. I've never shot a Partition...yet but the reason was not because of it's construction.

God Bless

The difference it that a Partition...is partitioned. That is, the front part of the bullet will expand just like a soft point. However, the rear part (or partitioned part) of the bullet is enclosed in the copper jacket. The bullet is only allowed to expand to a certain point...by design. This results in less expansion overall, but better penetration over a standard cup-and-core bullet...generally.

Don't know if that makes sense. Hope it helps.

Lots of people use this bullet for deer. My all time favorite is the 95g Partition, I like the 243 with 43.0g of IMR or H4350 with the 95g partition as good as a 308. We killed some HUGE Nebraska corn fed white tails with this combo at 300-350 yards, NONE traveled over 30'.

I've recently been carrying some around in a 240 Weatherby, but I've not unleashed it on anything yet.

Cookie, my wife, uses 85 grain Sierra's in a 6mm Rem, and has had no complaints from mule deer or pronghorn.

95 gr NBT's will hammer any deer you wanna hunt. Worry more about shooting straight and how hard the drag will be...... They made a 243 lover out of a former 243 hater.

95 gr Nosler Ballistic Tip is the most accurate hunting bullet I've ever used from my old 6mm Remington.

It's also proven deadly as all get out on mule deer and whitetail. My son finally recovered one from a buck in 2013, shot at only 70 yards, in the chest. It was recovered from the ham, right under the skin.

Other than that, they've all penetrated completely, and dropped deer instantly.

Guy

Don't think I recall any bullet ever receiving 100% positive reviews on the 'fire. But this may be the one!

Have to add that I loaded up some of the CTBT 95's for a little Rem. 600 that's going to my grandson. 5 shots under .5" at 100. Took one doe this year with it just for old time's sake. 178 yard shot, behind one shoulder and out through the off-side shoulder = DRT.
He's 5 and will be getting this rifle soon. Along with 100 rounds of hand-loads from me. Can't wait to see the look on his face when he sees his 'new' rifle!

Not to be a thread hijacker but I was reading a thread that had this gem just before I looked at this thread.

Originally Posted By: gunswizard
They're probably the girlymen who insist on hunting deer with varmint rifles, .223,.243 etc.

.243 is only good for varmints. Who woulda thunk it ?

Um, which thread, in which forum ?

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Another gem:



The last varmint I killed with a 243 was a large boar, with a 95 grain Ballistic Tip too!

I have a bunch of deer to apologize to, maybe they won't be so dead if they know they aren't varmints...

All the fine venison meals I have eaten thanks to a .243 or 6mm must have been figments of my imagination and the more than 750-800 whitetails my late uncle and my dad have combined to kill with a .243/6mm not to mention the boxcar loads of deer we have killed with smaller calibers like the .17 Remington, .222, .223 and .22/250 must be phantoms of the ethereal mists too.

I guess that is what we get for not consulting the eggspurts on selecting a proper deer rifle.