If one is shooting at normal deer hunting ranges and wants a premium bullet, you could always go with the Nosler Partition.. can't shoot them worth squat out of the box, but with just a bit of work with a utility knife you get a 98gr Partition which shoots pretty well. grin

The base 1.04" Partition shoots groups ranging from 5" to 8" at 100 yards. The .915" Partition with the tip cut off was shooting around 1.5" groups out of two pre-1960 250-3000's.

Originally Posted by Calhoun
1) a 1.04" long stock 100gr Nosler Partition
2) a .915" long Nosler Partition which has had the lead nose cut off and now weighs 98.3gr.
3) a .85" long Nosler Partition cut down by one of our favorite campfire members and now weighs 96gr.
4) and a .835" long 87gr Speer Hot Core.

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Last edited by Calhoun; 06/12/17.
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