One of the advantages the Nosler Partition has is, after initial expansion, the pedal peals back and acts like an ad hock solid. Many new bullets retain their weight well but have a very large frontal area that hinders penetration. I have not recovered any Barnes solid copper bullets so I can not speak of them. I have shot several pickup truck loads of deer, elk and antelope with the 200 grain Partitions and they all, but one, performed flawlessly. The one "failure" was a large mule deer buck that the bullet stopped in. The expansion was textbook conventional bullet mushroom. The frontal core did not drop away and the pedals did not fold back, thus stopping the penetration. Great looking bullet though.
Last edited by stuvwxyz; 08/01/19.
