Originally Posted by 308ld
Originally Posted by 10gaugemag
Originally Posted by noKnees
I have a 250Ai and tried a few bullets 110NPT, 110 AB, 100BT 100g hornady and 100g sierra. I shot one bear and a bunch of deer with it. All the bullets kill deer just fine. but I mostly just shoot 100BT seconds. I havent caught a 100BT and they do enough damage but don't make a mess. Surprisingly the 100NPT seems the softest of the bunch. lots of damage (too much for my taste) and I caught two on broadside shots at deer. The shank in that one is very short and the front very soft.
No surprise. The front of a Partition is about as soft of lead as you will find.

It's all in the design.

Here is 100g 25cal. partition from a .257 Roberts. Whitetail, quartering away L to R, 153yds, shot tight behind the right shoulder, caught under the hide of the off side shoulder.

Impact at about 2800fps, retained 64.2g. Mushroom to .445.

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Yep,typical Partition performance and typical weight retention.


Front part of bullet smeared away, all part of the design and why they usually kill pretty quick.


Actual wider than how a Partition usually expands. That's well over 1.5x expansion. Normally the front of the jacket is laid back almost flat to the remaining shank.

Last edited by 10gaugemag; 01/31/23.
The last time that bear ate a lawyer he had the runs for 33 days!