I have always been a Nosler holdout but it is hard to ignore the evidence. I just got back from 2 weeks in the Kalahari. My son shot 6 species with a 180 gr Federal 30-06 load and all were "Bang Flops". I did as well with the Nosler partition but we only recovered one TSX-no Noslers. The recovered bullet was shot through the thoracic inlet of a hartebeest and into the skin of the abdomen on the other side. When we weighed it it was 179 gr and perfectly pealed back. He shot a gemsbuck at 260yds and got a pass through the ribs taking out the heart and not touching the bones. One bullet was deflected by brush and he wounded a hartebeest that was not recovered. Trackers followed a blood trail for 100yds and it disappeared. Blue and black wildebeest, kudu, Blesbuck, hartebeest and gemsbuck all succumbed to this effective bullet
I'm very impressed by the performance and plan to make up some loads for my 9.3x62.
Last edited by drducati; 06/20/09.
