Thanks Joel for not letting us know you were more than a beginner. Had I known that I wouldn't have wasted time starting from the beginning and would have began at a more appropriate point. Seems like quite a few people start out like newbies, then come "out of the closet" later on. Honesty and forthrightness are other things that todays people have tossed out with the baby on the net AND in real life.
You're right Swifty, all rifles have their own agenda and it's up to the shooter to work through it...and NO ONE likes the "truth", whatever THAT is.
The Partition is a hunting bullet so "LIKING" is a relative term...my 338-06 doesn't "LIKE" ANY partition as far as MY ACCURACY LEVEL is concerned...>3/4" 3 shot groups...more like 1 1/2 to 2" depending on the weight, velocity...and I've tried all the different weights. This goes for my 30 cals also, but the 375 cal, 260 gr Parts shoot VERY WELL in my 375 H&H...1" or less for 5 shots, but I shoot 300 gr in that most of the time. I haven't tried the 375 cal 300 gr Parts yet...
Part of this "not liking" is because of the long throat of the 338 and part is because of the Partitions construction. Nosler has gotten MUCH better in later years...I have some very early 180 gr 30 cal Partitions that won't go below ~2 1/2" in my 30'06 or 300 WM but they still kill anything I hit...and there are usually ways to work out the kinks if the shooter wants to.
I live a couple hours away from Nosler and drive up there several time a summer on ratting trips and to pick up "seconds". You have to understand how bullets are made and what they do when the line goes out of spec.
The odds are you will get a bag of bullets that are every bit as good as the commercial boxed versions at half the price, but once in a while hit "the bad spot" and get a few that are totally FU...but for the price I don't complain at all.
I shoot more Noslers than any other bullet just because I live so close, the bullets are great and much cheaper than Hornady or Sierra...I have more bullets than I will EVER SHOOT in the bullet cupboard...in EVERY caliber...I've done switch barrels for cartridges I'm not all that enthusiastic about just because I got a good deal on a couple thou Nosler bullets and couldn't pass them up. DUH hahahahahahaha
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