Personally I shoot a 180 grain partition at an MV of 3200 (.308 diameter). With this I have 14 one-shot kills in a row, on animals from 100 to 800 pounds (not counting a 5500 pound hippo when I ran out of heavy rifle ammo) and ranges from 50 feet to 275 yards.
The nice part about it is I can simply ignore all other bullets and ignore trajectory as far as I care to shoot. I don't care about impact velocity. All these bullets but one have exited the animal. None have disintegrated.
Cost? It seems foolish to worry about the cost of a bullet when you consider all the other costs of a hunt.
I like the Nosler Partition too and the extra cost is negligible compared to any other expense associated to hunting. In the total it does not even figure.
Which caliber do you use ?
Do you hand-load or use factory rounds ?
Is 3200 a measured muzzle velocity ?
Thanks
