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After years of hunting, it seems to me that some hunting bullets reliably do their job a little better than other bullets in the same calibers. For me, a couple would be the 115/257 Partition 270/150 Partition and the 30/180 Hornady Interlock. These bullets just seem to work 100% every time, all the time on game up to Elk under almost every conceivable condition.

A long winded way of asking, What are your workhorse bullets?

I’m curious because I’d like to hear about some of the newer options that I might not have worked with that maybe I should consider.

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You can’t go wrong with any bullet on light game if it hits the vitals. If I had to get down to one bullet, I would be a Nosler Partition.

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In 8mm and .308 dia I was always fond of plain ol' Remington Core Lokts. Never a benchrest bullet, but always reliable.


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.224 55 grain Sierra Gameking although the 60 grain Partition was a real killer out of a 22-250 on a schittload of deer for about 5 years.

.243 100 grain Sierra PH or GK. Have been using a 95 grain Partition for a few years and they work about the same as the Sierras on deer.

.257 117 grain Sierra PH or GK

.277 130 Sierra GK or WW PP

.284 140 grain Sierra GK or Nosler Partition. Getting ready to try some 120 Hornady HP.

.308 150 grain Hornady Interlock SP. Loading 180 grain Sierra RN for an '06 this year.

If I were narrowing it down to 1 bullet it would be hard to beat a Partition, haven't messed w any Accubonds but from my understanding they are basically a higher B.C. Partition in that they retain weight in about the same manner.

There have been plenty of others but I know the above work great on Midwest whitetails.


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NBT, Accubond, Partition


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6 mm gets Ballistic tips, 25 caliber I use Ballistic tips/ Sierra/ Barnes depending on velocity, 27 Ballistic tips, 7 mm Ballistic tips or Accubonds, 30 Ballistic tips or Scenar.
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.30-06 - 180 gr. Partition

.375 H&H - 270 gr. A-Frame


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Partition, interlock, grand slam,

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Prior to the introduction of the Barnes mono bullets.....it was the Nosler Partition. Presently I may give the nod to Hammer Bullets.

There are a couple of reasons that I’ve not gone to them “yet”! I already have loads developed and lots of Barnes bullets in stock and the Barnes TTSX and LRX have somewhat better BCs than do the Hammer bullets! memtb

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At sub-mag velocities, the Sierra GameKings just seem to work… and they are typically very accurate to boot.

Partitions and Accubonds probably belong in this category as well.

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Lots of good bullets out there, today it seems to be more of what bullet can you find.

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Had good success with the 30 caliber 165 grain Partition when I lived in the lower 48. Used it in a 308, a couple 30-06s and a lot in the 300 H&H. Using the 220 Partition in the 300 now.

The 120 grain Speer Hot Core did well for me in the 257 Roberts. I pick them up when I find them since they’ve been discontinued.

I’m a one bullet guy in the 35 Whelen. No need to look further than the 250 grain Partition.

Hornady 220 RN in the 30-40.

The old Speer 52 grain HP always worked well in my Swift for a fur bullet on coyotes.


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"The 120 grain Speer Hot Core did well for me in the 257 Roberts. I pick them up when I find them since they’ve been discontinued."

I've been trying to get that one to shoot in my M70 FWT in .257 Robt. So far not much luck. I didn't know they'd been discontinued. Bummer as they do shoot well in my 25-06 Ruger #1.

"I’m a one bullet guy in the 35 Whelen. No need to look further than the 250 grain Partition."

Yeah me too, only I'm running the 225 gr. TSX in mine. It's worked quite well on elk from 75 tards to 350 yards. Also, it's very accurate in my rifle.

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.277/150 gr. SPEER Grand Slam (current production)

Just respect its envelope and stay w/in it.

Outstanding $0.22/pop bullet.




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260 120gr Ballistic Tip
300 Savage & 308 165 NP
300 Mag 200gr NP
35 Gibbs & Norma Mag 280 Swift A Frame
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Some that are kind of my go-to bullets: .224 60 grain Sierra HP Varminter; .244 65 grain Sierra SGK; 6.5 mm 130 grain NAB in 6.5 X 55; .308 150 and 165 grain NBT and SGK in .308 Win; in .41 magnum 210 grain and .44 magnum 240 grain Hornady XTP.


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Originally Posted by mart
Had good success with the 30 caliber 165 grain Partition when I lived in the lower 48. Used it in a 308, a couple 30-06s and a lot in the 300 H&H. Using the 220 Partition in the 300 now.

The 120 grain Speer Hot Core did well for me in the 257 Roberts. I pick them up when I find them since they’ve been discontinued.

I’m a one bullet guy in the 35 Whelen. No need to look further than the 250 grain Partition.

Hornady 220 RN in the 30-40.

The old Speer 52 grain HP always worked well in my Swift for a fur bullet on coyotes.

I think I have a couple boxes of the 120 hot cors in the loading room, let me know if you need them.

The 6.5 140 accubond has always impressed me as a reliable killer, seen lots of mule deer and elk fall to that bullet.

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7mm08- 140 AB, Partition, 120 BT
7Mag- 14, 160 AB and Partition
6.5 CM- 139 Scenar, 130AB, 147ELDM


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Speer 120gr Hot-Cor - 25.06 ( No longer made but i have enough stock to last my lifetime, excellent on game performance)
Speer 120gr Hot-Cor - 260Rem ( No longer made but were very good performers on game)
Sierra 120gr Pro Hunter - 260 Rem ( Switched to these when the Speer ran out and they are very good deer killers no doubt)




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