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Deer are funny that way. I shot about 10 that never took a step. then the 5 or 6 all ran, at least some. Last year I shot 4 deer, and none moved an inch from where they were shot. Some run, some don't.

The fastest, kill I made was with a .270win and rem CL 130gr. That deer was on it's back with its legs in the air at the shot. Stone dead.

After you have shot a lot more deer, you will find the "anchor effect" is only a term thats been used too much...It just cannot be "depended" upon, and be careful about letting a kill or two impress you....

Strive for a bullet that gives you two holes and a good blood trail, even at the expense of traveling a bit further..Also you will not waste as much less meat and you will recover all your deer. I personally would stick with the Nosler Partition or the corelokt.

In over 150 big game kills the only trend that's come up more often then not on medium game is the fact that high velocity expansive pills are the most cosistent at putting game down at impact. Some don't believe it(I could really care less), but I've killed dozens of medium game animals that fell on the spot with plain rib/lung impacts with fast expansive pills. That rule doesn't apply to larger bodied game. I've seen Bull elk and large boar stand there like nothing happened regardless of the bullet and velocity. My theory on the matter is that the smaller animals are temporarily paralized from the shock and dead before they come around.

I agree on the two holes concept. You can have the best of both worlds with bullets such as the NPT, NAB, IB, SS, etc....



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These rounds shot more accurately out of my 270wsm X-bolt than any other I have tried. 1.25-.75 moa it depends on me. they shoot to .5 in a lead slead. As far as terminal peformance all I can say is WOW!! 3 shots all dead in there tracks. 2 pass throughs at about 160yds. And to my suprise on the 3rd deer(large doe) bang flop on a liver shot at 225yds! Not where I intended to hit shot was offhand and deer was back into the woods. these rounds are also accurate in my BAR 30-06 150gr. I see that wichester has realeased these in 180 for 30 cals. I cant wait to try these. Great price excellent performance.

The recoverd bullet was completly in tact in a wide mushroom. measured weight was 121gr. Bullet was in the offside hide right before the ham.

I shot three deer and a hog with them from my 270 this year all exited and all kissed dirt at the shot. One of the shots was 16 yards through both shoulders of a doe. Exit was 1" and had blown out lungs all over the place.

It sounds like they are a good bullet. I can barely beat their accuracy with my reloads. I still have a few boxes of them to use up so I may use them on deer one day.

This is an interesting observation and I have seen pretty much the same thing over the years...medium weight Nosler Partitions of 130 to 165 gr weight driven from cartridges like the 270,280,7/08,7 mag,30/06,etc have always given me so many "easy" kills on deer of all sizes (from dinks to giants)that I just "expect" it.

While I'm certain other bullets do equally well,it is hard to beat the combination of rapid expansion and deep penetration provided by the Partition;and why I am a bit perplexed at guys running around trying this bullet and that,searching for the "perfect" deer bullet when it has been staring them in the face for over 50 years,especially if your deer run on the big side.

And they work as well at distances out to 500 yards through soft tissue as they will through the shoulders of a 300 pound buck at spitting distance. The fact that they have no "plastic tip",or are not a thin jacketed "blow-up" bullet should be of no concern to anyone with any experience.And yes I have had plenty of these mythical "DRT's" from Partitions that are supposed to be the sole province of thin-jacketed, hollow point target bullets today....

I too thought at one time that a 300 magnum of some sort would be superior on deer-sized stuff at long range in places like Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, and have used them for that purpose.....but over the years I learned that,while they certainly "kill", they don't kill deer sized game any better than stuff in the 270,280, 7 mag class,and recoil a lot more,so I have just forgotten about them altogether for that purpose.

does anybody think they will make the bullets for use to reload them or they will be like the xp3