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You are certainly consistent when it comes to partitions.

Over the last 10 years or so, I have used Barnes in .223AI and .22-250. In 7mm-08 and .308W have used Barnes, NBT's and Accubonds. They all ended up with 2 holes. None went very far and some fell where hit. I suspect a Partition would do the same.

I love the 257 120gr Deep Curl! Damn you, Speer!!

battue years ago after using other stuff ( still do now and then) I concluded I was in this to hunt and kill animals, not experiment with bullets.

I left that to the people whose job it was to do that sort of thing. The ballistic gack was always a secondary consideration,way down on the list of priorities.

The only bullet that would pull me off a partition was a BBC.

Today, if I specialized in shooting BG beyond 600 yards I can dig the high BC stuff (not closed minded to any of that)....shorter than that I have yet to see anything measurably better than the other two when it comes to killing animals.

Merry Christmas!

My thoughts exactly!

Merry Christmas Fred!

I have used a variety and all seem to give the same result when the bullet is placed where it needs to go. The one I seem to be loading most now is the Accubond. They are accurate, effective, and reasonably priced.

Merry Christmas back to all and lets pray we are all here again next year asking and answering the same question(s).

Don't quit guys, I was just kidding. I'm as quilty as the next.

in .270 and 30 al, I like the Nosler Balistic Tips... as stated... for deer

Sierras, Hornadys, or Ballistic Tips. Not a whole lot of difference in them in terms of terminal performance and all are generally accurate. And all will totally ruin a deer's day.

For deer:

Favorite in 7x57 is 175gr Hornady Interlock Spire Point. The 154 grainer works well too, and shoots flatter.
In 6.5x55 its 140gr Sierra Game King.
In 243 its the 105gr Speer Hot Cor.
In 30-30 Hornady 170gr FP.
In 308 we like 150gr Hornady Interlock Spire Point.
In 30-06 I have yet to find a 180gr cup/core hunting bullet that doesn't work well, including Speer, Hornady, Nosler, ans Sierra.
In 35 Whelen 250gr Speer Hot Cor.
44 mag 300gr Sierra JSP.
In 45-70 I like the 300gr Speer Uni-Cor, but any bullet works well on deer from a 45-70, including 400gr Speer JFP.
In 300 RUM its the 150gr Barnes TTSX.
375 H&H 270gr Speer or Hornady PSP.

85, 100 gr Nosler Partition in .243
130 gr Swift Scirrocco in my .264 Win Mag
130 gr Hornady Interbond in my 270 WSM
165 gr Nosler Solid Base in my .308
250 gr Barnes TMZ in my 50 cal ML

I've been shooting a lot of TTSXs the last several years. I have come to like them a lot. When deer do leave my sight they always leave easy to follow blood trails.

However, I will be the first to say that nothing I have tried has disappointed me so far. Any reasonable bullet, placed in the right general area has ended in a dead deer.

2506 115 nosler partition
270 130 nosler partition
308 150 gr speer hotcore or 150 winchester power point
3006 165 speer hotcore or 150 gr winchester power point

Ill never hunt long enough to kill more deer with something than I killed with the 130 blue box Federals for the 270... Not sure who makes that bullet (speer?) but it is boringly outstanding. the 110 TTSX has a heavy giggle claymore factor tho. 7mm08 is the 120 Fusion. 243 is a coin flip between 80 TTSX and the 95 gr NBT. When I used a 30-06 I loved a 180 RN. 300 Savage 150 Interlock. It took me enough years to finally figure out pretty much anything will drop a deer with authority if you can shoot straight LoL

The blue tipped mushroom, the deadliest mushroom in the woods

This was recovered from a doe that was ranged at 176 yds. It is a Barnes 250 gr. TMZ fired from my Savage 10ML with 66 grains of 4198 @2200 fps. She was quartering toward me on a ridge line. Hit in the shoulder, found the bullet in the far side ham under the skin. This was after her partner expired 10 mins. before in a thicket from the same bullet.

This was fired from my Browning Micro Hunter in 7mm08 into a controlled medium at 100 yds, although I have killed many deer with this bullet I have never recovered one. This is a Hornady 139 gr. GMX
Needless to say I am a fan of the monolithic bullet, they don't explode at high velocities, expansion is controlled and predictable, and because of this penetration is about as good as you get with a hunting bullet. I have killed slaughter houses full of deer with other bullets, just as dead. But many times there was a lot of meat damage, for someone that eats them, I'd rather not have that.

Sierra Pro-Hunters and Nosler Btips. Not expensive. Not flashy. They shoot well and kill stuff. Well the Noslers are a little expensive.

While you do pay a little more for the monolithic bullets it is not much especially if you reload. When you consider that you usually kill with one bullet, add that to 3 or 4 to sight in the cost is not crazy over the top. Trust me as a single income household, I am always looking for a way to save money, but
You can do lots of practice with either FMJ or cup and core bullet of similar weight if you want to practice.

I went to the Hornady sight. Looks like the cost of a monolithic bullet is about 10 cents more then the more common spire point. If you break that down into one season. A couple of shots for one or 2 deer, 3 to 4 shots to confirm scope is sighted. Somewhere around 60 cents more for one year of deer hunting.

What rounds and how fast?

DF

tsx barnes 165 in pre 64 30-06
tsx 130 in cooper 270
130 accubond in p 64 264 win mag
165 accubond in 300 win mag
120 partition in 25-06