Yes, as BIG says. the Nosler Partition will NEVER blow up - I've shot elk in the neck vertebrae with a 175-gr 7mm Partition at 30 yards, and the bullet went back into the chest cavity and out behind the off shoulder after blowing the neck bones to pieces. However, you CAN dent the nose which is soft lead. Of course, the Barnes X types won't dent, or blow up either. I think the new Nosler Accubonds might do what you want also-at least, they have hard noses and bonded cores.....