ORIGINAL: whitetailcrazy
I use 245 & 250 grain Barnes Spit-fire MZ & TMZ bullets. I use the 245 grain MZ in my Knight Disc, in front of 130 grains of pyrodex pellets. I use the 250 grain TMZ in my T/C Thumbhole Omega, in front of 130 grains of 777 pellets. I have had fantastic results!
Although the Nosler Partition bullet is a phenominal bullet, and if it flies good for you, don't change, it's a great bullet!!!
Pictured below is my 245 grain Spitfire MZ boat tailed bullet. I had shot a coyote with it and had seen where it had impacted the soil afte passing through the coyote!
Just like the barnes pictues, perfect expansion on something pretty small compared to a deer. I love the Barnes and am going to try the following after hunting season:
Barnes #45105 275g XPB BC of .141, usiing HPH12
Barnes Expander MZ 300g #45131 BC .207, using HPH12
Barnes Origonal 300g #457010 Spitzer SP BC .291, using MMP Orange
Barnes X-bullet 300g XFN 45832 BC .204, using MMP Orange
Barnes X-bullet 300g FB 45802 BC .235, using MMP Orange
I already know the TMZ don't fly for crap in my Savage 10ML2, because of the boat tail and not grabbing the sides of the ML well, but I have all these to try. I have bought the Flat Nose and the Origonals and the Expanders look like the FN, so I am going to forget them, only difference is diamater, so the .458 should shoot about the same and are only $16 for 20 instead of $26 for 24 of the Expander. Chap Gleason