Jimimac
I really don't think a Nosler Partition handgun bullet is going to come apart at muzzleloader speeds, due to how it's built.
You are correct! Here are two recovered Nosler's both path throughs. The .451/260 recovered from the tree behind the whitetail I shot @ 75 yards (1860 fps muzzle) and the .458/300 from the elk@ 176 yards. There was still a small piece oflead left in the tip of the 260 when I got it out but it fell out when i cleaning it up in the sink. You can see the lead in the tip of 300...
I think both bullets held together very well, as they are designed to do, + did a tremendouse amount of hydrostatic to the internals as they passed through.
