For deer shooting, (I don't own a "DEER RIFLE"-don't use factory loaded ammo, either), I have used, over the past50 years, the 6mm/284, the 6.5X55, the .270 Winchester, the 7X57mm Mauser, the 7mm Rem. Mag., the .30/40 Krag (loaded UP in a Ruger No. 3), the .308 Win. the .30/'06, .308 Norma Magnum (caribou) and the .358 Winchester in modern arms; plus, the .50 and .54 caliber in muzzleloaders with both conicals and round balls. Oops!! Forgot the 20 and 12-gauge shotguns!!

As you can well imagine, each of these calibers performs a little differently from one another, except for the 308/.30/'06, which are as alike as peas in a pod!!

With the Nosler Partition bullets, I have only found two inside an animal-one was in a black bear, and the other in a 250-pound mule deer. In both cases, these bullets went through A LOT of muscle and bone before stopping. All the others went completely through! Except for two mule deer I killed with Sierra bullets (one bullet per!), every game animal I ever shot was killed with a Nosler Partition bullet. This includes bear, deer & elk........ Today, there MAY be better bullets than the Nosler Partition. BUT I still use them, since they are GOOD ENOUGH for anything up to and including Cape Buffalo!