ORIGINAL: HuntAway
Thanks for your thoughts Dave.
Yes the PR is a solid lead bullet. Not jacketed.
I once did a bullet test with the Partitions and the PR plus a few other bullet types. It was the same test the Chapman didshooting into a bucket of tamped black earth length ways. The PR passed through the bucket and lodged in a 2x6 I had behind it. It expanded to about 1" dia.
The Nosler, on the other hand, passed through the bucket and the 2x6!
Both shoot extremely well in the Omega.
Accuracy is king, penetration is queen, expansion is prince and shoot thru is princess. You need all 4 for a great hunting bullet. The all lead, expand wellbut don't penetrate as well as the Nosler. In my mind your test was conslusive on penetration and the fact that the head of the Nosler can't expand beyone the bar going between the head and the base of bullet on the bottom. I think the Nosler is better than an all lead bullet and if it is accurate in your gun, that is the better bullet. Anything over 300g is good for elk and moose, and as Cayugad said Jim Shockey from up your way (Canada) has shot all the great bears and all the big game of No America with the 300g Nosler and 100g of powder. I don't know if he shot his Cape Buffalo with a 300g Nosler, but honestly it wouldn't surprise me if he did.
Terminal performance of the Nosler is proven with over 50 years of great hunting performance, the Dead Centers don't have that proven track record.
Go with the Noslers, they are the better Terminal Performance bullet. Chap Gleason