Yes, the Partition is designed to expand rapidly in the front and punch through with the heel of the bullet. I' ve only shot 1 animal with them so I can' t speak from experience (except I got that elk so that counts I guess) but in theory they perform the best of both worlds. It' s the energy that is imparted into the animal that usually does a quick, shocking kill. The hole out the far side is only if the animal runs off so you have a good blood trail to follow and the animal will bleed out like if shot through by an arrow.

It' s partitions for me until they make a Partition with a balistic tip. That would be my perfect bullet. I hunt only deer, elk, bear (black) and cougars so I don' t need the strongest bullet but I don' t want a bullet that will explode either (like a balistic tip).