Performance Report - Nosler 300 Partition
 

I picked up 100 of these bullets some time last year. They are available to purchase, however, I'm not sure they are still produced.

While I was after Mr. Big, I could not come home without venison. My preference to take a large Whitetail doe and the opportunity arose for a close range, head on shot.

300 Nosler Partition
100 BH209
Knight Disc Extreme
15 yards

The retrieved bullet was in the left rear hind quarter. 232 grains of retained weight. No tracking was necessary.

The nosler has sure stood the test of time!

They are good bullets. But I have never had the opportunity to take a deer with them.

I have used them many seasons in the 6.5x55 and 7x57 with perfect success (9 one shot kills). I have not hunted much with saboted bullets (Hornady XTP years ago, and Barnes T-EZ recently) but the Partition is on my list now.

Nice to see, as I just bought 2 boxes for a smoking $25 deal (ea). Have you run them faster than the 100 grn? I need to work up a load in my CVA Optima Pro for elk.

I totally agree!!! I have tried many different bullets over the years and when I finally bit the bullet and tried to decide between Barnes Copper or Nosler Partitions. After doing some reading and investigation I decided to go with the Noslers because of one article that tested both bullets and found that the Nosler expanded over a wider range of velocities than did the Barnes - so Nosler it was. Then when I started ML I was really happy to find that Nosler made the Partition in bullets that I could shoot from my ML's. I stayed with Nosler Partition until Nosler decided to drop the Partition in the 44, 45, and 458 sizes. I still have a couple of boxes I rat holed, but I made the switch to Lehigh/Bloodlines and have not looked back.

This is the only Nosler Partition bullet I have recovered and it worked as advertised...





Outstanding bullets...

Wow!! That's some impressive results.

I have not run them faster.

100 grains of BH 209 and a 300 grain bullet is the sweet spot for me. I like the combo.

It will produce about a 13" drop at 200 yards. So if you're 2" high at 100, you'll be 11" low at 200 with plenty of energy. A fine Elk load in my book.

Deep Curl Substitute
 

All those fella that post about how the can't find Deep Curl bullets should use this Nosler bullet as a substitute, while they wait. The price is right, and the performance is better.

Yep, that's what I did:wink:

Ron...what sabot are you using on the Noslers?

My hunting rifle has a tight barrel; i use the crush rib sabot. For other rifles, i might use the Harvester short easy load high pressure sabot.

paul54

Remember the 45 cal. Nosler is a .451 bullet versus the standard .452 - I use HPH-24's in my Knights and in my Omega when I had it but it was an original Omega and really did not have the tighter barrel the newer TC's seem to have.

I shoot an Omega...should have mentioned that from the get go. I've had it about 10 or 11 years.

I have some HPH-24's that I use with Barnes TMZ's (Knights). The yellow ones that came with them were way too tight. I'll give those a try and get some Harvesters for 300 gr and under as backup.

Going to try some 45 Caliber .451 Diameter 230 Grain Gold Dot Hollow Points...heard lots of good thing about them on here but never tried them.

The 230g Gold Dot is designed to be shot from a 45 acp. It works great when shot at 900 fps. It is the bullet i use in my pistols. However, from a muzzle loader?????

The crush rib sabot is what i use in my Omega(s).

I appreciate the heads up. I've always bought bullets with sabots. Think I'll try some of the Noslers mentioned above and play with them. Thanks for the help.

Paul,

My advice is to purchase a variety of sabots. I often buy from Graf & Son's as the have Harvester sabots for $5-7 per 50. I know many are fans of MMP and you can do the same with their products.

I then try different combos to fine the best load. I suggest the Harvester Crushed Rib, Smooth for less that 300 and smooth for more than 300.

If you call Harvester, they will probably send you samples of all.

Thanks Josmund...appreciate the help. Have a Merry Christmas!

To confuse things a little more Nosler is now producing the " Jim Shockey Signature Series Ballistic Tip 300 gr. bullet" with a .458 diameter and sabots to match. in 15 bullet blister packs. Not much out on them yet. Midway and Cheaper Than Dirt have them on their website and one of the hunting magazines had an article on them recently.

I saw those on Noslers site...may have to give them a try sometime. IMHO, Noslers builds an excellent bullet. Thanks for the heads up!

Just so you know these are not Partition bullets - same bullet as the Nosler Ballistic Tips.

You bet. Used to reload lots of metallic. Shot Noslers, especially Ballistic Tips, all the time. Appreciate your message. Y'all have a Merry Christmas.