10 September 2006, 09:32
helidriver72Wanted: Nosler Partition Gold .308 180 Grain Moly Free
Will gladly buy these bullets from anyone that wants to get rid of them.--JM.
10 September 2006, 10:27
grizzIf you're refereing to the black coating on the P gold bullets, it's not moly. Lubaloy or lubalux is what it's called. Nobody knows what it consists of, nearest guess is some sort of plastic paint.
10 September 2006, 11:58
helidriver72Thanks shopcart
Grizz thanks for the reply but it does say moly free right on the box.
10 September 2006, 18:27
Mke / TxUnless it just has to be the PT Gold, you might look here, and they also at times offer the Gold as well,
http://www.noslershop.com/cgi-bin/virtualcatalog/Catalo...ets&displayNumber=5512 September 2006, 04:05
jcunclejoeGrizz, the Partition Gold was indeed coated with a moly coating. The Ballistic Silvertip was coated with the Lubalox as was the Failsafe. The Partition Gold was also offered as a moly free which is what helidriver72 was asking about. "Moly Free" was part of the product description. I worked at Nosler for 6 years and designed the tooling that made the Partition Gold product line.
Just wanted to clarify a little.
Thanks
Joe
12 September 2006, 04:36
helidriver72Hey jcunclejoe why did they discontinue the PT Golds?--JM.
12 September 2006, 08:45
krakyThat is some unbelieveable tough moly. This summer Midway had a hell of a deal on bulk 150gr .308 partition molly. $4.99/50 I tried taking the molly off by soaking in pure ammonia for about 5 minutes and it barely touched the coating.
I figured it was a waste of time so I shot 'em as is and they shot great....especially out of my .308 bar. Now when I clean the gun I get lots of black patches but I guess I'm not gonna worry about it. I think I have one hell of a potent whitetail combo for Wisconsin hunting which is usually under 100 yds shooting.
12 September 2006, 10:30
grizzThanks uncjoe, I wasn't aware of that, I stand corrected. I would bet that some time in a vibratory tumbler would remove the moly.
13 September 2006, 20:11
jcunclejoeNo trouble at all on the info. I loved that job and made sure I knew everything about the products. I needed that though, since I filled in on the customer service tech line when Mike Harris went to lunch and on vacation.
The Partition Gold was a little over complicataed and it was not properly marketed. It should have never been sold as a moly coated bullet, moly doesn't belong on a hunting bullet.
It was a joint project with Winchester and I think they lost interest. It really just didn't sell that well. It was and is an awesome bullet, being a little bit more of a partition than the original partition. It expanded at a little lower velocity, held together better at higher velocity, and made a larger, longer wound channel. It was great but lack of proper marteting killed it.
The moly coating Nosler used is very tough and a proprietary process developed specially for that product. I think I remember it was sprayed on and baked but I can't be sure.
I don't know if the tumbler would take it off or not, maybe with some aggressive rouge.
Thanks guys.
Good luck with your search for bullets.
Joe