I'm not sure why you'd want to just settle on one 300WM bullet for game from deer up to bear (grizzly or black?). Alot depends on the terrain you'll be hunting...wide open spaces call for high velocity and high BCs for flat shooting. Go heavy for caliber on bear, I recommend a 200gr trophy bonded bear claw or other similar bonded bullet. You could load down to a 130gr NP for whitetails.

For an any animal, one load, it would be hard to beat the 180grNP. Tough enough up close & still expands out beyond the 300yd mark.

Ill throw in a plug for the 190 gn interlock or a 200 gn accubond. Hard to go wrong with any of the afforementioned though.

For me, the choice is simple. A good, premium 180 gr. bullet loaded to between 3,000 and 3,100 fps. I prefer the Nosler Partition to all others, but you can't go wrong with Trophy Bonded, Swift A-Frame, Winchester Fail-Safe, or Barnes. Experiment until you find the one that shoots best in your rifle, then stick with it for all your hunting. It's really that easy and uncomplicated.....

AD

With a lead filled bullet I would go for a premium 200grs bullet.



You can get 2900f/s + with Re 25 at resonable pressure.

My first prick would be a Northfork with the Swift A frame, TBBC, Rhino as back ups. In the rifles I have tried them in the Northforks have been the most accurate by far.



If you're going for the massive copper ones my vote goes for a Barnes TSX in either 168 or 180grs. Both will penetrate anything they come across. I have only tested a few since they are not easily obtainable over here yet, but initial test have given nice groups.



I have never liked the rapid expansion of a NP. We hunt for the meat over here and the Partitions are not exactly meat friendly especially not at higher velocities.

I used to swear by th ePartition. However, I have recovered some that did not penetrate as well as I expected. Don't really know what stopped some of them, they just did not penetrate on angles where it should have been a definite pass-through.

THen this year, I had a 160 grain Partition turn itself inside out. It was shot from a 7x57 at about (2720 fps measured at 12', I would have to look at my notes to see the exact number). THe shot was in a moose at about 125 yards, so the velocity was definitely not too high. It killed the moose, but the pentration was poor and the jacket lost both cores. THe jacket split down to th ebase of the bullet and did not go very far.

I would still use the Partition on Whitetail,. but for anything bigger, I will use Triple Shocks. That is what I used on a Dall sheep this year. They are performing better thatn the original X's for me, so I think I am going to make the switch for anyhting bigger than a deer. Plus it looks like hte TSX's are consistenetly shooting VERY well in dozens of rifles owned and tested by me and a friend

I would try the 180 grain Hornady Interbond; cheaper than the Partition and should work as well or better.

I am loading 180gr Scirroco's @ 3380fps and 200gr A-Frame's @ 3200fps now. Impact difference is only 1" vertical @ 100 yards with both bullets averaging 3/4" to 1" groups. These bullets are costing me over $80.00 Canadian (thats over $1.60 each)for 50 where as for an example Nosler Partitions would cost me about $37.00 Canadian ($.75 each)for 50 bullets.

Why I'm stuck is that I was also thinking about the new bonded core bullets from Nosler like the 200gr Accubonds with it's .558 b.c. or Hornady Interbonds or should I quit messing around and go with Trophy Bonded Bear Claws which cost $45.00 Canadian ($1.80 each)for 25 bullets.

I think my problem is that I think to much.
Cam

A 200-grain Nosler Partition, Accubond, or other bonded core/dual core controlled expansion bullet of that weight.

I sure think the triple shocks will hold together! I cannot understand what happened to that 160-grain partition - sounds like it got turned completely around somehow! Of all the game I have shot with a partition over the past 40 years, I have only found 2 of them in a game animal, and both were fully mushroomed. The front cores were gone, for sure, but the jacket petals were folded back against the shank, and the remaining bullet was about 2X the bore diameter.