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6.5 mm Nosler Partition Performance Results
19 April 2008, 23:14
seafire26.5 mm Nosler Partition Performance Results
Had a discussion with someone the other day..
This is the performance that I got from a Nosler Partition last October on a 175 lb Oregon Blacktail...
The bullet was out of a Ruger Chembered in 260 Remington, and the load had an MV of 3350 fps...
The distance was about 110 to 120 yds...
Even after this, the deer managed to run 30 yds or so.. albeit in a buttonhook route...Shows how tough some of these deer can be....
oops, forgot to mention that it was a 105 grain SMP Partition, that is made for the Euro Market, but I picked up a couple of hundred as seconds at Nosler's Shooter's ProShop in Bend Oregon...
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20 April 2008, 02:51
Allan DeGrootWhat does the SMP stand for?
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20 April 2008, 03:36
SnellstromI'm taking a long shot with a faulty memory but I believe that is Noslers designation for semi-pointed.
I would like to have several hundred of those myself or the 100 grain regular pointed partition.
20 April 2008, 05:14
30378The 100gr 264 Partitions sold here are great deer bullets in my 260 with 41.5gr of Varget.
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20 April 2008, 10:44
Bobby TomekI used a 6.5mm, 125 grain Partition this past season to take a whitetail buck at 220 yards using nothing but a fireforming load for my 26" Match Grade Machine Contender barrel in 6.5mm Bullberry Imp.
The MV of the load, pushed by 39 grains of N160, is a sedate 2700 fps, but the accuracy is fantastic -- and that's why I chose to hunt with it. Typical 100 yard groups run around 0.5 MOA for 5 shots.
Some may wonder why I'd use a premium in a fireforming load, but the answer is simple: Thanks to a sale at the Shooter's Pro Shop, I picked them up for 9.95 per bag, which is cheaper that standard cup and core bullets.
Here is the buck. I don't have any autopsy photos available, but the terminal performance was excellent and put the buck down in his tracks.
I also used that same FF/Partition load tot ake the boar below. Again, terminal performance was excellent -- and the results were conslusive. ANd, in typical Partition fashion, the bullets exited in both instances.
Bobby
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20 April 2008, 11:33
Blair338/378Recovered quite a few 100gr BT's fired from a 264 WM out of 'roos........amazingly enough; not that many jacket core separations..........better bullet than you think
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20 April 2008, 11:53
Bobby TomekBlair 338/378 wrote:
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better bullet than you think
The Partition is STILL the standard by which other premium bullets are judged.
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20 April 2008, 20:36
sierra2Used a few of these in my .260 on Texas white tail and Axis doe. Very impressive, However, I still fall back on the 160 grain class 6.5mm slugs in the 6.5x54 and 6.5x57 for slamdunk deer performance.
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