Updated Partition bullet

[ddd-shooter]

I would love an updated partition. Until then, classics for me. Where I hunt, never shoot past 200 anyway

 

[Ringbill27]

The front of the terminal ascent bullet is bonded. Very little fragmentation

Ooo did not know that.

 

[Gen273]

Yep, it’s called the accubond. Theres simply no longer any need for the Partition design with bonded cores and controlled expansion jackets.

The Accubond is a great bullet, and I have killed many animals with it.

However, in my opinion, there is undoubtedly still a clear place for a Partition. But I admit I am partial, as the Nosler Partition is probably my all-time favorite big game bullet. They have done everything I have asked of them all over the country, and that is across many years.

 

[Tmac]

Well Federal added a tip to its Fusion line. Why not add one to a partition and streamline it a bit. Be a winner in my book as long as it remained not bonded. While we are at it, add a tip to some Bergers please.

Most of my rifles shoot partitions well and I really like how they perform. I’ve often wondered if they would be more accurate if there was a grove cut around the outside mimicking the partition, to help it swage to the bore, like many mono’s have gone to.

 

[butcherboy]

I shoot 140 grain Accubonds out of my 270wsm. Deadly. I wouldn’t hesitate one bit to shoot a partition either. Last elk I shot with my rifle was between 470-480 yds. Quartered to me and hit her just in front of the right shoulder. Bullet went through and broke her left leg. She fell right there and then got up and stumbled/fell 30 yds downhill and stopped.

 

[HunterGatherer]

Some people won’t like this opinion but I think monos picked up where partitions left off. I shot partitions for decades because I liked the retention and they were better at close range than other options. I switched to TSX, TTSX and now LRX- they have performed just as well, with even higher retention and less fragmentation. Neither option has the BC of match bullets but I prefer the terminal performance of these lower BC bullets anyways. If I shot a lot of animals past 500 yds it would probably be the opposite but for < 500 partitions and monos are

 

[Choupique]

I love partitions but man they are expensive these days. The performance is perfect for me though.

often wondered if they would be more accurate if there was a grove cut around the outside

It does seem like the center piece being less than bore diameter would be a good thing. They've always shot well enough for me but have never been the most accurate in any rifle.

 

[JGRaider]

I thought the accubond was the “updated”partition.

I love both accubonds and partitions, I’ve shot a lot of stuff with 180g partitions out of my 30-06. Probably my favorite combo out there.

Anytime these new bullets pop up and everybody online goes ape shit for them I have to ask myself: for what I do, the distances I hunt and the animals I hunt, what can I get that a partition or accubond won’t give me? I play around with the ELDM and tmk in my 6.5 but other than that, it’s nosler all the way.

Agree 100%

Accubonds aren’t remotely a Partition in behavior. They are a standard bonded bullet. Most Partitions fragment heavily in the front portion like a tipped match bullet- Accubonds do not do that.

I've killed a few hundred animals with both if you include hogs. There's not a nickle's worth of difference between the two in on game performance IME. They're both still amongst the most elite hunting bullets out there. These were 160 AB's running 3050 at the muzzle, 100-150yd impact through shoulders/heart shots. I've only "caught a couple handfuls on 60+ plains game animals up through wildebeest .

 

[Choupique]

switched to TSX, TTSX and now LRX- they have performed just as well, with even higher retention and less fragmentation

What i like about the partition is you usually get both - fragmentation AND a bunch of penetration.

 

[Quandary]

Aren't Cutting Edge Lazers and Hammer HHTs effectively the mono version, with higher BCs, of the Partition? The front half blows up into petals and the back half drives through.

 

[BLJ]

A plastic tip Partition would be great.
The downside is they would cost $2.63 a piece and be out of stock.

 

[SDHNTR]

Aren't Cutting Edge Lazers and Hammer HHTs effectively the mono version, with higher BCs, of the Partition? The front half blows up into petals and the back half drives through.

Yes, kinda, but the BC is a stretch (at least with Hammers). The petals don’t always break off too. Shoot something smaller, softer and with maybe less speed and they sometimes stay together and seem to exit with a bigger hole, like a Barnes.