.358 Nosler 250gr partition back in stock
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Probably not; but if you already have your loads developed for them it would cost you something to start over so there’s that.
There’s a bit of a pattern for flat based Hornady Interlocks shooting together with Partitions of the same weight. That might be your lower cost practice option. I ised to use those in my Whelen, nothing came back to life.
I wonder sometimes if Nosler is deliberately pricing the Partitions off the market.
Aways back I grabbed a single box of 500 grain Partitions for my 458. Price was unmarked; turned out to be 155 bucks at tje counter. Thats for 25. I’m not sure why I didn’t just leave them there. At that time I could buy A-Frames for 80 per 50. Winchester Supreme loaded with the same Partitions were cheaper than the bullets.
There’s a bit of a pattern for flat based Hornady Interlocks shooting together with Partitions of the same weight. That might be your lower cost practice option. I ised to use those in my Whelen, nothing came back to life.
I wonder sometimes if Nosler is deliberately pricing the Partitions off the market.
Aways back I grabbed a single box of 500 grain Partitions for my 458. Price was unmarked; turned out to be 155 bucks at tje counter. Thats for 25. I’m not sure why I didn’t just leave them there. At that time I could buy A-Frames for 80 per 50. Winchester Supreme loaded with the same Partitions were cheaper than the bullets.
I work up loads with 250 Speer Hot-Cors and then shoot a group with 250 Partitions just to confirm POI, before I head out hunting... they are almost always bang on, or at least within an inch or so at 100 yards. I still have ten boxes of .358 250 Partitions and it is crazy to me that is over $1500 in bullets... my confidence in them performing at this power level is extreme, but probably not north of $150/box extreme. I loaded the 250's for my .350 Rem.Mag carbine, zeroed at 200 yards... I'm good to go...
I only use Nosler Partition in 30cal 200gr for my Ruger no1 300wm. Main reason for selecting that bullet is a) very dependable hunting performance for anything around here and b) it's blunt enough shape and expensive enough to shoot that I don't start pretending the No1 is a long range mega blaster! It's just not accurate enough of a rifle to make the 212 ELDx etc worth using
As effective as the NP is, it's basically a poor bullet design in 2026.
As effective as the NP is, it's basically a poor bullet design in 2026.
Actually, the Partition is just as good a design today as when it was first introduced, and will be as good 100 years from now... the game has not changed, deer hide is no thicker, moose scapulas have not gone titanium. The whole point of the bullet was to split the difference between a soft and a solid... the front opens quick the back continues forward... I have seen it do that hundreds of times with boring regularity... it will probably keep doing that.
It would definitely be my go to, in many situations at a certain range of power level, on most NA game, across a broad range of distances. IMO, it is the absolutely perfect bullet in bears out to a couple hundred yards. It is perfect on moose to the same distance, and somewhat more from typical 7mm 160 grain, .30 cal 180 grain, .338 200 grain etc... it would not be my choice at either ultra high speed or low speed or long distance. One thing it doesn't get enough credit for is straddling the fence well at 20 yards AND 200 - 300 yards from medium speed cartridges, like the most common standards, .270, .280, .308, .30-06 etc... where some of these "splash" at close range with light C&C bullets and "pencil" at longer range with stout Bonded or mono bullets... the Partition performs pretty well in both scenarios... so I always say if both scenarios are on the table, then the Partition is a solid choice... rather than optimizing for one end of the spectrum or the other. YMMV.
Having said that, the current prices are definitely killing the Partition compared to other more financially reasonable options.
