Well, I have one more recovered Bullet to add to my substantial collection. A 180 Partition from my 30-338 Mag. I found it under the hide on the opposite side of entry on the Elk I took at about 80 Yards. It is typical Partition performance, peeled back to the partition and no frontal core left. This bullet went through the spine above the shoulders at an angle ranging forward [Animal slightly quartering away.] and was in the skin where the neck joins the body. Weighs in at just about 110 grains. Rear core has slipped forward slightly and bulged the jacket just back of the partition, indicating the impact that it had from that 30-338 at that distance. As usual, I am very pleased with the Partition's performance!! Regards, Eagleye. [Pic to follow.]
Recovered Partition.
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Marc, who runs www.huntingbc.ca , recovered a 200 gr. Partition from a black bear. The rear core was missing. 300 Win Mag was the cartridge. I've seen the bullet and it is something else. I'm sure he will post a pic of it when he gets back home from his interior hunting trip later today.
Actually Todd, I have seen one of those also. RickF, who posts in this site and lives in PG has a 270 or 7mm Partition that lost it's rear core. to do this, it obviously has to tumble seriously, but it can happen. I have seen a couple of Barnes X that failed to expand at all [one at under 50 yards] and were recovered intact but bent somewhat from the animals. These must also have tumbled. There is NO perfect bullet, only some that are more dependable than others! Sometime when you are in town, give me a ring and I will show you some of the stuff I have collected over the past 48 years. Regards, Eagleye.
john-brennan
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I can't wait to see the pics eagleye, i use the partition exclusively and so far great performance. John.
I can't wait to see the pics eagleye, i use the partition exclusively and so far great performance. John.
Here's a shot of a 180 gr Nosler Partition that came out of a .300 Win Mag at 3000 fps(MV). The moose was quartering away(fast) at about 30 yds when the bullet struck. It entered at the extreme rear of the left rib cage breaking the back two ribs. This piece was found under the hide in front of the right shoulder so it traveled through about of 4 ft of moose lung, etc. The bull went about 30 yds and died. When I cleaned him, I found that both lungs were pretty much liquefied.
This is great performance in that the bullet hit two heavy ribs. The bullet performed exactly the way it was supposed to. I figure there were a bunch of small pieces from the front portion of the bullet doing a lot of damage to the lungs.
This is great performance in that the bullet hit two heavy ribs. The bullet performed exactly the way it was supposed to. I figure there were a bunch of small pieces from the front portion of the bullet doing a lot of damage to the lungs.
A couple of years ago I recovered a 286gr partition from a bull moose,fired from my 9.3x64.Front chest shot angled up and hit the spine then followed the spine through to the pelvis.It torn the hell out of the spinal colom.Moose dropped on the spot.The recovered partition was 232grs.
martinbns said:
Exactly..I figured that it must have tumbled on some of the od shaped vertebrae.
He said that he found alittl eexit wound int he hide, which was probbaly the reear core.
Like I said, pretty cool! :wink:
I'd send the pic to Nosler. Not as a failure, since it clearly was not, but just as a "hey, check this out"
