They normally don't leave a "big" exit wound but the wound channel is usually significant.

They don't "explode" like some other bullets do but you will more than likely ALWAYS get an exit.

It's my favorite bullet hands down. I shoot some big critters with some small bullets and Nosler is my choice.

You can't go wrong with the Partition but if you want a larger exit, try the Accubond.

I shot a 188lb 9pt yesterday afternoon. I shot him with my Browning BAR 270 shooting 130 gr Federal Peemium Nosler Partitions. It was about a 50yd shot and he dropped in his tracks. While cleaning him I noticed that the exit wound was no bigger than the entrance wound. This is the first deer I've shot with these rounds. Was it due to close proximity? I've heard a lot of positives about the round, but just not certain why it didn't leave a large exit wound.

They normally don't leave a "big" exit wound but the wound channel is usually significant.

They don't "explode" like some other bullets do but you will more than likely ALWAYS get an exit.

It's my favorite bullet hands down. I shoot some big critters with some small bullets and Nosler is my choice.

You can't go wrong with the Partition but if you want a larger exit, try the Accubond.

If you are shooting a 7 mag or 300 and the distance was pretty short it may have blown through him before it fully expanded.

This does not happen in my opinion. The harder and faster you push any bullet, the more likely it is to expand.

Not trying to be a smart ass but you can't compare a partition to a ballistic tip in any way but both being bullets. They have a specific design that defines them. Partitions are designed for penetration and exit wounds. Ballistic tips on the other hand are designed to expand and fragment quickly for maximum energy transfer. No comparison in the design other than they both kill.

You might be right, I definitely don't get into the science of bullets. I had an old reloading buddy tell me this one time.

Nosler Partitions are prolly the most misunderstood bullet shot at deer. I hear the same "it didn't expand" about NPs. It simply isn't true.

I've shot NPs in 6mms, 270s, 30/06s, 7mmRMs, 300WMs, and 375H&Hs. Never, in several hundred kills, have I ever seen a NP not expand. Or penetrate well. And I look at bullet damage from entrance to exit on most kills.

Most bullets that I have recovered have expanded to well over 2X diameter and retained 80% weight. The front half jacket is thinner than most jackets of other same cal/weight bullets and expands rapidly. Back half is enclosed and cannot expand..it just penetrates and usually exits. Prolly recovered less than 10 NPs from killed game.

One cannot drive a bullet faster to make it fly thru BEFORE expanding. The faster, as in close shots, you drive it the faster(quicker) it expands.

I've shot big deer in the ass and recovered a NP in the briskit. I've shot em in the front and recovered em in the back of the ham. I shot a 2000# Eland in Zim just forward of the hindquarter, thru near four FEET of guts and vitals, to lodge in the front edge of the off shoulder with a 300gr NP out of a 375H&H. He ran 200 yards and fell dead running.


I have killed a LOT of deer with a lot of different ctg/bullet combos over the years. The Nosler Partition is by far and away the best bullet I have shot deer with. It will kill ANY deer at ANY range, at ANY angle if you place the bullet correctly.