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If you shoot a deer and don't get an exit hole, they can bleed a river-inside the body cavity and leave without a trace. I used to belong to the 100% energy dump theory until I got tired of feeding coyotes and buzzards. They don't have to go far in our state to get in the thick stuff and I started using Accubonds and Partitions with a lot better recovery rate. Lets face it, some of them just aint gonna' give it up where they stand. I called Nosler after the BT's first came out and talked with one of their ballisticians and he said the early ones had a thinner jacket and that Nosler was going to "stout up" the jacket. They did and I had more success with them in my 270 but still didn't get exit holes 100% of the time. The problem with deer is they don't watch tv and have a habit if not turning broadside all the time. That is when you need a bullet that wont blow up and punch into the boiler room to get that B/P down to zero. MY 2 cents worth.

Yep! 130 game kings. I use 54.0 gn H4350

You have already heard about several bullets and you will hear about many more so you will need to pick something from someone's suggestions so hear is mine I shoot a 270 with 150 grain Hornady BTSP and so far have not had any animal move from where it was shot Deer and Hogs . My suggestion is [ Do not shoot behind the shoulder like most people do instead shoot the shoulder ] and it can not run away You say meat damage does not bother you so give it a try also I might add that you still get a pass thru most of the time shooting the shoulder

Hammer Hunter bullets are the answer you seek.

They are the love child of a Barnes and a ballistic tip. You get violent expansion AND an exit. Shoot a light for caliber bullet as fast as you can push it. The shock created by the faster bullet can’t be underestimated. The all copper bullet sheds individual petals and the shank holds together and exits. Sometimes you’ll have numerous exit holes where some petals and the shank exit.

I shoot a 88gr in a 6mm at 3300 fps and it’s like they are struck by Thor’s hammer. Had numerous deer drop at the shot (behind shoulder shot) when the central nervous system was not hit. This bullet kills them faster than anything I’ve ever used and I’ve used most common calibers from a 300wsm down to a 223.

They on sale for the next week too- https://hammerbullets.com/load-data/

don't need Partitions on Alabama deer......unless the angle is acute or dead away and no time to wait for a better shot as the deer leaves.

But the Partitions and Accubonds are so cheap, it’s a no brainer using them.

A friend of mine swears by both partitions and accubonds. I just shake my head and continue ordering sierra and speer bullets.

I had some Speer soft points delivered today for my daughters 243. I also have some Barnes TTSX on the way to try also.

I use Accubonds and Partitions also, and they're great deer bullets. But you don't need a bonded bullet to kill a pine goat.

But I also use a wide assortment of bullets from other manufacturers like Barnes, Berger, Hornady and Sierra.

Usually, my bullet choice is based on accuracy. If the Accubond shoots the best, and they often do, that's what I will use in that gun.

Top Hole is Fort Scott Bottom is Browning BXS, Similar to Barnes

AccuBonds

Y’all finally talked me into ordering some accubonds to try in my old .270. We shall see

I also ordered some Accubond’s in 140 grain. Nosler recommends IMR 4831 49.5 grains. Now I’m on the hunt for the powder.

I will not load SSTs in anything I'm gonna deer hunt with they are very frangible and seem to explode on impact. I'm not a fan of the 277 130gr NBTs either. That's just me personally, a lot of people love them and have great success with them the .277 NBTs 150grs seem to hold together better and usually exit but I'm gonna pull all the ones I have loaded and reset with Accubonds. I'm pushing these at 3060fps using RL26. The NBT, Accubonds and the Partitions all hit the same POI so if I ever get a chance to go after Elk I'll swap to a Partition

The Accubonds kill elk, too. No need to change to a Partition for elk, unless you just want to.

Holy Axe wound, Batman!

If the rifle like the bullets then keep the 150 grain partitions and shoot them through the shoulders. Yeah. You will lose meat. But you wont have to track. Same thing happened to me with my 270 and N.P.'s until I made the adjustment on POA.