I too have recovered numerous Partitions and have never once recovered one in which the front portion of the bullet wasn't a perfect mushroom (barring hitting bone). I have recovered some that were devoid of the front portion of lead, but the jacket was still perfectly mushroomed and the rear portion is always intact. This includes a 700+ yard shot at a wounded antelope that I recovered on the off side, under the hide. This was with a 270 Win, 130 grain Partition.
I hunted big game exclusively with Partitions for over 50 years and other than a very close shot, where the bullet destroyed a lot of meat, they have always performed perfectly. Thus I have never had any inclination to even try other bullets for hunting. When something works perfectly there is nothing left to "fix!"
Cheers,
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