Do Nosler Partitions Group Well at High Velocity?

[Deleted member 107796]

I got my first elk with an off the shelf Federal Premium 150gn NP in 270Win, as it grouped rather well at the range and ended up performing flawlessly in the field. When I started reloading however, I noticed that I could not quite get them to group as well as other bullets, without taking a bit off of the velocity and figured it was due to concentricity issues with such a bullet structure.

What are your experiences with getting the NP to group well? thanks

 

[elkaholic]

Depends on the rifle. Some rifles they shoot very well.

 

[slv hunter]

I have loaded for a friend's 338 wm and it was the only bullet I tried that would group well. They were at about 2820 mv if I remember correctly.
210g partition 69.4g H4350 2826mv

 

[elkaholic]

I killed 20+ bull elk with 140 partitions in my 6.5 One thing about a partition is that with the open lead base, the bullet will obturate to fill the bore uniformly

 

[Bimbo19]

I have loaded for a friend's 338 wm and it was the only bullet I tried that would group well. They were at about 2820 mv if I remember correctly.

+1

 

[tmmcampbell]

I was shooting some 140's out of a 7mm ultra and shot several groups in the .5's. So yes they will group at high velocity.

 

[Mustang72]

Some of my guns group them great at just about any speed. Some of them don't group quite as well,but plenty good enough for normal hunting ranges. Unless trying to shoot at long ranges i can live with just a little less accuracy for a bullet that I know can handle any job it needs to.

 

[Riflehunter1776]

I never had luck with them. As far as weight-retaining bullets go, Accubonds and Barnes seemed to be much more accurate for me

 

[bgbuck153]

They claim to be not the most accurate bullet but when I had my 26 nosler I was consistantly shooting clay pidgeons at 600 yards with them at warp speed. Lol

 

[yoteslayer]

I shot a 375 with 260 np groups less than 1/2 inch at a hundred out of a sako but some rifles don't like them you just have to try

 

[HARPERC]

....Depends on the rifle. Some rifles they shoot very well.

I've seen them shoot well, open another box not quite so good.
Rarely horrible, good solid hunting accuracy generally.

 

[dgr416]

My 338-378 weatherby accumark shoots 3/8 inch at 100 yards with 250 grain partitions .I have shot a few 1 inch groups at 300 yards .I.I use reloaded 25

 

[J E Custom]

Flat based bullets are very accurate to reasonable ranges, the boat tail bullets will have Higher BCs because of their shape and therefore more accurate at longer distances.

Lots of bench rest shooters use flat base bullets and many use the partition.

The partition type bullets are capable of extreme velocities and are not prone to jacket separation at high velocities, Much like the bonded core bullets.

J E CUSTOM

 

[MontanaRifleman]

I used to load 160 Partitions in my Tang Safety Ruger M77 7mmRM and they were my most accurate handload for that rifle