Okay, all you Elk hunters, I have a specific question about the difference between the Nosler Partition vs the Ballistic Tip Hunting bullets. Here's the deal: a friend of mine is heading out to NM for elk this year and doesn't reload. He shoots a Weatherby chambered in .300 Weatherby Mag ('not sure which model of rifle). He buys Weatherby commercial loadings and shoots 180 gr Partitions. He wants to know if the Ballistic Tip Hunting bullets are adequate for Elk. I expressed some doubt about it, but thought I'd ask some experts.
BTW, this friend is a fairly good shot. He has taken Elk before, in CO, with the Partitions. He claims he doesn't take shoulder shots, only lung shots. Welllllll, if that is true, would it make a difference?
The difference in muzzle energy/velocity, retained energy/velocity at various ranges, BC, etc., etc., etc., being so close for the two designs, they have a very similar trajectory, so the big difference is bullet construction. I say, don't take a chance, stay with the Partitions. But, I don't have any experience with the Hunting version of the BT.
What say the Elk hunters on this?
BTW, this friend is a fairly good shot. He has taken Elk before, in CO, with the Partitions. He claims he doesn't take shoulder shots, only lung shots. Welllllll, if that is true, would it make a difference?
The difference in muzzle energy/velocity, retained energy/velocity at various ranges, BC, etc., etc., etc., being so close for the two designs, they have a very similar trajectory, so the big difference is bullet construction. I say, don't take a chance, stay with the Partitions. But, I don't have any experience with the Hunting version of the BT.
What say the Elk hunters on this?