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I really enjoy all the photographs folks have posted up! It's great to see the young kids both male and female out there having fun with mom and dad. It doesn't get much better than those types of pictures.

David
 
2011 Brooks Range float hunt. 130 grain Nosler Accubond out of a 700 TI in .270. 200 yard shot, zero yard recovery.



2012 Brooks Range float hunt. 180 grain Nosler Partition out of a 700 in .30-06. 275 yard shot, zero yard recovery.



2013 Western Alaska. 180 grain Nosler Partition out of a 700 in .30-06. 100 yard shot, 40 yard recovery.



Nolser Up Front - to mitigate life's little surprises in bear country.

 

Last years bull. 460 yards 7mm Mashburn super 150 grain nosler ballistic tip punched through both shoulders and came to rest on offside hide and bullet looked perfect


Two weeks later the wife shot her biggest buck with same 7mm Mashburn and 150 grain ballistic tip.
 
I've been shooting nosler bullets almost exclusively for 30 years. Since I do all the reloading for my immediate family, they have also shot noslers almost exclusively.

Back when I was younger, I shot many thousands of the old style lead tipped solid base bullets. I still have several hundred each of the 180 30 caliber, 120 25's, and 100 grain 243's. These were great bullets that performed excellent at a price point that made them affordable for any budget, in particular since they came 100 to a box. I shot lots of antelope, deer, and even a few elk with them.

Once nosler went more toward the ballistic tip and largely stopped production of the original solid base bullets, I scoured the internet, pawn shops, and gun stores and I still have a pretty good stash on hand. I still load and shoot them at game for the 25, 30, and .243's, but not for practice anymore.

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A few animals from those original solid bases.

Wifes first mule deer shot with my 6mm and 100 grain solid base:

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Buddy and I shot these 2 bucks, the one on the left with a 180 partition, the one on the right with a 100 grain solid base from 6mm:

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Both shot with a 120 grain solid base from 25/06:

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A few whitetails with the 100 grain solid base from my 6mm:

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I could have easily shot the original solid base bullet the rest of my life in the .243, .25., and even .30 caliber and been content.
 
We have also shot a ton of partitions, and again, if they were the last bullet I could shoot...would be completely content with them.

250 grain partition from my 338 for these critters:

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.338 200 grain ballistic tips:

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Even when you screw up with a 250 grain nosler partition, the bullet isn't going to let you down. Shot through this frozen lodgepole and killed the cow elk that was standing behind it. Bullet deflected very slightly hitting the cow at the base of the neck, broke the neck and exited the middle of the off shoulder:

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Blood trails usually aren't much of a problem to follow with a 250 grain partition either:

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This bull was laying about 10 yards past that rock:

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The great thing about nosler bullets, you dont have to guess or wonder if they're going to work when you have those tough to draw tags.

Dads Montana ram, 30 caliber 180 grain protected point partition:

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My Grandfather killed his last deer with his 300 Winchester and 180 grain partition protected points.

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My Dad shot his Wyoming moose with a round from the box of 50 that Grandpa shot his last deer with:

300 Winchester and 180 grain protected points here as well:

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My 2006 whitetail and 2009 elk. Taken with a 264 win using 140 grain partitions.
 

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2012- Eastern Montana.

160 grain Accubond handloaded for 7rm. Shot was ~150.

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2011 Eastern Montana.

160 grain Accubond handloaded for 7rm.

Shot was ~200 yards.

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2010- Eastern Montana.

160 grain Accubond handloaded for 7rm. Shot was many distances.

First pronghorn I was able to take.

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2011- Western Montana.

160 grain Accubond handloaded for 7rm. Shot was 75 yards.

Killed in my favorite spot while hunting with my dad. If my house is on fire and I have time to grab one trophy, it's unquestionably this one.

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2011- Missoula County.

160 grain Accubond handloaded for 7rm. Shot was 75 yards.

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2010- Northwest Montana.

160 grain Accubond handloaded for 7rm. Shot was ~100 yards.

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2009- Southwest Montana.

160 grain Accubond handloaded for 7rm. Shot was ~50 yards.

Last day of deer season.

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2009- Western Montana.

160 grain Accubond handloaded for 7rm. Shot was 20 yards.

Still the only antlered elk I've killed.

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