Originally Posted By: DucksoupAnother bullet you might consider is the 60 grain Nosler Partition. I used them 20+ years ago with pretty good results, although I didn't kill very many with them the ones I did kill died quickly and there wasn't to much pelt damage. Always an exit but nothing that couldn't be fixed fairly easily with a few stitches with a needle and some dental floss. Worst case maybe the size of a quarter. You'd have to try them for accuracy especially if you have a 1-14" twist. Partitions aren't normally the most accurate bullets out there but i could usually get them to shoot about an inch or so which was fine for me. Anyways, something to think about I agree. I've skinned quite a few shot with these and they weren't too bad. I've seen pretty much the same results with 55gr. V-Max. About quarter sized exit at the worst. Even out of a .223 I get pass throughs with the the same bullet on a broadside shot. Not every time but most of the time.
The absolute worst penetration I've seen from a bullet was a 36gr. Barnes Varmint Grenade out of a 22-250. Two coyotes were shot with them and only one was recovered. Although the one that was recovered didn't have a big hole in it I recovered the base of the bullet at the entrance of the hole it made. Both coyotes were shot at close range. I just wasn't too impressed with them.
