Help identifying this .30 cal bullet?

[RyeDaddy]

I've got a bunch of .30 cal bullets I pulled from old handloaded .300WinMag ammo that I cant identify. The label didn't identify the bullet type, and I don't know who loaded it. I'm just going to reload it and blast it at the range from my .308, but it'd be nice to know what they are. If anyone can name this bullet, I'd appreciate the help.

They all weigh at 180 grains, and they have an exposed lead base, if that helps. With the unusual smooth groove around the middle, they look like Swift A-Frames, but the lead nose looks too pointy, and the groove looks too far down toward the base. Also, A-Frames are listed as having an all copper jacket, but these look like gilding metal or brass. They also have what looks like milling marks around them, as opposed to the smooth sides of most bullet jackets. The milling rings on the jacket are barely visible, my camera can only do so much.

[Jim Watson]

Old Nosler Partitions with machined jackets.
The reduced band in the middle is over the partition to reduce engraving forces starting down the barrel.

[RyeDaddy]

Thanks much! I thought about Partitions, but the new ones are smooth jacketed, with no cannelure. I've only been reloading two years, so I've never seen the old ones. Makes sense now.

[Scorch]

FWIW, I have been using Nosler Partitions since 1985, and the machined Partitions pre-date when I started using Noslers.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Might be worth looking into posting them for sale somewhere if you are just going to shoot them at the range. Lots of folks have great recipes for discontinued bullet styles.

For instance, I'd love to get some 130gr Remington Bronze tips in .270, they haven't been available as components for years now. One of my rifles loves them...

[briandg]

Just confirming that they are old noslers. I'm not certain how old, but that is definitely 30+.

[RyeDaddy]

Thanks for the help. Had no idea they were THAT old, wow!

I'm not making a mistake blasting them at the range am I? Meaning they're not better built than the new ones, or particularly valuable for any reason are they?

[William T. Watts]

They are devastating on deer/elk/moose size game, preform exactly as the newer variety. Biggest difference between partitions of 30 years ago and todays partitions is accuracy. William

[Crusty Deary Ol'Coot]

These, like the current Nosler Partitions are nothing less then great bullets.

I must be the old guy on this thread, cause all the Noslers I first used looked like the one shown.

Except for the 30cal on which some had a series of groves where the relief cut is on the sample.

The older Nosler such as that shown, also were not a solid partition like the new extruded bullets, but rather had a small hole through the partition.

They were however, great bullets even if they were made on a screw machine.

I probably started using the Nosler Partition in the mid to late 60s, but knew of them back about 58 or 59 when a friend used them in his 300 Weatherby Mag.

I first started using the 95gr. Nosler in a 243 simply because I had one of the old cup an core Hornady's fail.

Hornady's current interlock is far and away better then the old bullet.

One of the greatest things about bullets of the quality level of Partitions is, they do their job, but if a poorly placed hit happens - and it will if you hunt long enough - they don't cause excessive damage when compared to the cup an core styles.

Worst meat distruction I ever saw was from a 30/30 when the fellow hit back into a ham. Way worse then equally poor hits I have seen with premimum bullets.

Keep em coming!

Crusty Deary Ol'Coot

[Crusty Deary Ol'Coot]

OH, and by the way, if you have any reasonable number of those bullets, DON'T just bang them away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You are talking great bullets that someone would likely pay to have.

Keep em coming!

Crusty Deary Ol'Coot