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<blockquote data-quote="Calvin45" data-source="post: 2790454" data-attributes="member: 109862"><p>I don't know that John Nosler was aware of the existence of the rws mantel bullet. And it's not a true partition, a partial partition. I don't think the partition is an imitation so much as "convergent evolution" in bullet design. Just because more than one person has a similar idea come to mind doesn't mean one's copying the other. </p><p></p><p>Nonetheless I love that you pointed this out, always good to see credit for an idea given where it is due. A lot of folks probably do think the Nosler partition was the first true controlled expansion bullet. It wasn't. </p><p></p><p>While we're casting a light on lesser known predecessors to more popular bullets…a lot of folks probably think Nosler's "ballistic tip" was the first high bc (for its time) plastic/polymer tipped hunting bullet. It wasn't. The earliest plastic tipped hunting bullet I'm aware of is the C.I.L. Sabretip, made in Canada <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🇨🇦" title="Flag: Canada :flag_ca:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f1e8-1f1e6.png" data-shortname=":flag_ca:" /> at least a full decade before Nosler released their b-tip to much greater fanfare in the much larger American <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🇺🇸" title="Flag: United States :flag_us:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f1fa-1f1f8.png" data-shortname=":flag_us:" /> market. Of course there were other tipped bullets like the Remington bronze point long before that, but the Cil was the first plastic tipped one I know of.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Calvin45, post: 2790454, member: 109862"] I don’t know that John Nosler was aware of the existence of the rws mantel bullet. And it’s not a true partition, a partial partition. I don’t think the partition is an imitation so much as “convergent evolution” in bullet design. Just because more than one person has a similar idea come to mind doesn’t mean one’s copying the other. Nonetheless I love that you pointed this out, always good to see credit for an idea given where it is due. A lot of folks probably do think the Nosler partition was the first true controlled expansion bullet. It wasn’t. While we’re casting a light on lesser known predecessors to more popular bullets…a lot of folks probably think Nosler’s “ballistic tip” was the first high bc (for its time) plastic/polymer tipped hunting bullet. It wasn’t. The earliest plastic tipped hunting bullet I’m aware of is the C.I.L. Sabretip, made in Canada 🇨🇦 at least a full decade before Nosler released their b-tip to much greater fanfare in the much larger American 🇺🇸 market. Of course there were other tipped bullets like the Remington bronze point long before that, but the Cil was the first plastic tipped one I know of. [/QUOTE]
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