I've used Nosler partition for hunting and the ballistic tip for other than hunting in my 7-08. Same load for both, sighted for the partition, the ball tip was 1/2" left at 100,1" left at 200 & 300. The ballistic was about an inch higher at 300, a couple at 400. Both were shot at 2850 to 2860 over the chrono.
For me it is virtually practically irrelevant in the difference between them in that gun. Both would shoot 7/8" to 1-1/8 at 100, only major improvement was the 168 Sierra, closed it up to 5/8" at 100. At 300 the group size was about the same for either, around 3 ", at 400 the balltip was about 1/2" better.
For whatever that is worth, that is my experience with a comparison. It wasn't bought to be used as a target gun, either. Rem 700 Classic w/22" barrel. I shot some rams at Rosebud, had no problems knocking them down at 500 with it , the few times I tried it, with the ballistic tip.
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