Recent Powerbelt tests

frontier gander · 04-10-2008, 11:36 AM

Did these a few days ago.

Top 3 - 80g Pyro Select "P-S"
Bottom 2-90G P-S
Next Picture, 100g P-S

Distance-71 yards, 295 grain Powerbelt HP.

Previous testing below was at 58 yards. Huge difference what 13 yards does on this bullet with stiff charges.
100PS
90PS
80PS

cayugad · 04-10-2008, 12:30 PM

WOW... that is a big difference.. Maybe that is why some people have them splatter when they get a close shot. Too much powder.. Good test there.

oldsmellhound · 04-10-2008, 02:23 PM

Nice post & tests. It will be good to direct people to look at your tests when they're wondering why they lost a deer shot at 30 yards with 150 grains of powder. I think you're on your way to conclusively proving that powerbelts work very well when used PROPERLY.

Dixon · 04-10-2008, 05:31 PM

Excellent post. Thanks for sharing.

SteveBNy · 04-10-2008, 05:55 PM

Too badPB doesn't make the info showing their limitations readily available.
Course that would make it a lot harder to sell a basic lead conical dressed pretty for over a buck apiece.

Steve

gleason.chapman · 04-10-2008, 05:58 PM

Now we got the old FG back, great tests. Can you do a Summary "White Paper" of all your testing
something like, at the following yardages and charges your PB starts to fragment:

30 yard 80g

50 yards 90g

100 yards 100g

Great info on the PB. Chap

frontier gander · 04-10-2008, 06:07 PM

Chap, I have an area on my forum now "currently empty" that i will post the safe max charges to use for certain yardage. With the 100 PS charge and the 295 HP, If a deer is 60 yards away, put it through the lungs. I base my stuff on Shoulder shots, as i like to punch it through the heart and bleed them out quickly. But a 295 hp with 80 grains PS i would feel very confident with a shoulder shot at say 20or 30 yards on out to 150 yards. Maybe a little longer if i had a scoped muzzy.

Stevebny, The copper is there to keep leading down. Try a pack of all lead powerbelts and you'd be kissing powerbelts feet for offering the copper series.

I still have a bunch of lead build up in my mountain stalker thanks to those 295 AT lead powerbelts. Thanks a lot corey![:@] j/k!

BTW, That new conical hornady has coming out is nothing more than a dressed up lead minnie ball with a plastic tip.

The 295 AT powerbelt will perform great with 40 yards with 90g RS, my dad and brother have taken quite a few that just dropped in their tracks with a bullet through the lungs, and complete pass through. I just prefer the shoulder shots as it does one heck of a job on putting them down fast.

corey012778 · 04-10-2008, 06:17 PM

Quote:

I still have a bunch of lead build up in my mountain stalker thanks to those 295 AT lead powerbelts. Thanks a lot corey!

j/k!

you where the one who was wanting to try them,

I have not had an chance to build an load with the powerbelt I have.

SteveBNy · 04-11-2008, 04:54 AM

I shoot all lead conical - Bullshop and NE - at velocities they are designed for and have been for years.

They do everything a PB does and can be sized to fit the individual bores of my different rifles.

All that for a cost of 25 to 30 cents each.

PB's will rot away before their feet see my lips

Steve

bronko22000 · 04-11-2008, 05:46 AM

Frontier - what was the medium you used to test in?