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Old 09-21-2002 | 11:40 AM
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Thanks for the feed back guys. You pretty much confirmed what I thought and figured out today. I shot this morning (295 grain PB with 2 pellets) and at 50 yards I was about 3" high with about a 1.5" group. At 100 yards I took 5 shots and all fell 1.5" to 2" high with a nice 2" group. The final target was at 190 yards. Again I had a decent group of about 3", but the bullet was dropping 12" to 14". All this is consistent with the ballistics which come in each PowerBelt package. I agree with Mark whiz, I would not shoot beyond 150 yards. At that distance, I am getting about a 3" drop which will still kill the game.

It's funny you mentioned the loose poweder as we talked about that today. I may weigh out several loads and see if my groups tighted a bit.

Thanks again for your input!

. . . Rob

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