ijimmy... I agree that powerbelts are a good projectile. The only thing that really gets me is their cost. When I first started shooting powerbelts in my Staghorn Magnum, it always made me upset that I was paying almost a $1.00 a shot to try to find which of their projectiles might shoot good in my rifle. After trying I lost count of how many different packs of their 295 grain, 348 grain, and finally the 245 grain, I'd hate to even figure what it costed me to find a load that I got the best accuracy out of. Granted some people luck out. They throw two pellets down the rifle and the first powerbelt and are shooting bulls at 100 yards. It's just a shame it does not work that way for all of us.

Also I read some posts about the effect of some of the different styles of powerbelts and their effect on different animals. People were telling how they hit a deer in the front shoulder with a pure lead 295 grain powerbelt hollow point and were not able to recover the deer. They talked about some of the powerbelts fragmenting and not doing the kind of damage they expected. Now I have worked up a 245 grain Aero Tip for the Staghorn and 100 grains of loose powder but have yet been able to try it on an animal...

What have been your experiences with powerbelts on animals?