ORIGINAL: IndyHunter83
Sales guy said to use 150 grain of pyrodex and powerbelt 295 grain hollow points so that I could shoot long distances and threw cover if needed.
Sales guy wants you to spend money and buy hype. Cayugad's advice of 240gr XTP ('MagExpress') was sound; I've killed deer with them, most pass through unless they hit shoulder. But here is a deadly & inexpensive load: 90-100gr loose powder, and a TC 'Cheapshot' pure-lead sabot. You can get these packaged bullets/sabots for about $4/box of twenty - they're accurate, and deadly on deer. You'll get better performance than w/similarly weighted Powerbelts. I've killed two deer with them so far, they work as well or better than the very effective XTP. I know two deer isn't a big sample... but I'm jazzed. Cheap and effective, is a grat combination. I'm shooting them from a CVA.