from what i am reading from all you folks, the powerbelt is made soft so the bullet fills into grooves in bore when shot..

i think someone had picture of powerbelt with groove marks on it after recovered..

someone corrected me on this that if powerbelt is built HARDER,it will not hug the grooves,which will cause accuracy to suffer..

my 295 went thru the buck,side to side at 20 yds..i wish i would have taken picture of ribs on both sides..i think the bullet did not hit bone,it went between both side ribs..i am going to learn how to put pictures on here also, if my camcorder does it..

i load medium on my hawkins flintlock, 80 grs 2f..

i may go to the 348 pb next year and if lucky, will see what it does on a buck..bucks are getting tough to get,i was lucky, i feel this year with number of hunters in woods here in pa. and LACK OF DEER..

without knowing a lot about pb bullets, i do feel they will work fine if used with medium loads,but i could be wrong there also..

boy, when i used 370 maxi-balls,you never had to worry about bullet coming out the other side..i shot buck ,oh, 15 years ago running, yes, i make boo boo too..i shot him right thru front shoulder..

he crashed right down..i went over and bullet went into shoulder on side,i then rolled him over, and exit hole was out the other shoulder..

i dont think i would want to shoot a buck with powerbelt on running deer and in shoulder..we used to drive bucks then and most of your shots then, were running..

i have stopped that now,as i am by myself,sit all day,and buck usually comes walking by, if lucky..so, i only shoot now at calm deer..

good info you folks have on here, good job!!