ORIGINAL: gleason.chapman
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Pglasgow,
I agree the lost deer is my fault, since I didn't hit the deer properly behind the front shoulder where I was aiming, and I was using a bullet that is known not to penetrate and I was NOT aware of that. It is NOT well know outside of this forum that PB don't penetrate. Also, I did not say people are lazy, I said they want easy loading as I do, it is not wrong or lazy to want easy loading. That is why I clean betweenshots anduse Crushed Rib sabot, the cleaning is for accuracy and ease of loading.
I am sorry I offened you by talking about your PB bullets, that was not my intent to offend you. I do not think people arelazy for using PB, but I do thinka lot of people, including myself 3 years ago,don't know their limitations.
So again forgive me if I offended you and other PB users out there.
Chap Gleason
Chap, I haven't hunted with Powerbelts. I know lots of people that do. I think the point you've missed all along is that there are situations where projectiles like the Powerbelt are the appropriate choice. It's the all ornothing philosophy that I take issue with. I've said this before, we haveno evidence that a heavy, slower movingunjacketed projectile of equivalent impact energyto a lighter faster movingjacketed projectile will be less effective in killing or penetrating game. It doesn't make sense topaint the whole PB picture as though its 100 grains and a 245 PB. Every weight of PB performs differently with that same 100 grains. Learning isfinding out what went wrong and why.And it turns out that thereis always more than one solution to a problem, the one you proposed is just one of them.