I am really at a loss.
For a couple of years people have been complaining about power belts blowing up. The die hard pb users made many arguments to ignore the poor performance and say it wasn't so. PB even came out with a "new" bullet that they said would hold together better. Why would they do that if the doggone things weren't blowing up?
So, now we are finally at a point where people are (well most people anyway) admitting that the PBs blow to pieces. But the argument now is that they will still use them because they would only take a double lung rib shot. Now, somebody please explain it to me why you would WANT to limit yourself to a bullet that you admit can't take a bone hit (or even a flesh hit when loaded hot) from the start? Why would I load my gun with something that I KNOW may not perform if I don't get just the right, broadside, shot?

I consider myself an ethical hunter. I do not take head shots and unless really pushed would not take a neck shot. If at all possible I want the same thing everyone here wants. A double lung, top of the heart, full passthrough. Deer is walking dead at that point. BUT, deer hunting isn't always broadside shots. I shot a buck last thursday that is just that. Just before dark a 120 class 9 point walks out. He is 100 yards away, head down, feeding and there was only about 10 mins left of daylight. He wasn't moving I had the only shot I had. Knowing that I had a gun in my hands that shoots 1 inch groups at 100 yards and that the shockwave would probably go lengthwise on the deer. I settled down with a good rest, put the x at the joint between his neck and shoulder blades and let him have it. Big boy didn't take a step. The bullet entered exactly where I had aimed, went through the spin, betweenthe lungs, blew up the liver and lodged under the right hip.
A pb would have probably spined him just as well, they are accurate. But some folks here say they only take broadside shots?
I just can't understand walking into the deer woods with a load that from the start is limited to broad side shots. What happens when that deer of a lifetime walks out and just won't give you that shot? Do you take the chance with the pb on crippling him or loosing him?
Hank