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Old 03-29-2007 | 01:26 PM
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sjsfire
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Default RE: PowerBelts and Randy Wakeman

ORIGINAL: eldeguello

The PowerBelt functional concept is OK. However, many people tend to shoot very light ones with heavy powder charges. This gives a high MV and a relkatively flat trajectory. But many who do so fail to realize that big, fat,light, high MV bullets shed velocity very fast, and consequently have less power on impact than a slower, heavier bullet would have had. Then they get disturbed at the lack of performance. Just keep in mind that black powder arms gain power by using massive-for-caliber bullets at moderate to slow velocities.

So me being new to ML, I will ask.Yoursaying Iwould be better off instead of usinga 245 grain Powerbelt areotip with 2 50gr Pyrodex pellets to switch to maybe a 295gr areotip and maybe less powder? Play around with the loose powder 80-95gr or so? Thanks
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