Pglasgow
I have a couple of things that i would like to comment on WITHOUT anybody thinking i am contradicting you. These are my comments and my feelings...
Even when overpowered, according to numerous posts by reputable users, Powerbelts swiftly kill deer, provided that are expertly placed to pass through both lungs without having to negotiate high quartering angles or bone.
I honestly do feel that I do not have to expertly place my shots, now while that sounds terrible, I feel I have a 6" area that I have to hit to get a quick humane kill. With the bullet I am using - I have the confidence it will do it's part if I get in that area.
This is the bread and butter shot and usually one gets a chance to place double lung if he is patient.
This is a true statement and I will tell you if your bullet is working for you and if it passes through the chest cavity - it will destroy all the organs inside the cavity, actually turn them to jelly. As an example the deer in the earlier post hit through the brisket and out the right, the bullet may have hit a part of the heart and maybe a part of one lung maybe.... but when i open up the deer there was not any identifiable organs or pieces inside the cavity - everything was dark red jello. The Nosler did it's job all I have to do is get it inside the cavity with enoughvelocity to cause expansion and Hydrostatic shock....In most animals i harvest with this particular bullet that is exactly what happens, whether i shoot it in the brisket, behind the shoulder, or through the shoulder.
My original reference to shot placement was meant to make sabotloader aware that his information was largely based on accounts where he was not present, often with the animal unrecovered, and no knowledge quartering angle or precise impact.
Phil, you are correct, my limited experiance with the projectile had me distrusting it, from the beginning, coupled with the experiance my partner had and then from the reading I have done by a lot ofpeople that I truly trust and with a lot of experiance. My mind is made up and solid...
Thepoint here is that any bullet can fail and even while my friend felt sure of his shots,
Well, I guess I really do not think that ANY bullet can fail, certainly some can if the wrong bullet is chosen to do a job it can not do. But i believe the shooter fails far more than the bullet. I know you get tired of hearing this, but I have yet to have a Nosler fail me provided i did my part with the correct bullet.