ORIGINAL: nchawkeye

When you are muzzleloading you are handloading each shot so you need to put some thought into the projectile used....

Folks that use PowerBelts like them for 2 reasons...They load easy and they don't have to clean between shots to load the 2nd...

Because PowerBelts are made under bore size they squat so the bullet is able to catch the rifling in the barrel....There are 2 problems with this...They must be made out of pure lead to be soft enough to do this and manufacturers of muzzleloading rifles have not agreed on a standard bore size for their rifles...So 2 .50 caliber bores can be several thousands different......

Since PowerBelts have to be soft, if you use a lot of powder or shoot deer at close ranges they can come to pieces easier than other bullets...So you do not get an exit for tracking....

In addition, since a .50 caliber PowerBelt is shorter than a .45 caliber in a sabot, the .45 will fly flatter with the same powder.....

We have better bullets avaliable to us then PowerBelts, use them...