ORIGINAL: Pglasgow
Well, it seems some things never change. Powerbelts are still taking up extensive bandwidth. Thought I would share my Powerbelt experience.
I bought some 405's on clearance last January. Worked up a load with 70 grains 3f Goex. In Oklahoma's Muzzleloader season, harvested a 114 lb. fork buck with this load. The shot was broadside at around 50 yards behind the right shoulder. The deer lurched and made two leaps and wound up crumpling with his hindquarters switching ends with his front.
No bullet was recovered. The exit hole was large, between 3/4" and 1" in diameter. Damage to the vitals was more than sufficient and consistent with results achieved with the GP 385. Trajectory for the load follows.
Phil, Where ya been? Perfect. The 1300 fps with 70g of Goex did the trick. You know exactly how fast to push them. If they were designed for 70g of powder, why do they publish this:
http://www.powerbeltbullets.com/docs/PBB26inchballistics.pdf
With 100 to 150g of powder as recommended load? Your chart was generated with a ballistic program, most hunters will NOT know how to use the program to drop their data into it. To me the PB chartat the URL I showed aboveis designed to compete with "long range hunting" bullets. You know exactly how to use the PB, and you are in the minority, since most hunters are clueless about PBs.
Chap