ORIGINAL: frontier gander
What did the recovered bullet look like?
Read this and you'll start dropping them well within easy sighting range.
100 grains pellets on a 15-20 yard shot was over kill and you more than likely fragmented the bullet with that much powder at such a short range.
This will help you out.
http://www.huntingnet.com//forum/tm.aspx?m=2510086
At that range that may well be true with the PB's.... but who loads their ML knowing for sure they are going to make a 15-20 shot? I have my Omega sighted for 100yrds and shot a buck awhile back at about 30yrds....... I see your point but a deer may offer a shot at many different distances depending on how and where you are set up. If the powderbelts are a problem, try some Shockwaves or XTP's (the ones with the packaged sabots are hard to load). get the thinner sabots. I don;t care for the PB's for that exact reason. But I still don't think they should break up at any range pushing them with 100gr. ofany powder.If they do their junk....lol
