Michigan_Redneck
Dad...my uncles and everyone around hereshoots the 245 grain powerbelts with 100grain loads and loves them. I am shooting the 295 with 100grain
I think, and I am certainly not a Power Belt pro, but I think you have made the right decision with the 295 vs the 245... A Power Belt no matter what is is coated with is basically a lead conical. It is my belief if you are shooting solid lead you really should be up there in weight because straight lead tends to fragment when it encounters something hard like a bone. Hence, since the State of Idaho changed the rules this year and we were forced to shoot conicals I chose to shoot one of Dan's Bull Shop 460 grain NEx. This conical is a finisher and works very shoots very accurately... My general statement would be if you are required to shoot a conical shoot a real conical like the Bull Shop. The Power Belt or the Harvester clone are used and used by a lot of people for one reason - easy to load.
If you are able touse sabots and another projectile that would be my choice vs any PB. But, it would require a little searching on your part to find the correct sabot. For the distances you are talking about the perfect bullet for you might be the Speer Gold Dot either the .452-250 grain or the 300 grain. Cayugad can probably tell you what sabot to use as he has one of the guns...
Good luck in what ever you choose to do... Confidence is the key find a combination that you have confidence in and use it...