oldwun

At one time I did do some shooting with Power Belts, i was impressed with their accuracy and when I was first starting the ease of loading. But it really did not take me long to figer out the that they were really noting more than an elongated round ball, maybe a better definition would be ashaped round ball with a gas check. At one time I figured if I were forced to shoot a conical then the PB would be the bullet. And do not get me wrong because I know PRB's have taking game for a very long time, but then again there must be a reason that even to old timers were searching for a better projectile.

Next thing that entered into my equations was the older timers saying "make a bigger hole" - with a pure lead bullet, like a PB even the plated PB's, I think this is a real key when shooting pure lead. When I first read that Doc White shot 620 grain conicals- I shuttered - but when you get right down to it - to make up for some of the deficiencies shooting pure lead you realy do need to increase weight to hold it together. The other way to make up for this is to slow the projectile down, which as FG has instructed will work - but for the life of me I can not figure out why you would want to increase the time in flight... All you are accomplishing there is allowing the external forces more time to effect the flight of the bullet... X-winds are really bad on slow moving projectiles from a ML... heavier projectiles are less effected - but velocity is still the best way to overide these exteranal forces and of course velocity certainly adds to the delievered energy. From there you move to performance in the animal. the heavier concical is going to provide more penetration and substantiually raise the knock down power of the projectile.

This is only my opinion - but PB's fall short in each of these areas and as long as there is a better widget out there that will be what I prefer to use. And I can not argue the success that some have had it is a matter of confidence and for me PB's would be way down there. Heck! I think Noslers are the best but I can change Ted's opinion that Barnes are the best - so it really is each to his own thing. But for me when you are hunting one animal per year and you are limiting yourself to one shot per animal - I am going to shoot the what I think is best for me and it ain't gonna be a power belt.