ORIGINAL: corey012778
reading all the test post one night, when I was up and could not sleep. started to notice something about the hornidy xtp and the powerbelts.
you over charge them they want to blow up.
both like low charges (but the 200 xtp)
both have a lovers and haters in about every forum I been too.
talking to people in my area and online, in gunshops, lot of people have taken a lot of deer with both bullets.
only that deffer, one cost a whole lot more then the other. edit: one is saboted, the other is an conical
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Please see my velocity post above in reponse to Semi. Also please view this penetration test:
http://tinyurl.com/6e9gpm
although shot by a Savage, it will give you some clue on how well the bullet performs at high speed. To see other testing of other bullets in the same medium, please see this:
http://tinyurl.com/6nz6yu
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I have hunted with this bullet (XTP Mag), I like the Mag over the regular XTP, since the velocity range is better with the Mag when shooting 300g. Sabotloader has shown in his penetration tests into "the rock pile" that the bullet sheds it's jacket, however that is only about 50g. For an inexpensive bullet I believe it is good, for a bullet that is better, the Speer Gold Dot 300g has about the same frontalshape and does not loose it's jacket, therefore I think it is better. If your trying to lower your hunting costs I beleive that is not a good idea to scrimp on a bullet, cause it is doing the work for you (scope and bullet should be best you can buy). If your shooting hundreds of bullets a year, go with the XTP or a speer gold dot. If you only shooting a box a year, spendabout doubleand get eitherNosler Partitions or Barnes MZ, TMZ.
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Best wishes on this important hunting decision (choosing the right bullet for the job),
Chap