The point is, you're not helping him. He has no confidence in the bullet now and by you telling him joe blow had perfect sucess with that load and bullet you're thinking he'll just forget his experience. All you're trying to do is defend the powerbelt. Let it go and help him find something else he's confident in. If he comes back next week and says 'hey shot a deer w/a Barnes or Nosler and got the same result' then we know there's something up.

BTW, I've killed many deer that had fistfulls of hair on teh ground and made perfect lung shots on them. It doesn't mean for sure that it was a bad hit. If it was white belly hair, then yeah I'll give you that.

kclcpa, I'm sorry you hit a nerve in the Muzzleloading world. Find you another bullet that you like and try that one out. Several people here have given good suggestions. Try them out and the range, make sure they shoot well and bust a big'n with it and see how you like them. Make sure to let us know how it turns out. And we love pictures