I am guessing a whole lot of this controversy has to do with what type of Powerbelt sabot you are using, I dont believe that whether its 100 grn of pyrodex or 150 grn has much of a different outcome. I explained in my post above of hitting a big bodied 8 pt at 10 ft under my treestand and not having an exit wound, even though i was shooting the magnum load. I have shot a doe at around 60 yrds where I was using a hollow point and it was a double lung shot that literally had an exit wound that blasted a blood puddle on exit about 5-8 yrds from impact. The doe, unbelievably made it 25 yrds. With the smoke in my face after the shot, and in my tree stand I thought I had missed her, because she wasnt curled up at the point of impact. As I got closer to where I last saw her and taking the shot,it looked like someone had butchered the deer right there, and needless to say a HEAVY blood trail led to the deer. It devestated her and the exit was about the size of a lemon.

The aerotips are way more accurate, but its dually noted that they do in fact fragment upon impact of any bone or ribs. I still cant believe the internal destruction my platinum sabot did to my last kill, regardless of any exit hole. When dressing it, it had completetly demolished all of his vitals in the diaphram.

To say if I was on the ground, and had a 30-50 yrd shot, I have no doubt I would have hit my mark, but its as much of a comfort to know that the sabot did so much internal injury.

I have bowhunted for years, and even hit the boiler room with a 1 3/4" mechanical BH that didnt leave as much of a blood trail as I would have thought, regardless of the vital that I struck (lung or heart).

I believe, IMHO that the aerotip powerbelts have dead on accuracy, and since switching to the 295 platinum, Im sold on it. I have had 3" groups at 100 yds with it compared to lousy results from the copper hollow points. Until I have a situation like you explained, I will reconsider...maybe, but in 5 years and many harvested deer with it, I dont see a need to switch. The time i did switch to Hornady, my scope had to be resighted and alot of inconsistant shots were made during the sighting in of my scope.

My creed with BP is to always use the magnum load with a 295 grn sabot (aerotip), no matter the distance. Im sorry to hear these other stories, but to be honest with you, my resources to purchase the other brands named in this thread are not at my disposal. Perhaps they are better, but Im not willing to fix something that isnt broke...yet!