I don't know how you put up with it MD 54.Your posts are informative,interesting and honest.Yet everytime you make a post someone has something negative to respond to it with.I use Powerbelts because I don't like sabots but I haven't been fortunate enough to hit a deer with one yet.Oops,I did knick one last october.I hit a mature doe last sunday with a 12 guage Winchester Sabot slug at about 80 yards.She went right down,laid there for a moment,then got up and ran away.The blood trail consisted of one drop of blood every 6 to 12 feet or so for about 75 yards then it disapeard and I lost the doe.Now,should I stop using these slugs due to a lack of blood trail even though I've used them for about 20 years and taken many deer with them?I don't think so.A well placed shot makes all the difference in the world.I don't recomend patched round balls but I don't bash them every time someone brings them up.The first deer I ever killed was with one in a .50 cal.,had it not been a double lung shot,and the deer had run away,I probably would have never found it due to ZERO blood trail.Luckily it only went 30 yards and fell with only a drop of blood on the entrace wound side and the ball lodged under the skin on the opposite side.And so what if you promote products that are given to you free of charge.In my opinion they are terrific products,all the ones I have used are anyway.Keep up the good work and keep testing.I'm looking forward to the tests on the new Powerbelts.And thanks for all your help,pluckit.
P.S. I've never had a deer hit properly through both lungs go far after being hit with anything I hit it with,blood trail or not,when the air runs out,the deer goes down.