Originally Posted by
Michlw39
well, this is about a lot of things but it's connected to the powerbelt debate.
--just about any gun out there, including .22s, will kill deer. my grandfather put a number of deer down on the spot with a .22 magnum back in the day.
--there's a LOT of great guns and ammo out there today. a LOT. just like beer or food, each kind will have its faithful followers and also those that can't stand it. that's what makes the world go around.
what does this all mean? YOU need to decide for yourself. YOU need to do your own "taste test," as it were, and figure it out.
for example, i bought an inexpensive wolf cva package. it came with 15 powerbelt 295 hollow points. rather than throwing them out and buying something else (if i had just made that decision based on reading negative comments here and elsewhere), i tried them out FOR MYSELF.
and i was happy with them! and still am happy with them (shooting 777 100 grains with them).
now: does that mean you will be happy with them? no. just like it's not my job to discourage you from trying something for yourself, it's also not my job to get you to buy something simply based on my own success.
and i don't work for wolf or powerbelt, nor do i get any free stuff from them. just saying we all need to approach things this way. use these forums to get a little more educated--but stop short of talking yourself completely out of a product you've never tried yourself.
know what i mean?
So this makes you able to comment on the bullets and how well they work. The usual complaint is not how they shoot, it is the terminal performance.
I was once like you, and thought a bullet was a bullet and as long as it was accurate "I was good".
Wait until you shoot a Trophy Buck, the smoke clears, you can't find blood and you have no idea which direction to search. I had this happen. I was lucky to recover the deer without any blood trail on a text book broadside shot at 20 yards. That was the last time I used a Powerbelt. It may not happen everytime, but even once, especially on the first time was enough to make me do some research and testing of my own. Luckily in the states I hunt I can shoot sabots and I have switched to the Barnes TEZ.
Your post
Comparing beer and bullets is a poor way to choose what you shoot. Drawing conclusions too quickly will often send you in the wrong direction.
There are a lot of people on this forum that posess a wealth of knowledge. It has taken them years and many shots from a muzzleloader to form their opinions. Don't be in such a rush to defend a product you really know nothing about.
Powerbelts sell because of their marketing, they put them in with certain guns like you bought, they are readily available, they are easy to load, they have flashy finishes and commercials. They know what sells and they capitalize on that. I spoke to a guy at powerbelt after I had a pencil hole passthru. He admitted to me that the hollow point design did not expand and stay together as well as the solid blunt nose bullet. He also said that the public thinks they need the hollow point, so thats what they push and the public purchases. He also told me if they had a rack of solid blunt nose bullets, and a rack of hollow points, the hollow point rack sells. Manufacturers and Retail Stores are in business to move product and make money. Most users never put it all together and keep buying what they always bought. Do as you wish, but don't defend a product you have very little experience with.