Originally Posted by
TNHagies
Honest about how there are many-many better options than the PB. He's shot the Thor and knows they are far superior. Honestly, I'd respect him a lot more if he'd just say 'I like Powerbelts because they're a CVA product'.
I have a huntin' buddy who used PBs for probably 10 years. I've spent more nights than I care to remember tracking horrible blood trails or waiting for crows to find his deer the next day. We recovered most of them (maybe 1 or 2 we didn't find) and every one of them should NEVER have been that hard to track if he was shooting a better bullet. Lack of penetration and fragmentation was always the factor in his deer. 1 deer may be a fluke. 10 years of them is concrete evidence.
FWIW, last year he switched to Barnes and said he'll never shoot another PB again. He now jokes that if you want a pass through w/PBs you have to shoot them in the liver (this was based on his only pass through he ever received shooting PBs)
Of course the Barnes is better. You know i'll have a Thor loaded for the next elk season. I think the AL 300gr will be fine for does. If I don't like the results i'll use a 250gr Thor. That's a no brainer.
Why did your buddy take so long to switch? Did he ever try the Platinum PB? It's suppose to penetrate better.
I don't want to sound like i'm hocking PB's here. I just like to give something a fair chance. I've talked to too many hunters in this area that haven't had any problems with them.