ED

Put a 50-cal fiber wad between the powder and bullet and you will feel it a smidge more.

I was using 80 grains BH 209 with 405 gr leaded HP Powerbelts with a fiber wad at deer camp for a few days. My Omega absorbs recoil excellently, having that Sims pad on it. Accuracy was splendid to 100 yards, but that bigazz 405 bullet only left small dents in my conducted soft pine tree tests.

Believe it or not, I was getting the same imprint using half-sized 200 grain Hornady SST 50/40s. I'm not knocking the entire Powerbelt lineup however,. What works well are the 300 gr Platinums and 348 grain copper HPs. Never tried the Aerolites that Jon likes. Actually I never purchased a Powerbelt in my life. All donated to me at deer camp over the years.

I attempted a 385 grain Hornady Great Plains bullet in my Knight Vision using 80 grains BH209 and a wad. But I could never get more than 60-70% of the bullet in the bore.....lol. Seriously, I was so glad I packed my needle-nose pliers with me. That's the only way I could extract that bullet, without removing the breechplug and powder/wad. My screw-in bullet puller did not make this hunting trip. That same Great Plains bullet shot terribly out of my Omega at 100. Couldn't find it's way to the paper pinned to that wounded pine.

One last thing ED. Was it you that sent Hornady an email about your One Shot Cleaner/lube that turned brown like rust? Did they ever email you back?