I tryed powerbelts in my T/C .50 3-4 yrs ago - Terrible results. I set up and sighted a friends new T/C .50 last year with same results in accuracy - Sucked! We tryed various powder loads (Loose Clean Shot) and bullet weights. I finally bought a bag of Precison Silver Lightning 300gr,Poly Tips. Wow - what a differance. 1-2" groups at 100 yrds. We gave away all the .50 powerbelts we had.

Having said all that - I have a Knight .45 (Sweet Gun). The Hornaday is a pain in the butt to load, but extremely accurate and performs very well on Deer. I wanted to switch to sabot a bit easier to load with no loss in accuracy or knock down power/energy.

I couldn't find my bullet of choice, Precisions X-Tended Range QT Polymer Tip. All I could find were 195gr powerbelts for the .45 cal. Well - I was shocked at how easy they load and very accurate. I've taken 3-4 deer with the Powerbelts in the 195gr HP,130gr loose Clean Shot with no pass thru's on deer, none have gone past 50yrds. I've heard other smoke pole owners say the powerbelts are a Go or No Go in some guns.

I finally found Precisions X-Tended Range Polymer Tip in 215gr for my Knight 45. I'll be using these next year after a good day at the range.