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Old 12-13-2005 | 01:54 PM
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Hey All,
Can I reuse my powerbelts after I have "dumped" the load and pushed out the round with the ramrod.They are spendy but dont know if its safe to reuse them.
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Old 12-13-2005 | 02:07 PM
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Yes if the plastic and projectile are not all messed up, but use them as a fast back up shot. Load a new one for your first shot and keep the removed ones seperate. Then after season and when your in the rifle range target shooting, try them to see if the accuracy with them is the same or not..
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Old 12-13-2005 | 07:07 PM
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Thanks Cayugad,
I'll push them out slow.Not trying to be a cheap skate ,but with going out several days in the week it can get spendy.
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Old 12-14-2005 | 08:32 AM
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Does your rifling even dent the bullet? I have blown them out and reused them because the bullet is barely scratched. The base is what holds the bullet in the barrel until firing, when the bullet obturates (expands) to engage the rifling.
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Old 12-14-2005 | 11:06 AM
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Hey All,
Can I reuse my powerbelts after I have "dumped" the load and pushed out the round with the ramrod.They are spendy but dont know if its safe to reuse them.
Thanks All
Nathan
As Moe would say, "Why, coitinley!" You can shoot them if they come out relatively undamaged from being unloaded.

They ain't nuthin' wrong with salvaging a perfectly good bullet! I do it all the time.
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Old 12-14-2005 | 12:02 PM
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Thanks to all,
I dumped the load last nite and there was not a bit of damage on the skirt.I cant wait to see what the powerbelts do to deer.I was going out this morning before work, but we had 40-45 mph winds so I went back to sleep.Maybe tommorrow morning.
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Old 12-15-2005 | 07:47 AM
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I reuse mine all the time.I usually only have two, one for the wife and one for me.I load mine and unless I shoot something , I don't reload or empty till the season is over.
the ones I remove, I shoot at the range or to check the scope befor the season opens next year.

they shoot just as good as new ones for me.
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