Question on bullet size
11-01-2006 | 01:15 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: Question on bullet size
Chuck7,
I'm just commenting on what others have reported. One person using 110 grains T7 and 348 PB said the bullet was reduced to dust and didn't pass through. The shot was double-lung but killed a cow elk just fine. Many others, right here and in other forums have complained about powerbelts not staying together under heavy loads. Though they are few, some complain of lost deer. Even so, many report excellent performance with loads ranging from 80 to 100 grains. If you are planning your hunting for shots less than 120 yards, the PB will probably work very well with 80-100 grains (per all the happy PB users I know). Frontier gander shot two deer over 130 yards last year (hunts in Colorado). What he doesn't realize is that, at that range his bullets were moving along like they would from the muzzle with 60 grains powder. 150 grains and a 40 yard impact, if your results are anything like others I have read, expect the bullet to come apart and maybenot pass through with double-lung.
I'm just commenting on what others have reported. One person using 110 grains T7 and 348 PB said the bullet was reduced to dust and didn't pass through. The shot was double-lung but killed a cow elk just fine. Many others, right here and in other forums have complained about powerbelts not staying together under heavy loads. Though they are few, some complain of lost deer. Even so, many report excellent performance with loads ranging from 80 to 100 grains. If you are planning your hunting for shots less than 120 yards, the PB will probably work very well with 80-100 grains (per all the happy PB users I know). Frontier gander shot two deer over 130 yards last year (hunts in Colorado). What he doesn't realize is that, at that range his bullets were moving along like they would from the muzzle with 60 grains powder. 150 grains and a 40 yard impact, if your results are anything like others I have read, expect the bullet to come apart and maybenot pass through with double-lung.
