Powerbelts
11-04-2007, 05:18 PM
#54
Spike
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 79
RE: Powerbelts
Should i switch to hollow points with same grain? Will they shoot different? That is the main reason I am not switching bullets because I have already sighted in with the 245 grain powerbelts and am going tomrrow and tuesday and don't have time to rezero.
11-04-2007, 05:34 PM
#58
Join Date: Jul 2006
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Posts: 5,180
RE: Powerbelts
Whoops wrong box.
http://powerbeltbullets.com/docs/PBB28inchballistics.pdf
Would be nice if they had the Aerotip #'s with loose powder listed!
http://powerbeltbullets.com/docs/PBB28inchballistics.pdf
Would be nice if they had the Aerotip #'s with loose powder listed!
11-04-2007, 08:33 PM
#60
Join Date: Jul 2006
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RE: Powerbelts
I used a 245 grain hollow point with 150 grains pyrodex rs and shot a mule deer doe at just under 150 yards. Perfect shot that went through both lungs and exited. Now consider the distance, You dont need 150 grains for up close and personal deer shots. I like lower charges, All of the shooting ive done with logs and water jugs, 80 to 90 grains with a 225,245,295 powerbelt offer excellent mushroomed bullets. Even 100 grains of triple 7 is a hot load for powerbelts. 100 grains of anything blows the center out of the plastic "sabot" and it stays connected to the nipple at the rear of the bullet. That throws off some accuracy but not much.
With that 150 grain load and the 245 and 295 powerbelt, the entrance and exit wound were the size of the bullet, They didnt have the time to mushroom and expand. 80-90 grains powder allows them to perform like they should.
With that 150 grain load and the 245 and 295 powerbelt, the entrance and exit wound were the size of the bullet, They didnt have the time to mushroom and expand. 80-90 grains powder allows them to perform like they should.
