frontier gander

I shot that 245g HP powerbelt that i modified to see what would happen. I found it while looking through the sand box for round balls.

WOW! I may consider making quite a bit of these and use them for hunting and see how they do.

I'll post pics as soon as i am finished with the lead hunt.

With the GPR, i can tell you this... A .015 patch sucks major butt.

frontier gander

Here she be. I'll post more. Right now the lap top i am using only has explorer and it screws up with photobucket and only lets me load one pic at a time.







While looking through my sand box i smelled fire. I thought that was odd since its 80+ degrees out today. Walking back to my shooting area the smell gets stronger and i look down to find this!

That powder that was getting blown out of the barrel from the GPR and 90g ffg goex landed on this log that has some really rotten/punky wood and it started to smolder and spread pretty quick in a matter of minutes.


Shooting path,

HuntAway

Is the pointy end the front or the back?

Did a patch land on that stump? That sure is food for thought. Wouldn't happen here though. Other than yesterday morning it's been raining steady.[:'(]

lemoyne

Now doyou understand why the pointed brass tip made of brazing rod would do much for them? Lee

frontier gander

Pointy part is the tip of the bullet. So yes, The front.

burntmuch

I missed the modification. What did you do to the powerbelt.

frontier gander

I took a screw that fit tight in the Hollow point, cut it down to fit flush and then used a bit of jb weld to hold in place. Other than that, I just replaced the plastic aerotip with a steel flat tip.

HuntAway

That seems like a bit of work. I would be worried about consistency. If you are off center your bullet may start to wobble or tumble.
Why not just use Nosler Partitions and save all the grief?

frontier gander

Cuz sabots aint legal in colorado and it was just for fun.

Powerbelts or round ball is all i shoot.

HuntAway

Good enough for me I suppose. lol

Don't the PB's have something like you toying with. Something for dangerous game?? with a steel core?