Powerbelt Info
06-24-2008 | 07:16 PM
#13
Nontypical Buck
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From: Amelia Island, Florida
RE: Powerbelt Wants your emails
Well,I think if folks dont like um,dont shoot um.I fired two while hunting last season and have two dead deer.One at 89 yards and the otherright at100 so I have no complaints.
Just like any other bullet each PB prefers a different load and when you find it,there you go.
So to each his own,thats why there are so many bullet choices on the market and each guy will tell you that whatever he killed his last animal with is the best thing since sliced bread.
VIVA LE DIFFERANCE
Just like any other bullet each PB prefers a different load and when you find it,there you go.
So to each his own,thats why there are so many bullet choices on the market and each guy will tell you that whatever he killed his last animal with is the best thing since sliced bread.
VIVA LE DIFFERANCE
06-24-2008 | 08:42 PM
#14
Typical Buck
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From: Nebraska
RE: Powerbelt Wants your emails
Well, to be honest, me and my family have harvested about 4 dozen deer with 45cal PowerBelts
Never lost a one
Most shots 30-70 yards.
We've settled on the 300g Platinum with 60g of your favorite powder. Magic speed seems to be 1350fps. Good from 20 to 120 yards. Plows right through every time. 1.5 -2 inch groups at 120yards.
In this Pic, ONLY the far Left(275g) and far Right(300g) are acceptable expansion for me. These were recoved at 120yards, fired into damp sandy clay. 60g of Goex Pinnacle 3Fg. The others are 120g Pinnacle...And WAY over expanded[:'(]
Here they are flipped over. The 2 on the far left, 300g Platinum, then the 275 copper clad:
Another angle...Which ones would you trust to perform??? Remember this was at 120yards....
If you don't over-drive them, they will perform great....shoulder shot or double-lung
Never lost a one Most shots 30-70 yards.We've settled on the 300g Platinum with 60g of your favorite powder. Magic speed seems to be 1350fps. Good from 20 to 120 yards. Plows right through every time. 1.5 -2 inch groups at 120yards.
In this Pic, ONLY the far Left(275g) and far Right(300g) are acceptable expansion for me. These were recoved at 120yards, fired into damp sandy clay. 60g of Goex Pinnacle 3Fg. The others are 120g Pinnacle...And WAY over expanded[:'(]
Here they are flipped over. The 2 on the far left, 300g Platinum, then the 275 copper clad:
Another angle...Which ones would you trust to perform??? Remember this was at 120yards....
If you don't over-drive them, they will perform great....shoulder shot or double-lung
06-24-2008 | 08:53 PM
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RE: Powerbelt Wants your emails
Wow that one looks like a top hat!
That 120g charge would do great with a lung shot but a shoulder shot would be iffy. Try those 275's in Aerotip and see what kind of difference you get in expansion.
I, like you, Prefer the lower charges as any more powder is just a waste. Even for 150 yard shooting.
No pictures of the deer/bullet/internal damage? Common Lane, you're cheatin us here!
That 120g charge would do great with a lung shot but a shoulder shot would be iffy. Try those 275's in Aerotip and see what kind of difference you get in expansion.
I, like you, Prefer the lower charges as any more powder is just a waste. Even for 150 yard shooting.
No pictures of the deer/bullet/internal damage? Common Lane, you're cheatin us here!
06-24-2008 | 09:12 PM
#16
Typical Buck
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From: Nebraska
RE: Powerbelt Wants your emails
ORIGINAL: frontier gander
Wow that one looks like a top hat!
That 120g charge would do great with a lung shot but a shoulder shot would be iffy. Try those 275's in Aerotip and see what kind of difference you get in expansion.
I, like you, Prefer the lower charges as any more powder is just a waste. Even for 150 yard shooting.
No pictures of the deer/bullet/internal damage? Common Lane, you're cheatin us here!
Wow that one looks like a top hat!
That 120g charge would do great with a lung shot but a shoulder shot would be iffy. Try those 275's in Aerotip and see what kind of difference you get in expansion.
I, like you, Prefer the lower charges as any more powder is just a waste. Even for 150 yard shooting.
No pictures of the deer/bullet/internal damage? Common Lane, you're cheatin us here!
OK! These got pulled the last time I posted, so viewer be warned. This is a 175lb class buck,
I apologize,
I was checking my notes, and that Buck shot with the 45cal 300g Platinum PB.... Was actually shot with 120g Pinnacle[&:]at 50 yards!
I was shooting 200g Shockwaves with 120g Pinnacleand shot a doe, I then did a quick Reloadwith the same 120g Pinn loadand a 300g Plat PB[8D]. 20min later the buck showed, and I shot him too.
So those pics show what NOT to do with powerbeltS[&:]
.... Forgot to mention, this was a BOOM-FLOP! DRT
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v416/lanenebraska/drrr4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v416/lanenebraska/drrr2.jpg
Hole going in:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v416/lanenebraska/drrr3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v416/lanenebraska/drrr1.jpg
Hole going out and collateral damage:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v416/lanenebraska/der7.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v416/lanenebraska/der6.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v416/lanenebraska/der3.jpg
Please pardon my messy garage[8D]
06-24-2008 | 09:40 PM
#18
Typical Buck
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From: Nebraska
RE: Powerbelt Wants your emails
That was the the one dear with the most damage to be Sure!
However, almost all the rest had much less damage Must a got a bad angle on that buck
We are sold on the 300g Platinums, won't go back to the copper clads!
Platinums!!!
However, almost all the rest had much less damage
Must a got a bad angle on that buckWe are sold on the 300g Platinums, won't go back to the copper clads!
Platinums!!!
06-24-2008 | 09:46 PM
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RE: Powerbelt Wants your emails
No kidding, i wouldnt change a thing.
You got some hairy deer where you hunt. What time of the year did you take those? Ours is early September and are sleek.
And dude, You have got to post these pictures on my forum, I know you're already registered! Its insane what that 300 did to that doe/buck Cant see its head!
You got some hairy deer where you hunt. What time of the year did you take those? Ours is early September and are sleek.
And dude, You have got to post these pictures on my forum, I know you're already registered! Its insane what that 300 did to that doe/buck Cant see its head!
06-24-2008 | 09:53 PM
#20
Nontypical Buck
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From: Moravia NY USA
RE: Powerbelt Wants your emails
Deer 160 lbs and less
140 yards and under ---100 grain charge, 245 gr. A.T. or 295 gr.
H.P.
150 to 200 yards -------150 grain charge, 270 gr. Platinum
Deer 180 to 200 + lbs
140 yards and under--- 100 grain charge, 295 gr. A.T. or 348 gr.
H.P.
150 to 200 yards ------150 grain charge, 300 gr. Platinum
140 yards and under ---100 grain charge, 245 gr. A.T. or 295 gr.
H.P.
150 to 200 yards -------150 grain charge, 270 gr. Platinum
Deer 180 to 200 + lbs
140 yards and under--- 100 grain charge, 295 gr. A.T. or 348 gr.
H.P.
150 to 200 yards ------150 grain charge, 300 gr. Platinum
So I am supposed to guess how big a deer and the distance it will be before I leave the house to have the right load?
Thats funny!!
I would rather have one of several loads that I know I don't have to determine if the deer is too small or large or too close or far.
Use what you want, but don't whiz on my back and tell me its raining.
Steve