A close inspection of the exit wound determined that the bullet probably did not expand at all. Looking inside, no ribs were hit, and it also does not appear as though the shoulderblade was hit. So, given that, I'm not surprised.

Hopefully, I'll get a chance to anchor one with a shoulder shot and see what the bullet does then. I'm still hoping for a pass through, but time will tell.

First off congrats on the deer. Good eats!!!

Secondly, and I probably should know this; What is a FPB?

Is it a "curse word" Power Belt?

An FPB is a full-bore diameter, copper jacketed, hollow-based,conical that weighs 350 gr., made by Hornady.

It has a true jacket, not a wash application like a PowerBelt. No plastic gas seal, the hollow base is very pronounced and the skirt expands toobturate the bullet and get it into the rifling. The thicker jacket is supposed to prevent the fragementation problems that PowerBelts have when driven too fast.

They shoot well in my gun, though they did cost 18.50 for 15 at WalMart. I'll be watching the sale shelves after ML season.

Thanks UN. I haven't heard of them.

HuntAway,

Try em'......you'll LIKE em!

maybe i shouldnt have passed on them at walmart yesterday. sounds like a solid round. congrats on the deer

Another "first" for me with the Genesis and FPBs. In almost 30 years of hunting I had never shot a deer on Thanksgiving. Actually never really hunted on T-day, maybe only once or twice.

This year I had the chance to go out in the AM, stood on the ground close to where I shot a big doe last year with the 54 cal T/C Renegade. Small cornfield about 50 yds away on one side anda big one 200 yds away on another side.I found a spot with a good view of open hardwoods between these fields, with bedding cover behind me. The wind was right, so it seemed an ideal set-up. It was a cool AM and the leaves and remnants of snow were very loud. I heard deer running just as I got to my spot. They didn't wind me though so I settled in and waited for shooting light, thinking I might see them later in the AM.

Aside from turkeys, I didn't see or hear anything until 9:30. ThenI saw deer (parts of one anyway) moving through the thick cover downwind of me. Figures it would come from the wrong way. It would wind me without really spooking, move and circleoff a ways, then come back 20-30 minutes later. Did that a couple times. At 10:30 or 10:45 I saw movement in the thick stuff again, but now the wind had shifted. The deer worked it's way to within 40-45 yds and stopped in thick cover, quartering hard toward me. I had a small window through the brush and put the crosshairs on thepoint of the shoulder at the junction of the neck, trying for a high-shoulder shot.The deer started to get spooky so I shot. I was surprised to see the deer running away through the open woods, but I heard it fall. Ended up going almost 100 yds.

The FPB missed the nearside shoulder, went through the ribs about 3" under the spine and exitedbehind the offside shoulderblade (may have nipped it but not sure). The hole through the offside ribcage was about 1" by 1.5".The blood trail was as expected with the high shot, easy to follow after about 20-30 yds or so. Another nice doe. Two for two for the Genesis and FPBs.

Contratulations on the second doe.. That Genesis is kind of paying for itself real quick. Those FPB's I was looking at the other day when I was at Wally World. They kind of remind me of a pointed minnie ball. With that hollow base, it must expand and then the copper grabs the rifling of the barrel.

Have you noticed any copper build up or are you giving the barrel a solvent brush treatment to make sure that does not happen. They sure sound like they shoot well and they do a lot of damage. Again, congratulation on the doe.

Each cleaning, I have used windex/alcohol for several patches, then dry patch, wait a few minutes then Hoppes #9 on a couple patches, wait a few minutes then dry patches, then aclohol only, then dry patch.

I have not shot the gun a lot, but I have not noticed signs of copper buildup such staining on the solvent patches.

Yes, these are basically minnie bullets with a plastic tip. They are working great for me so far. I plan to watch the WalMart shelves for sales in a few weeks.