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typical knight and a large DIA bore. Platinums use a thicker skirt for rifles such as knight and those with a larger bore.

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Originally Posted by MountainDevil54 (Post 3478747)

poor shots are not made up for by a different bullet. Now ive just started shooting Thors, dont make me go back to shooting powerbelts just to teach you all a lesson ;)

poor shots? If the bullet is tumbling in the air end over end I find it hard to blame the shooter. 2 different guns, with 1 changing from .50 to .45 cal also trying different powder charges and still getting crappy results. After 5 hrs of shooting, cleaning the barrel and letting it rest they shot $60 in bullets and targets looking like they were hit with a load of 00 buck shot. I blame the bullet unless you wanna blame the type of powder or 209 caps they were using also.

Another one down! That guy is a deer killin machine with powerbelts,
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Originally Posted by kclcpa (Post 3479056)

the productive ones

i've made the switch to 240gr xtp's

good luck to you all

I've shot most bullets out there, and the No.1 Winner hands down for accuracy and Exceptional Devestation is the 240Gr XTP. I have NEVER lost an animal hit with a 240 Gr XTP even on a not so good hit. I've had fist size entrance holes, excellant fragmentation and knock down power, with pleanty of blood. I've used Powerbelts and they worked O.K. but when I tried the XTP's I could'nt believe what they did. Give em a try and Im sure you'll be pleased. And Practice, Practice, Practice, you owe your best shot to the Animals you hunt.
Ron

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Originally Posted by Breechplug (Post 3480332)

Back "in the day", I killed dozens of deer with 240gr HTPs (I believe these were replaced by the XTP) until I could not get them anymore, in my first ML a Traditions Deerhunter. The single deer I shot with an XTP was DOA though the recovered bullet was not expanded as much as I'd like.

Which takes me back to my refrain, "deer was DOA, they're all about the same", everything else doesn't really matter. HTP, XTP, SST, SW, Dead Center, QT, Keith Nose....they are all the same to me in terms of terminal performance (these are the ones I actually have whitetail kills with). The only one that gave me an unexpectedly long run was the one I expected it least from, the 300gr soft lead Keith Nose. Shot a doe through both lungs, no exit, diagonal shot with about 2ft of penetration, and she ran 200 yds and only stopped then as she got bogged down in a snow-filled ditch.

I have killed about 10 deer with powerbelts, from 245 hollowpoints to 270 platinums all using 110 gr of t7. i have not come close to losing a deer hit in the boiler room with any of my powerbelts