I am thinken of switching from powerbelts? Need answers
11-03-2010, 05:32 PM
#11
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 6,585
Power belts were designed for 12 to 14 hundred FPS it really is not a big suprise they come apart [fragment] at near double that. If you plug the hollow point they can be made to work. They are without doubt the poorest bullet on the market to day for muzzle loaders.
I also shoot an Endeavor Encore and I have a suggestion for you. As you want to use Shock Waves use the regular yellow tip or unbonded for practice and the bonded for hunting [blue tip].
I also shoot an Endeavor Encore and I have a suggestion for you. As you want to use Shock Waves use the regular yellow tip or unbonded for practice and the bonded for hunting [blue tip].
11-03-2010, 10:26 PM
#12
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Northeast Tennessee
Posts: 5,673
I hate shockwaves but love powerbelts. I've killed 3 deer with powerbelts all 3 were 1 shot kills. 2 droped on the spot one at 50 yards one at 140 yards. The third ran 40 yards and lost alot of blood. I shoot 110gr of 777 and a 295gr powerbelt aerotip. I've killed 2 deer with 250gr shockwaves both were hit in the heart/lungs both requiered 2 shots to die. The shockwaves exploded and had poor penatration. I was shooting 100gr of 777 with them. If you don't like powerbelts find something besides shockwaves they ma cost you a deer of a lifetime shockwaves are the worst I've seen
I can't get the Shockwaves to expand much at all, I blow right through everything I shoot with minimal bullet expansion. That was with 100gr of Triple 7.
11-03-2010, 10:28 PM
#13
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Northeast Tennessee
Posts: 5,673
Power belts were designed for 12 to 14 hundred FPS it really is not a big suprise they come apart [fragment] at near double that. If you plug the hollow point they can be made to work. They are without doubt the poorest bullet on the market to day for muzzle loaders.
I also shoot an Endeavor Encore and I have a suggestion for you. As you want to use Shock Waves use the regular yellow tip or unbonded for practice and the bonded for hunting [blue tip].
I also shoot an Endeavor Encore and I have a suggestion for you. As you want to use Shock Waves use the regular yellow tip or unbonded for practice and the bonded for hunting [blue tip].
11-04-2010, 03:37 AM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 2,445
Give Hornady FPBs a try. They are a full-bore copper clad bullet like PowerBelts, but are built a little tougher, and come in 300 and 350 gr. They have passed through on the 5 or so deer I have shot with them, from around 30 to almost 100 yds. I shoot 100 gr loose pyrodex and the 350 gr FPB.
