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07-30-2012, 12:52 PM
#32
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Colorado
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07-30-2012, 01:51 PM
#36
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Eastern PA
Posts: 12,746
Well I have to agree with Pluckit ont he 50 PRB and blood trails. I too have found them almost non-existant. As for the Maxihunters Dave hates I have killed several deer with them and found them plenty accurate enough out of at least one of my MLs. My friend uses them and gets excellent accuracy. He shot a doe at 110 yds one snowy January day a few years back that I pushed into him. Powerbelts - the biggest does I ever shot was with a 245 gr .50 cal PB. I recovered her but wasn't too impressed with the performance of the bullet. I was a perfect double lung hit with a pass thru but not much tissue damage. My fav bullet is the XTP. This bullet in the .400 cal 200 gr or the .429" 300 gr for the MLs as well as the 240 gr .429" in my handgun has never let me down on dear. No deer I ever shot with either of these went more than 50 yds.
07-30-2012, 05:12 PM
#39
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Rapid City, South Dakota
Posts: 3,732
The CVA boys have deflected again. The thread started out to be about poor performing bullet. Many of these poor performing bullet were CVA bullet. The CVA boys then began the deflection about the name of these bullet. At least now we know the name of these bad bullet is Powerbelt. Then we were taught the correct name of the barrel. Now we read about the weather in New Mexico. Now, if i refer to you boys as the BPI boys, is that correct? You BPI boys sure are good at deflection, and once again have steered a thread off course. We went from bullets we wouldn't use, to proper naming, to the heat, to the weather in New Mexico. Excellent deflection from the fact that them powerbelt bullet have many detractors.