I doubt it, but if it makes you feel better to think that. Go ahead.

LOL I didn't want to put it that way for fear of getting e-jumped :s2:

I've just gotten back into ML'ing the past few years so I am out of the loop on some of the newer greatest, bestest, newfangled technobabble out there nowadays. But over many many years of hunting with everything from a sharp stick (yes I have lance hunted hog and deer) to some of the most advanced rifles in the industry I kind of have a pretty good perspective on big game and what's needed to put meat in the freezer. But that sure doesn't mean I know all. What it DOES mean is that I have more than likely done it, seen it, or heard about it from reliable sources. If I haven't I want to learn it! Even at my advanced years I still love to learn!

Wow, you sure are sensitive. Playing the victim is right out of the liberal handbook when any debate is not going well for them.

Let me help you

Not knowing is ignorant
Ignorant is not stupid its simply not knowing.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ignorant

This is common place in this industry thanks to the salesmen and saleswomen at places like Bass Pro shops and Cabelas. CVA and other companies use reps to inform (or misinform) the staff to push their products. When someplace like Cabelas has massive contracts with these companies, they tend to listen and employees push the most abundant stock on the shelves with a high markup. In this case its Powerbelts.

I have seen this first hand EVERY time ive been in Cabelas and Bass Pro. Each time i walk over to the bulk bullets and grab a pack of sabots. I leave with more than twice the number of bullets for usually less money.

The sales staff is stunned and look like a deer staring into the head lights when i ignore their sales pitch.

BTW i pay less than 50cent a piece for SSTs. I know where to buy them for even less. I paid less for my Parkers BEs than you paid for you PR QTs and we both probably got them on sale. Its been quite some time since ive paid a buck a bullet but then again, im informed about where to get them.

I never complained about the Expander MZ either. I used the 275gr 50cal for years. It flew like a brick and hit like a brick. I prefer the 250gr 458 TSXFN over the 250gr ML version simply do to accuracy in previous rifles.

My current 50cal prefers a .450-.452 because the bore is tighter and sabot selection is better. As far as i can tell both bullets perform the same....Flawless.

Currently i prefer the .451 225gr XPB for deer in that rifle. They are cheaper than the 250gr Expander MZ and recoil is less. Performance has also been flawless.

I happen to be slightly proficient with video recoding and capturing frames of videos. Sadly this PC does not have my best software installed but it will do for now. I also captured the raw video from PR and i can post it on Youtube if it helps.

This is the impact


This is right after impact and penetration.


Notice the hump on his back and it vanishing a split second later? Notice the bullet splash?

The bullet hit very high. Its more evident in the video and with a higher resolution still shot.

:sign0016:

After viewing it a few times in full screen, you are right.

110gr BH209 and the 250 Aerolite did a heck of a job on a buck back in 2011 with a high shoulder shot. I was about to put it in the lungs when I changed my mind and decided to do the high shoulder as see if it would bounce off. It did not.

Was it shot from your tree stand J? Is that two holes there?

nope, new mexico in 2011 when i drew a tag. I purposely used the high 110gr bh209 charge and shoulder shot for testing. I think the aerolite had only been out for a year. Do a search for powerbelt aerolite bullets on youtube. You can see my Part 2 video where i track it and recover it. Sadly my brother was on a doe at the time of the shot.

there will be 3 of us in new mexico again this year. Im using patched ball but the other 2 are usign the 260 PT golds.