Hank
Been using the PB's for a few years now and cannot say enough good things about them. This season they took a doe between the eyes at 65 yds and another thru the neck at 117 yds (by the gps) Guess I dont have to tell you that they shoot well from my CVA and I have the utmost confidence in them and where they will hit. I must admit that the "tweener" was a surprise to me when I walked up to the spot. Thought that I had scared the hell out of her or pierced and ear.

Hey guys,
I have been trying to post a response for a couple of days, for some reason the site would not allow me access.
I took another deer on Saturday evening, last 10 mins of the last day of the season.
The shot was about 75 to 80 yards in fading light. I am not sure if it was my fault, the bullet, the fading light or the scope maybe having been bumped, but my shot went about 6 inches higher and maybe an inch or two to the right than my point of aim. The hit was very effictive, high in the back just behind the shoulder blades. Fair amount of tissue damage and broke the back resulting in a solid knockdown immediate incapacitation. Followup shot ended things, but would rather have not had to do business that way. Don't like "sloppy" and can't live with flyers (mine, the gun's or the bullet's) that range more than a couple of inches.
I'll do some extensive shooting at the range to experiment with some loads and rounds. I think the aerotips look like a good bet.
Thanks
Hank

I tryed powerbelts in my T/C .50 3-4 yrs ago - Terrible results. I set up and sighted a friends new T/C .50 last year with same results in accuracy - Sucked! We tryed various powder loads (Loose Clean Shot) and bullet weights. I finally bought a bag of Precison Silver Lightning 300gr,Poly Tips. Wow - what a differance. 1-2" groups at 100 yrds. We gave away all the .50 powerbelts we had.

Having said all that - I have a Knight .45 (Sweet Gun). The Hornaday is a pain in the butt to load, but extremely accurate and performs very well on Deer. I wanted to switch to sabot a bit easier to load with no loss in accuracy or knock down power/energy.

I couldn't find my bullet of choice, Precisions X-Tended Range QT Polymer Tip. All I could find were 195gr powerbelts for the .45 cal. Well - I was shocked at how easy they load and very accurate. I've taken 3-4 deer with the Powerbelts in the 195gr HP,130gr loose Clean Shot with no pass thru's on deer, none have gone past 50yrds. I've heard other smoke pole owners say the powerbelts are a Go or No Go in some guns.

I finally found Precisions X-Tended Range Polymer Tip in 215gr for my Knight 45. I'll be using these next year after a good day at the range.

unfortunately for us who hunt Colorado, we have to use a conical, sabots are not allowed, so it is powerbelts or some other conicals. Precision silver lightening bullets are not legal.