powerbelt bullets?
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2004
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powerbelt bullets?
Has neone used them..i am shooting a 180 grain powerbelt in my thompson center xr black diamond .45 cal with 150 grains of pyrodex pellets...they shoot excellent and load perfectly easy...anyone else as pleased wtih them as i?
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Etowah, Tennessee
Posts: 1,180
RE: powerbelt bullets?
i have four 50cal muzzleloaders, two Knights and two traditions, using the 195 grain with 100 grams of pyrodex, have not had a problem. i really like the ease of loading.
#5
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 178
RE: powerbelt bullets?
Me and my dad have traditional muzzleloaders and he used them. He really liked them. He leveled an elk with one. The only thing he said was that it gets harder to load as you shoot more of them because with a patch and ball it is constantly cleaning the barrel, but with the powerbelts, you are never cleaning, so you get it fouled easier. They shot good out of our guns though.
#7
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Hoosier Country, Baby!
Posts: 1,710
RE: powerbelt bullets?
That's what I'm shooting in my CVA hunterbolt, I like the Powerbelts and though I am fairly inexperienced with muzzie's, my boyfriend says they are awesome and the best bullet he's ever used, they are very easy loading and very accurate and you only have to clean your muzzie after every 10 shots or so compared to after every shot.
#8
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: woodbridge va USA
Posts: 361
RE: powerbelt bullets?
i think they SUCK. yes, they are easy to load but they dont put the deer down like sabot's do. ive actually witnessed a powerbelt hitting a rib on a doe broadside and turning 90 degrees inside the deer. i used them for 2 years and gave all the rest of them away. im back to knight sabots or barnes bullets.
#9
RE: powerbelt bullets?
you only have to clean your muzzie after every 10 shots or so compared to after every shot.
I tried some a guy at the range was raving about I never found a reason to buy any as my accuracy and game performance has been outstanding with the Hornady Sabots - XTP & now SST.
#10
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Unfortunately, a \"Blue\" state
Posts: 1,943
RE: powerbelt bullets?
From what I've read/ been told , the powerbelts perform best in CVA's and with lower powder charges ( 100 grs & below ). I've used the T/C mag express & the 250 grain hollow point powerbelts. When using over a 100 grain charge the T/C's seened to be more accurate.