45 CAL POWERBELT BULLET
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RE: 45 CAL POWERBELT BULLET
ORIGINAL: sjsfire
If your .45 is shooting the Powerbelt good there is no need to change. Your using too much powder!! 150gr of any powder will explode that Powerbelt on contact. Seriously, Go down to the Blackpowder Forum and there is a bunch of guys that shoot Powderbelts with success, they are all gonna tell you your using too much powder. There is also a bunch of guys that do not like the Powerbelts. It's just personal preference. I use a solid copper bullet made by Barnes but that is by choice in my CVA 50cal.
ORIGINAL: LSUBOWHUNTER
I have been shooting a CVA .45cal muzzleloader for 3 years and have always used the Powerbelt bullets. I have killed 2 deer this year with it (one today) and neither was a pass thru even at less than 15 yards with absolutely no blood trail. I heard the deer crash this morning and that was the only way to track him. I need a new bullet. And I am shooting 150 gr of Jim Shockey's Gold. What bullet should I use in the .45cal?
I have been shooting a CVA .45cal muzzleloader for 3 years and have always used the Powerbelt bullets. I have killed 2 deer this year with it (one today) and neither was a pass thru even at less than 15 yards with absolutely no blood trail. I heard the deer crash this morning and that was the only way to track him. I need a new bullet. And I am shooting 150 gr of Jim Shockey's Gold. What bullet should I use in the .45cal?
If your .45 is shooting the Powerbelt good there is no need to change. Your using too much powder!! 150gr of any powder will explode that Powerbelt on contact. Seriously, Go down to the Blackpowder Forum and there is a bunch of guys that shoot Powderbelts with success, they are all gonna tell you your using too much powder. There is also a bunch of guys that do not like the Powerbelts. It's just personal preference. I use a solid copper bullet made by Barnes but that is by choice in my CVA 50cal.
#14
RE: 45 CAL POWERBELT BULLET
ORIGINAL: Rory/MO
I love the powerbelts I have. 195 grain 45 caliber. I'm shooting 100 grains of powder.
I love the powerbelts I have. 195 grain 45 caliber. I'm shooting 100 grains of powder.
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RE: 45 CAL POWERBELT BULLET
Wow there are as many for power belts as against them. I will try different bullets and loads and see what the results are. The power belts group really nice and always consistant, I just want blood trails or pass thrus.
#16
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RE: 45 CAL POWERBELT BULLET
ORIGINAL: LSUBOWHUNTER
The power belts group really nice and always consistant, I just want blood trails or pass thrus.
The power belts group really nice and always consistant, I just want blood trails or pass thrus.
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RE: 45 CAL POWERBELT BULLET
If you want damage, use the Platinums.
LSU, when using a powerbelt, using less powder means you are going to get better bullet performance. This is a deer i took in 2007 with a .45cal 225gr powerbelt aerotip with 80gr triple 7 at a distance of 80 yards. The bullet did NOT exit but when the Powerbelt is slowed down and is allowed to slowly open up as it goes through the animals body, it leaves some BIG holes inside the critter and will leak blood out easily.
She only went 5 yards before kissing the ground,
LSU, when using a powerbelt, using less powder means you are going to get better bullet performance. This is a deer i took in 2007 with a .45cal 225gr powerbelt aerotip with 80gr triple 7 at a distance of 80 yards. The bullet did NOT exit but when the Powerbelt is slowed down and is allowed to slowly open up as it goes through the animals body, it leaves some BIG holes inside the critter and will leak blood out easily.
She only went 5 yards before kissing the ground,
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RE: 45 CAL POWERBELT BULLET
where bullet entered,
Opposite shoulder,
Blood trails also depend on how high up you had hit the deer. The higher the shot, obviously the longer it will take till blood starts to show up on the ground. I like low heart/lung shots.
Opposite shoulder,
Blood trails also depend on how high up you had hit the deer. The higher the shot, obviously the longer it will take till blood starts to show up on the ground. I like low heart/lung shots.