wsm
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Anyone use the 250 grain aero tip and what gun and power do you use?
Power belt bullets
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Most people will tell you the same thing. They load easy, shoot great, but stay inside the deer and leave no blood trail. I shot them for years and never lost a deer because they never went far, but I knew sooner or later I would need a blood trail and wouldn't have one. I went to Barnes Expanders and they leave a blood trail Stevie Wonder could follow.
csi-tech
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Used Powerbelts. They were not accurate in my rifles. They seemed to tumble in my Austin and Halleck and just go sort of wild in my NEF Sidekick. Went to Hornady Sabot 250 Gr. and 100Gr. Pyrodex. Works great.
wsm
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Well I am going with barnes 290 grain .
This is a much better choice. Powerbelts shoot well, but there is no blood trail if the deer doesn't flop.
We read each other's minds. Exact same scenario.
nock
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100 gr Pyrodex RS, very accurate. Drops deer in their tracks
I am shooting the 300 grain Aerolite. No need to shoot more than 100 grains. It's designed to rapidly expand at even low velocities.
Used these this past weekend. Shot a buck at about 30 yards. Only one small drop of blood, luckily it was a high spine shot and he only went 5yards. No pass through. Not impressed..going back to the SST
hillbillyfab
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Found this on the ground in front of the 50 yard targets at the range yesterday. Now granted those targets have a heavier cardboard backer and the frames are made of #2 pine boards. Maybe it hit a nail. 
In all seriousness it looks like someone used a hammer on the ramrod when loading it.
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SES
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I have NEVER lost a deer shooting Powerbelts, but I shoot a bigger bullet. The 348 grain version shoot extremely well out of my CVA with 120 grains of Pyrodex. 1st shot with a clean barrel will throw them a foot left every time. Once the barrel is dirty, they're dead on.
I used to have several shockwaves/sst just like that. Nearly load them back.Found this on the ground in front of the 50 yard targets at the range yesterday. Now granted those targets have a heavier cardboard backer and the frames are made of #2 pine boards. Maybe it hit a nail.
Benelli 4 Life
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I killed several deer with Shockwaves but they all passed through except for 2. One of em the tip was broke off and the other I swear could've been shot again. Switched to Barnes after that. I've found 5 Barnes out of bout 25 deer and they've all been perfectly flowered out
DeerMan66
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I got tired of chasing wounded deer shot with 250 grain Powerbelt hollow points that hardly ever passed through. I did a lot of research and went the the Barnes Expander 250 grain hollow point about 6 years ago. I haven't had a deer go over 40 yards since. Most are down in their tracks. Take a look at these bullets that I recovered from deer. The one on the left is the Barnes Expander with almost 100% weight retention. The buck went down immediately. The one on the right is a Powerbelt hollow point. That buck made a 500 yard circle and fell within 50 yards of where I shot him. God meant for me to have that deer. That is the last Powerbelt that I will ever shoot.
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No pass thru
lite blood trails
still all dead deer
150 yards is as far as ones gone only because it was straight down the mountain side. Steeeeeeeeep!!!
Powerbelts kill stone cold dead
hit one shoulder
lodge on other side in hide.
mushroomed to a quarter
love them!
lite blood trails
still all dead deer
150 yards is as far as ones gone only because it was straight down the mountain side. Steeeeeeeeep!!!
Powerbelts kill stone cold dead
hit one shoulder
lodge on other side in hide.
mushroomed to a quarter
love them!
