Power Belt ELR Bullets!!

[Wrangler95]

Anyone tried the ELR bullets,claim they shoot flater than regular Powerbelts.I would like some opinions please!

 

[Smo]

Wouldn't that depend on weight of the bullet & your powder charge?

 

[mike243]

Only 1 way to find out, I killed a lot of deer with PB

 

[Acorn]

I use them in my CVa paramount 45 cal. I've had good luck with them so far. This is my group at 100 yards. I shoot out to 900 yards with them. If you buy some make sure they have a lot number on the package. When they first came out there was some bad ones but they did not have a lot number on the package.

 

[BSK]

From our experiences, they need to be used with hot powder charges. At lower charges - and we were using 90 grns of 777 - the accuracy was poor.

 

[1984dog]

You need a twist rate between 1:20 and 1:28 to have any decent results.

 

[Chiflyguy]

I killed my personal best wit Powerbelts but the bullet comes apart. Didn't get first drop of blood til over 150 yards from poi
I did a test on a McMaster Carr catalog and same thing.

 

[Tweeter]

Anyone tried the ELR bullets,claim they shoot flater than regular Powerbelts.I would like some opinions please!

That's 2 outta 2 deer, 330 gr 50 cal

 

[Acorn]

From our experiences, they need to be used with hot powder charges. At lower charges - and we were using 90 grns of 777 - the accuracy was poor.

I ended up getting the best consistency with 105 grains by weight of blackhorn.

 

[BSK]

I killed my personal best wit Powerbelts but the bullet comes apart. Didn't get first drop of blood til over 150 yards from poi
I did a test on a McMaster Carr catalog and same thing.

That's why we switched to the very heavy PBs. 348s and 405s. No more problem with the bullets coming apart and no blood trails. Biggest problem is, they're not making many of the heavier bullets.

 

[Jcalder]

There's so many better options out there than anything powerbelt offers.

 

[Wrangler95]

Wouldn't that depend on weight of the bullet & your powder charge?

It would have to!

 

[Wrangler95]

I have used Powerbelts for several years in my CVA Optima but not ELR's!!

 

[Wrangler95]

View attachment 189331I use them in my CVa paramount 45 cal. I've had good luck with them so far. This is my group at 100 yards. I shoot out to 900 yards with them. If you buy some make sure they have a lot number on the package. When they first came out there was some bad ones but they did not have a lot number on the package.

Thanks!!

 

[Remi]

There's so many better options out there than anything powerbelt offers.

Absolutely

 

[Wrangler95]

There's so many better options out there than anything powerbelt offers.

I like Powerbelts because they are so easy to slide down the barrel and you dont have to fool with those sabots,plus they are very accurate in my CVA!!

 

[Chiflyguy]

That's why we switched to the very heavy PBs. 348s and 405s. No more problem with the bullets coming apart and no blood trails. Biggest problem is, they're not making many of the heavier bullets.

I think I was shooting 295g .50 cal
I'll look into a heavier bullet

 

[Chiflyguy]

My results were in a thread last year or before that

Powerbelt Bullets!!

Fury universals. I haven’t hunted with them yet but bought some to shoot out of my Remington 700 Ultimate and they shoot great. They are bonded and most reviews about their performance (mostly on elk) I’ve read seem to be good ones. I just got some Fury 265gr STB in .452 to try out. They are...

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[Remi]

A good test on the 330 ELR

ELR 50 Caliber 330g Bullet

Bullet is provided by Larry Potterfield at half price. Distance from muzzle to carpet is 25 yard. Powder charge is 80 grain Blackhorn powder. VIDEO The bullet destroyed the first two bottles, ruined the third, holed through the fourth, and the fifth, bounced off...

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[Remi]

Lots of bullet tests

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