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
https://www.tndeer.com/threads/powerbelt-bullets.409374/page-3#post-5203655

 

[Remi]

A good test on the 330 ELR

https://www.modernmuzzleloader.com/threads/elr-50-caliber-330g-bullet.56716/

 

[Remi]

Lots of bullet tests


http://rchs61.org/completecapture.htm

 

[BSK]

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

The 295s and under are notorious for blowing up on impact. I had five hits in a row do that. Then I went up to their 405s. No more problems.

 

[DeerMan66]

I'm not sure about the ELR but I'm not a fan of Powerbelts. My experience with the 245 grain PB hollow point was chasing several wounded deer with little or no blood trail. I went to the 250 grain Barnes Expander solid copper. Problem solved with dead deer that don't make it out of sight. Take a look at the difference between the two bullets recovered from two deer. Same gun and same powder load. I was lucky to find the deer shot with the PB after it ran 500 yds. The deer shot with the Barnes bullet went about 15 yards.

 

[Buzzard Breath]

Who's posting about experiences with the actual "ELR" bullet and who's posting about the original powerbelt bullets?

I'm also interested in the newer ELR bullets and would like to hear some first hand experiences.

 

[Jcalder]

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!!

I've never heard a complaint about their ease of loading and accuracy. But there is numerous horror stories on how they didn't do their job in the field, whether they didn't open or didn't exit the animal.

 

[Chiflyguy]

The 295s and under are notorious for blowing up on impact. I had five hits in a row do that. Then I went up to their 405s. No more problems.

I might try a heavier bullet I don't shoot over 100 yards

 

[Wrangler95]

I've never heard a complaint about their ease of loading and accuracy. But there is numerous horror stories on how they didn't do their job in the field, whether they didn't open or didn't exit the animal.

I've only shot a few with Powerbelts but they fell within 20 yards,stone dead but I have heard some say they didnt perform well for them,could account some of those lost deer may have been poor shots!

 

[Jcalder]

I've only shot a few with Powerbelts but they fell within 20 yards,stone dead but I have heard some say they didnt perform well for them,could account some of those lost deer may have been poor shots!

I would agree with the poor shots. Buck fever is real!

 

[BSK]

I've only shot a few with Powerbelts but they fell within 20 yards,stone dead but I have heard some say they didnt perform well for them,could account some of those lost deer may have been poor shots!

I had 5 broadside hits in the lungs (at under 50 yards) not go through. No blood trails. All deer found but only because we know the local "escape routes."

 

[slabhead]

My son killed one using those a couple years ago. 50 yrd shoulder shot, deer went 50yrds. Complete pass trough and devastated insides.