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Hi guys, I have been shooting the 50 cal 295gr Powerbelts for a few years now. Man they load easy, are deadly accurate and very consistant BUT! I was a little concerned about the penatration. I shot a black bear and 3 deer last season with them. I made all perfect kill shots. All shots were 50 yards or less. They put huge holes in the animals but I got very little blood except on the bear. It was only a 25 yard shot on a small bear and pretty much blew the bear apart. All the bullets blew apart and didnt make it out the other side, on 2 of the deer they didnt even make it to the oposite side. This was using 2 50gr (100gr) pyrodex pellets. 2 of my friends shot deer both using 250 gr XTP mags. Both were 75 yards + shots using 100gr pyrodex and both had complete pass throughs. Anyway I may be switching to Nosler Partition Gold HG 260gr bullets. I tried a couple a while back. They did not load anywhere near as easy as the Powerbelts and they were not as consistant out of my gun. Does anyone other than Jim Shockey have any hunting experiance with these bullets. Do they penatrate, do they hold together, do they usually blow through. Any info at all you can give me would be great. I have plenty of them. I bought 10 packages at a Walmart clearance sale. I paid less than 10 bucks for all so no big deal if they dont work for me. I usually pay 16 bucks for a 20 package of Powerbelts. Also any opinions and expeiances with Powerbelts would be great too.
Thanks
Frank
Thanks
Frank