FrontierGander Posted July 19, 2009 Report Share Posted July 19, 2009 (edited) Did some experiementing with a standard 348gr Hollow Point Powerbelt with 90gr 3f goex into soaking wet news paper @ 50 yards. Heres a movie- Fast forward it to 50 seconds. The bullet will impact shortly then. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI-68FdOi5U Exit Hole, Recovered bullet weight was 181 grains. I plan on redoing this test with the Inserts that im experimenting with this year and see how the performance will do then. This bullet shed a lot of weight and im hoping that my insert will allow the bullet to hold at least 90% of its original weight and not pancake like the bullet above did. A slow motion pic captures all of the water that was in the news paper, flying everywhere! Edited July 19, 2009 by FrontierGander Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesse8953 Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 Shooting low left or you flinched! good test, like to see what it would do to a shoulder of a deer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrontierGander Posted July 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 i use 6 o'clock hold. Its dead on but yes it was shooting to the left. I didnt want to adjust sights as its sighted in for round ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosierbuck Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 I have done some Powerbelt testing on a different media. The results have always yielded the same result, meat on the table. The best performance from my .45 caliber 225 grain aero tips pushed by 3-50 grain pyrodex pellets comes at ranges greater than 50 yards. Inside that, I get explosion, fragmentation, no exit wound, and dead deer. At 90 yards I got a much better deal. It looked like a tanker truck had ruptured in the snow and I got a nice pass-through, and a dead deer. Probably killed 8-10 deer with them. HB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrontierGander Posted July 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 The .45 225gr Powerbelt is my favorite .45cal bullet. I had used it one year on a mule deer doe and that sucker left the biggest blood trail ive ever seen. It only went about 5 yards after the hit, but the blood that came out was just amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotashRLS Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 I have to admit we went away from Powerbelts because of poor penetration and poor blood trails. We now shoot 300gr. Hornady SSTs. I will say though that the powerbelts were quite accurate and easy to load. I think that is what made them so popular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earnhardts12000 Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 i'll shoot my shockwaves 250 grain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 i'll shoot my shockwaves 250 grain Ditto. The Powerbelts are a good bullet, but the Shockwave patterns better in my Encore. One thing about the Shockwave that I don't like is that they really fragment upon impact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganHunter Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 Where did you find the bullet at? Thats pretty cool, would like to see t.c. shock wave 200gr, might have to try that and show you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrontierGander Posted July 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 Where did you find the bullet at? Thats pretty cool, would like to see t.c. shock wave 200gr, might have to try that and show you. I found it Aprox. 3 to 4 feet behind the target in pine needles. If you'd like me to test the 200gr shockwave i'd be more than happy to. Those are not available in my part of the country due to no one restocking so i'd need you to send me around 6 or 8 of them. I have a couple other sabot rounds i will be testing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted July 31, 2009 Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 .348 gr. hollow points is all that I shoot. I love them things!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olsplittoe Posted July 31, 2009 Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 Started shootng BP with Powerbelt 295gr and 150gr of t-7 never changed. This combanation has worked well for me, but come to think of it I did have one deer that the PB never cleared, found the slug in the other shoulder. I'll continue to deplete the stock I have of the PBs till gone and if I have any trouble mite consider something eles. Sure like the water bottle and wet paper set up, great post! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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