Opinions on powerbelt bullets?

[dawhunt]

I've used them for yrs in my Austin&Halleck 50 cal,they worked fine.
Bob

[snowshoes22]

Go heavy i made the mistake of using the 245 grain jacketed aerotips. They explode like a coyote bullet. I killed 2 mule deer bucks with them but was not happy with performance. Both required follow up shots when the first shots should have been lethal.

[threedwizard]

I like the windex idea. I'll need to try it. I have a Knight 52 extreme and run a spit patch every other shot. I can go about 10 rounds this way, then need to brush and clean. I use the Knight hot shots or Barnes bullets.

[Sabotloader]

I like the windex idea. I'll need to try it. I have a Knight 52 extreme and run a spit patch every other shot. I can go about 10 rounds this way, then need to brush and clean. I use the Knight hot shots or Barnes bullets.

With the windex patrch you really ahould not need to run a brush at all.  I shoot extended range trips and ony use the windex patch - in fact i use the same patch several times.  The real key for patching while shooting is not to get the patch TO WET - just barely damp... For cleaning a really wet patch actaully for of them works very well.

I do not know which bore oil you might use but if you will use a synthetic bore oil that will help reduce the 'crud' the bore collects....

 

[Kowsrule30]

I tried them one year, and they didn't seal the bore real good, and the powder got wet on the first day's hunt.  Pulled the bullet and got the wet powder out.  Should have seen me snapping caps in the motel parking lot trying to dry out the barrel for the next day's hunt!  Never bought any again.

Put a piece of tape over the end of your barrel when ml hunting in any kind of wet conditions.... It will not effect the bullet from my testings.... I usually do it all the time... It's a big bore.... Cleaning my gun one night after the hunt I found a twig lodged in my barrel that held a mess of Tamarack needles in with it.... They hardly even fell out when turned upside down.... Have no idea what would've happened if I shot at game with it like that.... 

[Heredoggydoggy]

I tried them one year, and they didn't seal the bore real good, and the powder got wet on the first day's hunt.  Pulled the bullet and got the wet powder out.  Should have seen me snapping caps in the motel parking lot trying to dry out the barrel for the next day's hunt!  Never bought any again.

Put a piece of tape over the end of your barrel when ml hunting in any kind of wet conditions.... It will not effect the bullet from my testings.... I usually do it all the time... It's a big bore.... Cleaning my gun one night after the hunt I found a twig lodged in my barrel that held a mess of Tamarack needles in with it.... They hardly even fell out when turned upside down.... Have no idea what would've happened if I shot at game with it like that....

The bullet probably would have just pushed the stick out of the barrel on its way out.  Black Powder guns aren't as sensitive to barrel obstructions as modern guns are.  Since the Powerbelt incident, I found out that I have to fire a squib load to foul the barrel of my 54 so the bullet stays put.  One day I was hunting in the rain, and was carrying my rifle with the muzzle down, and just happened to look at the muzzle and the T/C style slug had slid all the way down the bore to the muzzle.  A little longer and it would have fallen out.  Imagine what would have happened if it had fallen out, and then I shot at a big buck!