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Post by: gadwall on December 01, 2009, 08:45:20 AM
thats funny to all his own all the muzzy shootin i do i shot powerbelts until i got the 340 dead centers and they blew the crap out of the powerbelts so i shot them for 4 or 5 years and this year i am shooting the 290 tmzs and they shoot better than my dead centers not by mutch but still better my guns are t/c black diamond xr and a cva elk horn pro mag both 50 cal shooting 125 grains loose pyro rs :dunno: thats funny i got just the opposite them you :chuckle:
I did not have good luck accuracy wise with the powerbelts in my elkhorn pro. A buddy of mine shoots the 295's in his TC black diamond and swears by them. I think they are a bit light for elk though. Another friend of mine in Wallla Walla knows of several blue mtns elk hunters who have had to shoot well hit elk multiple times because the 295's opened up too fast, even though they stayed together. I started shooting the 300 gr. Dead Center Extreme Elite HP this year and they are very accurate in my gun. The muley got this year was hit at the base of the skull running straight away at 48 yards and went through the head and out under the right eye so no real bullet performance info there. I shoot 90 grs of loose 777 and a musket cap behind that bullet.
Gadwall
Post by: Joe_Hunter on December 01, 2009, 01:42:29 PM
It's sounds like you have found the right Bullet / Powder combination for your gun.
I use 245 GR on deer and it works just fine.
I think as long as you can put them where you need to bullet weight is less of a factor than if you were all over the target.
You should be fine
good luck next year
Post by: top pin1 on December 04, 2009, 11:39:27 PM
Post by: gadwall on December 05, 2009, 01:02:52 PM
75 yards, ran 40 yards and fell over. 100 hornady loose powder and 348 powerbelt. Complete pass through, scrambled the lungs. Read bad stories about these but they shoot awesome out of my Knight.
Awesome! I am gearing up for a late cow tag in the blues so pics like yours peak my interest. I think many on here have had more consistent results with the 348's over the 295's for elk, though I have never shot the 348's. How's the elk steaks?? :P :P
Gadwall
Post by: markts on December 06, 2009, 12:36:13 PM
Post by: top pin1 on December 06, 2009, 10:00:35 PM
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After butchering up my cow this weekend it looks likes that bullet went through and shattered the closest shoulder bone and exited out the other side just below opposite shoulder bone, dead centering a rib bone shattering that. It was a steep down hill shot but she was perfectly broadside to me. At 78 yards, I'm pretty happy with that performance. She was a big cow too, definetely full grown.
With open sights i was shooting 6" groups at a 100 yards with them powerbelts. That knight has shot three elk for me so far. All been pass thru's. I prefer hornady sabots but in Idaho they were outlawed 2 years ago. The hornadys were awesome bullets.
BACKSTRAPS STEAK WAS AWESOME TONIGHT!!!!! :cue:
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I shoot the PB 348's out of my Black Diamond as well, with 130 grains of pyrodex pellets. Shot a elk 3 years ago, it was walking right towards me at 50 yards, it dropped. I found the bullet between the skin and the meat in the ass, a complete pass through.
Doesn't sound like a complete pass through. You did find the bullet...
Post by: woodswalker on December 10, 2009, 05:17:36 PM
ive heard of people bumping their stocks and having the bullet pop off the plastic cap since the bullet isnt bore dia or have a sabot it just slides out the barrel so all you shoot is wad
so dont drop the muzzle.....
Post by: markts on December 17, 2009, 06:46:28 PM
ive heard of people bumping their stocks and having the bullet pop off the plastic cap since the bullet isnt bore dia or have a sabot it just slides out the barrel so all you shoot is wadI guess it is possible :dunno: I carry my gun muzzle down when slung and have been fortunate so far. Mark
Post by: Dirty Mike on December 21, 2009, 07:35:49 PM
Post by: Kowsrule30 on December 22, 2009, 01:18:53 PM
ive heard of people bumping their stocks and having the bullet pop off the plastic cap since the bullet isnt bore dia or have a sabot it just slides out the barrel so all you shoot is wadI guess it is possible :dunno: I carry my gun muzzle down when slung and have been fortunate so far. Mark
I thought about the cap coming loose at the range when I first got them.... Before I load to hunt I check the cap to make sure it's on good.... I also pack my speed loaders with some patches to prevent noise of course but also to prevent the cap from coming loose... And any caps I'm not comfortable with I put in a pack that is for sight in/plinking only..... But there has only been a few.... I did pop one off one time while speed loading another round when I had just shot a spike and was watching him walk off..... I thought I missed til he laid down.... :chuckle: