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I'm not familiar with the great plains bullets, but I have seen a lot of differences in muzzleloader bore sizes and bullets, the tolerances and specs between manufacture can be quite different. This is why it so important to shot each individual muzzy with different bullets and find what works for it. I would want a bullet to not slide in too easy, so that it doesn't move while hunting, and seals well on exit, but not load so tight that it is difficult. I know one guy who's muzzy is extremely hard to start a bullet, but slides in easy after that and another who can start bullets but needs to really smash on his ramrod to finish it, both have the same make & model muzzleloader.On a side note, I has not impressed with the old powerbelts when I did ballistics testing into water jugs, wet newspaper, and plywood. Not the perfect test but I preferred the terminal ballistics of the barnes TEZ bullets over the powerbelts, and have hunted with those ever since. But to each there own, the only way to know is to test it.
Andrew, Like Bk stated, different rifles have different tolerances. Great plains act like, and somewhat are,REAL bullets. (Rifle Engraving At Loading).Keep your bore clean and they should work fine. They will never load as easy as a sabot.Good luck.
I've shot the Great Plains and the No Excuses. They just need to be the right size for your particular bore. No Excuses has a bullet size pack so you can determine what fits your rifle. You don't want them to just slide down but you don't want to have to pound them either. What rifle are you using? If you don't already know, a wool over powder wad may improve your accuracy with the No Excuses. Between the two I would choose the No Excuses over the GT Plains for Elk, just a better bullet. With all that said, I cast my own now. Good luck with what ever you choose.
The great plains is bore Dia bullet unlike the powerbelt. The gas rings on the side of it engage the rifling when fired. Usually the lube on them gets all dried out so bore butter or some other lube helps. Where are your power belt is only engaged by the plastic cup, if you take that off the bullet itself will usually just fall right down the barrel since the bullet doesn't touch rifling. I've personally never had good accuracy with any of my guns and have seen there performance and wasn't to happy with there results. I've been a big fan of barnes in my inlines
Quote from: Dirty Mike on December 01, 2022, 06:15:34 PMThe great plains is bore Dia bullet unlike the powerbelt. The gas rings on the side of it engage the rifling when fired. Usually the lube on them gets all dried out so bore butter or some other lube helps. Where are your power belt is only engaged by the plastic cup, if you take that off the bullet itself will usually just fall right down the barrel since the bullet doesn't touch rifling. I've personally never had good accuracy with any of my guns and have seen there performance and wasn't to happy with there results. I've been a big fan of barnes in my inlinesBarnes are great bullets, provided your bore is accommodating in diameter.