I've shot several deer past 200 yrds with 250 gr. TC bonded shockwaves with the black sabot. 208,227,235,235,255,262,275,301 yards. All hits were complete pass throughs with good blood trails. Most rarely going more than 30-75 yrds. I use TC omega with the leupold ultislam 3-9x40 scope. 3-50 gr. Pyrodex pellets. The scope hold over dots are spot on. It shoots 2" groups at 250 yrds. Shockwave bonded bullets perform great for me. I bought a case of them.
I would use them on Elk but I might go up to 300 gr. Bullet.
Power belts would not group 4" at a hundred yrds out of my gun even with 2- 50 gr pellets.
I load my daughters Omega with 2-50 gr pellets and 200 gr shock wave. That must be the correct speed for that bullet, Ray Charles could track her deer. Unbelievable blood trails on her 5 deer. She is 13.
The 200 grain Shockwave / SSTs are the best ones. Pass-thrus are not indicative of being the proper bullet. For whatever reasons, the 200 expand well and the bigger ones sometimes don't. The bonded ones have the worst track record for opening up.
The only two Powerbelts I trust are the copper HPs in 295gr or bigger and the Platinums in 270-300 or 338gr. All the other flavors I pass-on.
