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TC's are one of the worst brands to buy when you want to shoot conicals. TC even used to tell you their rifles were designed for sabots, not conicals. Their QLA system was a poor set up and causes huge accuracy problems with conicals.

That's funny there.My Hawkin's original barrel did not have the QLA, the subsequent two they put on after I wore the barrels out did. All three shot darn good. My two in lines ,have them and they shoot darn good. The Black Diamond will not shoot maxi-balls ,but talking to TC they reccomended the Power Belts, which IMHO is a conical also. I remember they said the inlines different twist and need for a more accurately made bullet than the maxi-ball was the reason. They never told me they would not shoot conicals well and were designed for sabots. Yes,I actually talked to TC a number of times.

I've been shooting Power Belts for about 15 years. I shoot 295gr hollow points with three 777 50/50 pellets.

some sorry mofo shot a good 10 pt buck in area 44a with a fugging pb on nov5 ran into him and dipshit buddy on the 6th said they jumped it 3 times from its bed trying to find it and they said its leg was flopping. i just listened fuming inside cause it was about 600yds as the crow flies thru heavy mature pines and undergrowth from where i hunt

bout an hour before i ran into these dipchits on the 6th
i was hunting the fringe of a bedding area with plenty of fresh scrapes and rubs and around 10 am i heard what sounded like heavy labored breathing about 200 yds away for around 4-5 minutes thought it strange
then i ran into dip and chit on the way back to my truck and this is when i gleaned the info from them
i showed dip and chit what a barnes ml expander is and told them pb,s aint worth a pisshole in a snow bank then i show dip and chit a shed i found not 75 yds outta a spot i hunt and dip says he looked like that only somewhaat bigger

im fuming in my mind.........

the shed i found scored 72 inches.........



went back on the 10th no fresh sign on the fringes of the bedding area scrapes all covered in leaves
place is shut the fugg down......

im pissed the spot is shut down cause that 10 pt is wounded im thinking

go back on the 11th hunt a spot probably with 100 yds of where i heard the heavy breathing sounds

see buzzards in the area

still dont dawn on me

go home
then realize it probably was that buck and it took him a couple of days to die maybe

i need to get back in their this weekend and poke around
see if i can find this dead deer

fugg powerbelts and fugg people who cant shoot worth a dam.................

Flip flop much?
http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/8146046/3

Yes you did get plenty of free and greatly reduced priced stuff from CVA and Traditions. Then you turned around and sold a lot of that stuff. You even admitted it on Huntingnet. You sold a freebie rifle to Muley. Thats called a profit in case you failed basic economics class. Traditions sent you no less than one free newer inline for review work.I know for a fact you got lots of free PBs and sold many of them on forums.

So oh yes you got paid alright. Just like Randy and Toby get paid....with free stuff.

How fast you forget what you post. Maybe if you were not hyping products from sponsors on countless forums you would remember all the crap you spewed out over the years.

I use 260gr Precision Rifle sabots for my first shot from my Knight. Use 348gr Powerbelts for a quick loading second shot as they hit exactly to the same spot as the PR sabots out to 75 yards.
Will never use Powerbelts as my first shot as I have been disappointed in their performance.

SIgh

Never forget the first mule deer I smacked with a White 460 grain super slug at 125 yards more or less. All four feet sticking up in the air and a blood bath on the offside that Helen Keller could see. I don't like gimmick bullets and a PB is a gimmick bullet, I do not like the base design.

I use 260gr Precision Rifle sabots for my first shot from my Knight. Use 348gr Powerbelts for a quick loading second shot as they hit exactly to the same spot as the PR sabots out to 75 yards.
Will never use Powerbelts as my first shot as I have been disappointed in their performance.

Sooo if the first shot doesn't DRT the deer...and I need a quick finishing shot, I use the Powerbelts. They do load easy.

Honest question - how fast can you reload and fire said second shot with the PB?

Follow-up question - what is the time difference between the PB reload and a reload with the primary bullet/sabot?

Never took a dime my friends. I've shot powerbelts long before i ever knew anyone at cva. Started out with an old cva blazer and tc maxi balls which turned out to be crap ( although the 50 cal version seems much better)

If'n i ever got paid, i'd tell ya so, along with, You got something against Americans earning a pay check? LOL

I've shot more powerbelts that the folks at powerbelt most likely. You've got to get an education and learn them, learn the fault lines, how to improve them. Once that's done you can decide if you want to shoot them or not. Im back with a fur hat, percussion & flintlock with round balls. Its a whole lot more enjoyable to me now days. Inlines no longer interest me and why would they if you think of it.