General Questions:

[WaterDog88]

Hey all first post here. I have enjoyed the forum and am glad I found it. I just got into black powder a few years ago so I would consider myself a novice at best. I bought an Omega 2 years ago and played around with some different loads. The current load I am shooting is 90gr of 777 pellets and a 295gr power belt. I have elected to shoot open sight b/c of personal preference. My range that I sighted this gun in at is only a 50 yard range but that?s ok because most of my shots are in the woods and under 75yrds. I have not had a chance to hunt with this gun yet because I tagged before ML season both years I had it so my questions are:
1) Is the power belt a good bullet for deer in your opinion? I had a guy tell me he doesn?t like them at all.
2)I'm hitting 1 1/2 to 2in high dead center at 50 yards. When or if I shoot at 100 do you think that I will be low, or right about on? I wouldn?t shoot at a deer at that range unless I did it on paper first...
3)I've have been using T/C products to clean my rifle and I keep it spotless after I use it, but are there other products you guys would recommend?
I don?t have many buddies that are into the black powder so my recourses are limited in that area, but it is defiantly something I will be doing a lot of this year since I am in grad school and my only real chance to hunt will be the ML season over my Christmas break. Thanks for any input and advice.
John

 

[frontier gander]

The Powerbelt is fine. Some dont like them because of the price and if they are pushed to hard, they will fragment ( soft lead & hollow points dont mix well)

If you cut your load back to 1 50gr pellet and 1 30gr pellet, the performance will to much better.

 

[Lee 9]

While the power belt can be made to work by keeping the load down you can buy a Lehigh, a Nosler Partition or a Barnes for the same price. If you really want or need to shoot a conical the is the FPB or the Thor.
Most of us much prefer a sabot-ed bullet but the conical will do the job.