Sighting in my new .50 caliber...

[Tom Kat]

....50 caliber inline muzzleloader! This thing has been kind of fun to shoot, the XTP 240 gr bullets seem to work ok. More testing is needed-

CVA Wolf V2 inline muzzleloader

 

[284winner]

....50 caliber inline muzzleloader! This thing has been kind of fun to shoot, the XTP 240 gr bullets seem to work ok. More testing is needed-

CVA Wolf V2 inline muzzleloader

Gone the ELR bullets a try. No sabot just a gas skirt and easier to push down the barrel. I shoot a different muzzleloader but it loves the ELR bullets but loves all the Power Belts over all. I do hear of a lot of people that don't like the bullet performance on deer from the power belts but I had excellent results. No lost deer and quick retrievals on kills.

 

[1lessdog]

....50 caliber inline muzzleloader! This thing has been kind of fun to shoot, the XTP 240 gr bullets seem to work ok. More testing is needed-

CVA Wolf V2 inline muzzleloader

I have a Knight 50 Caliber inline and shoot the Power Belt 295 gr bullets. They really work good on Elk and Deer.

 

[WV Hitman]

XTPs sort of suck on performance. Power Belts are far better.

 

[koger]

Good advice on the bullets , I think 270-300gr is the optimum bullet weight on a .50 ML. I have had several of the CVA s and they are designed to shoot the power belts really well. My wife has taken 21 deer with hers using the 295 gr and never recovered a bullet, shots ranged from 70-165 yds, most of the dropped in their tracks. I shoot a TC Omega ad a Harvester Crush rib sabot,w a 300gr ballistic tip in it, with 100 gr of BH209 behind it. Thiscombination has accounted for 27 deer here in KY and mule deer out west. I have a Nikon 300XR Inline scope on it, with a different crosshair every 50 yds past 100yds out to 300 yds and it has worked great. The closest mule deer I shot was 140 yds, and the longest was282 yds, both of those were broadside, shoulder to shoulder with exit holes the size of a coke can. I shot one big forkhorn buck, a older one with a 20" inside spread that weighed 225 gutted. I shot him head on at 182 yds and dead centered the chest and punched thru the vital and exited the right ham. I shot a big 8pt this past year here in KY head on at 140 yds.

 

[dantiff2]

XTPs sort of suck on performance. Power Belts are far better.

The 240's are magnum rated and are probably too durable for the slower inline velo's. The 250 XTP's in a sabot are the ticket!! Dead right there! Complete pass thru with VERY impressive results between the in and out and a golf ball size exit!

 

[WV Hitman]

Dantiff, I based my answer on the 240 XTPs performance in my FA .454 Casull revolver. When I test new bullets I shoot 10 deer at all possible angles. In my test the XTPs on angled shots expanded poorly, penetrated poorly. Deer ran a ways. I use what's left of them on groundhogs & sighting in.
The Power Belts work great in my CVA .50 cal. handgun on deer & groundhogs.

 

[Jonnyofalltrades]

Dantiff, I based my answer on the 240 XTPs performance in my FA .454 Casull revolver. When I test new bullets I shoot 10 deer at all possible angles. In my test the XTPs on angled shots expanded poorly, penetrated poorly. Deer ran a ways. I use what's left of them on groundhogs & sighting in.
The Power Belts work great in my CVA .50 cal. handgun on deer & groundhogs.

Interesting.
I have killed quite a few deer with XTP's. They were 240 grain .429"s out of an old in-line.
Performance was always good, with one memorable performance being a large muley doe facing on. The bullet traveled the length of her, and when we cut it out of the right ham, it looked like an advertisement bullet.
I don't use them anymore, but only because I felt the need for a plastic tip.
Silly, in retrospect.

 

[dantiff2]

Interesting.
I have killed quite a few deer with XTP's. They were 240 grain .429"s out of an old in-line.
Performance was always good, with one memorable performance being a large muley doe facing on. The bullet traveled the length of her, and when we cut it out of the right ham, it looked like an advertisement bullet.
I don't use them anymore, but only because I felt the need for a plastic tip.
Silly, in retrospect.

240 gn .429's are not the same as the 240 gn in 452 diameter. The 240/ 452's are magnum rated with much heavier jackets made for over 2000 fps impact velo's. The 250's are thin jackets and expand down to a much lower velo. The 250's are very impressive from inlines. The fly like a school bus though