Shooting a TC Omega Z5 - 2 pellets of powder and 250 gr shockwave superglide sabots and I'm not very happy with the results I've had so far.
First off, they are VERY hard to push down the barrel even when it is clean. I know it should fit tight but I have to MAN UP to get it down the tube.
Second, I shot at a coyote last year about 60 yards and he turned and ran like I had missed and then fell like a brick about 40 yards from where I shot. There was great blood but he acted like he wasnt hit - but it did to the job.
Third, I shot at probably the biggest deer I have had an opportunity at a few days ago. He was slightly quartering towards me. I did not get the "jitters". I didnt feel like I made a poor shot. I didnt rush the shot. I waited for a clear opening about 50 yards away, squeezed the trigger and felt like I made a great shot. There were 5 deer in the group. He jumped at the shot and stood there several seconds before walking off. None of them ever saw me or ran off. I thought I missed - looked at his body in the scope and couldnt see a wound. About an hour and a half later when I got down I found blood. It was a great blood trail for about 150 yards to a barbed wire fence, then another 75 yards or so along the fence it was less and less of a trail. Bright red blood and some dark blood. He crossed the fence and I lost the trail about 20 yards past the fence.
I looked several hours and called a guy with a deer tracking dog. The dog didnt seem to find much of a trail.
I felt like I made a good shot. I dont believe I got a pass through. I feel like he is dead and tried all I know to recover him but I have not been impressed with the bullet Ive used.
Maybe I didnt make the proper placement on the buck (I would have to find him to make sure where I hit) but both animals I've shot at have acted like they havent even been hit and the bullets are very hard to push down the barrel.
I'm thinking about trying the powerbelt aerotips. What is yalls experience with the 2 different bullets?
