maxi ball
09-01-2008, 05:35 PM
#1
Spike
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: mn
Posts: 78
maxi ball
i found out on saturday that my knight wolverine like to shoot a 320 gr maxi ball. at 50 yards they shot about a 1 inch group. my question is how well do they perform on whitetail ,or am i over thinking this and should just go hunting when time comes .
09-01-2008, 07:19 PM
#3
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 21,193
RE: maxi ball
maxiball are great conicals. It was all we had years ago before the bullet boom introduced so many different ones to the market. You get excellent penetration and they do expand. They can break bones so if you happen to take a shoulder shot they work good there. I have a friend that hunts deer and bear with them shooting 70 grains of powder. He's blown through deer as far as 70 yards and said a blind man could have followed the twenty yard blood trail.
About ten years ago I shot a doe in the throat with one as she stared at me. She was only about 30 yards out. And I really do not think that deer never knew it was hit, it went down so fast.
About ten years ago I shot a doe in the throat with one as she stared at me. She was only about 30 yards out. And I really do not think that deer never knew it was hit, it went down so fast.
09-01-2008, 07:35 PM
#4
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Indiana
Posts: 1,009
RE: maxi ball
I use to well and still do use the TC Maxi hunter 350gr with 80gr of 777 in one of my knights
and have killed many many deer with them , I have not shot the Maxi-Balls but I have read that they have better penetration than the Maxi - Hunters SO if they shoot good in your gun HECK YA use them they are a great animal stopper for sure!
and have killed many many deer with them , I have not shot the Maxi-Balls but I have read that they have better penetration than the Maxi - Hunters SO if they shoot good in your gun HECK YA use them they are a great animal stopper for sure!
09-02-2008, 09:01 AM
#6
Typical Buck
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Chippewa Falls WI
Posts: 914
RE: maxi ball
Several years ago I shot a big doe with a 54 405 maxi. It was a frontal shot at 15 yds went through the deer end to end found the maxi in the rear ham. Never moved internals were jelly.
09-02-2008, 02:17 PM
#7
Spike
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: mn
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RE: maxi ball
i was surprised to see they shot that well for me. from what i have read i thought i had a to fast of a twist for them. i was manly wondering if they mushroomed or just blew threw.
thank you for the replies. i will hunt with confidence now.
eric
thank you for the replies. i will hunt with confidence now.
eric
09-04-2008, 10:00 AM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 2,445
RE: maxi ball
I would be careful not to load them too hot. They could start to gas-cut with your faster rifling. You'd probably have totinker with it to find the heaviest charge you could use without gas-cutting. I would stay around 80-90 grains Pyrodex or BP.
If they're accurate with your load and you're shooting at least 70 gr of powder, sight in for zero at 75 yds and just hunt.
If they're accurate with your load and you're shooting at least 70 gr of powder, sight in for zero at 75 yds and just hunt.
09-04-2008, 07:56 PM
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 3,092
RE: maxi ball
Lead conicals must expand to fill the bore and thereby make a gas seal (obturation). Too much pressure and heat, the hot gases can melt lead and blow past what should have been the seal. The gas is effectively cutting the lead and opening an escape path. Once that happens, accuracy and repeatability go down the tubes. An overpowder wad can sometimes add enough extra protection to the bullet's base to allow high velocities to be obtained while still retaining accuracy. Then there is a problem of too much velocity all by itself, some bullets will start to "fly" and again accuracy is gone. REALs and Maxi bullets are known to exhibit such behavior when pushed too hard.
