ModernPrimitive

Any experience/opinions- good, bad, or indifferent?




(Sometimes I think one of my favorite things about muzzleloading is the various accoutrement!)

lemoyne

In my guns it never shot as good as the FPB or the No Excuses. The hunter Maxi was awful the regular Maxi ha barely acceptable accuracy.

ModernPrimitive

Thank you lemoyne; I'm not referencing maxi-balls/hunters though.



For clarification:


RT0114 Thompson Center Maxi-Shok Bullet Performance Tools

Seat your bullet or round ball with one of the four tips on the end of your ramrod and you will be amazed at the difference in the terminal ballistics of the projectile. By changing the front of the soft lead bullet you can achieve maximum energy transfer by increasing the projectiles expansion. 3 guides - .45, .50, and .54 caliber and a 5/16 adapter.




Source:

http://www.dixiegunworks.com/product...qrikrcnh5sc2g6

falcon

Looks like snakeoil stuff to me.

IME: The Maxi's have problems but failure to expand is not one of them.

Triple Se7en

(My opinion) Better Alternatives

Hornady 385 grain Great Plains Bullets
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/539...oint-box-of-20

320 grain REAL bullets
[email protected]
Email him and he 'usually' has bullets for sale+ a modest shipping cost added

No Excuse 460 grain bullets
http://www.muzzleloading-bullets.com/
My favorite of the (3) shown

Semisane

Looks like a gimmick to me. I wouldn't bother.

Triple Se7en

No Sane Man would...

See, your rehab sessions to remove the semi are working well.

ModernPrimitive

Well, for $9 plus $2 shipping, I had to get it.

Ostensibly, it makes hollow points out of conicals and round balls for "improved terminal ballistics",aka, expansion,aka MAXImum SHOK...

I've had my eye on the kit off and on for a few years now so, for $11, even if it's a collectible it's OK.

Magnus

Trip7.... You shoot these 385 GP conicals thru your inline......and get good groups?
Which inline and what powder combo?.
Thanks!

Love em in my flintlock. Am looking for a conical to shoot in either my Encore or Omega for Colorado.

Triple Se7en

No Magnus. Just mentioned they are a better option than the T/C Maxis... as per a hundred or so posts I read on their comparisons over the years.

I have better range-work with the No Excuse 460s. But never tested them hunting. One of these days I'll march off 150 yards on public state land and put up a target. The government range I attend only has a 100 yard range max.