Varmintator

Just got a TC Black Diamond XR and was wondering if any that own one would share info about their most accurate loads.

Thanks-

Triple Se7en

Any 240-250 grain T/C-packaged bullet with around 100 grains (90-110) or two pellets.

295/348 gr Powerbelt

250 gr Barnes Expander

275 gr Precision QT Polymer Tip Spitzer

260 gr 44/50 or 220 gr 40/50 Precision Dead Center

240 or 270 Speer Gold Dot SP with Harvester sabot

cayugad

SABOTS

Thompson Center Mag Express Sabots work the best.

- 240 grain T/C Mag Express XTP's with 100 grains of FFg powder
- 375 grain Buffalo Bullet Co. SSB Sabots with 100 grains FFg (Cabela's)
- 250 grain T/C Shockwaves with 100-120 grains of FFg
- 250 grain Barnes Expanders with 100 grains FFg
- 240 grain T/C Cheapshots with 85 grains FFg
- 405 grain .458 diameter Remington FP in orange Knight Sabot with 100 grains of Goex 2f

CONICALS

- 460 grain No Excuses Conicals with 85 grains of Triple Se7en FFg or Goex 3f
- 370 grain T/C maxiball with 100 grains of Pyrodex RS
- 348 grain lead HP Powerbelts with 100 grains Pyrodex RS

these are the loads that shoot well out of my Black Diamond XR. I hunt with the No Excuses Conicals and the 375 grain Buffalo Bullet SSB sabots. The accuracy from these two is excellent.





my Black Diamond XR has a 1.5 X 4.5 Bushnell Banner Dusk to Dawn scope with Trophy mounts. The scope has extended eye relief (which you will appreciate).

Also get a 7/16th socket with an 8" extension for your socket set. It will be the best breech plug wrench you can find. When at the range be sure and twist your breech plug every 8 shots to make sure it is not seizing up. Also when shooting off the bench, never rest the rifle on the barrel, only the stock if you expect to hit anything.

cayugad

Triple Se7en because of your good advise I bought the Speer Gold Dot and have been shooting them up. For some reason I can not get them to stay consistant. I will get a good group starting then for some unknown reason it will throw one six inches out. Also what kind of powder charge do you think I should have under them I have been shooting them with 100 grains of Goex 3f. Because of the fact I get too many flyers, that is why I did not recommend them. At least not until I can figure them out.

Of course we can list all the projectiles and charges in the world and you will never know which one will shoot best out of your rifle until you try them. All guns are different.

Varmintator ... be sure and swab between shots. If you do not you might be in for some real hard loading. I actually broke a small starter in the Black Diamond because I wanted to see how many I could load before troubles happened. Well with that particular bullet trouble happened real soon....

Winchester W209 primers are working great for me. Triple Se7en can give you a lot better information on primers and sabots then I ever dreamed to be able to. Listen to him, he had great information.....

have fun and make some. e-mail me if there is anything I can do for you....

Triple Se7en

Cayugad

I use 80 gr 777 FFF with MMP green sabot

Try 90 gr Goex Pinnacle or your Goex Black. May also try filling the sabot cup with that yeller' crap.

cayugad

thanks!! yeller' crap, I understand....

Roskoe

To add the list of good loads already suggested, here are a few of my pet loads for this gun:

300 grain T/C Shockwave 130 grains of Pyrodex Pellets (two fifties and a thirty)

410 Hornady Great Plains MMP Ballistic Bridge sub-base 120 grains of 2F Triple 7

These are magnum loads for big animals like elk, moose, and bison - probably overkill for deer in the eastern hardwoods. Not fun to shoot from a bench, either. Roscoe

12 pointer

try a 250 grain jornady sst in front of 100 gr or so of pyrodex. i dont have the black diamond, but this load is awesome out of my omega. good luck