.36 cal maxi ball

[rawhide]

I got some .36 cal maxi balls for my cva squiral rifle. Any one know how many grains they are? And has anybody shot any of them? Going to go try them today.

 

[mooman76]

Is this a guessing game? You didn't give us a brand or any other real info. Really need to weigh them to be certain.

 

[rawhide]

There cast from a t.c mold tracks sells them

 

[coloradoclyde]

Why not contact Track of the wolf and ask them if that's where you got it?

Or you could weigh them yourself.....

If you don't own a precision scale , I highly recommend getting one....they are very useful....I have 5 alone....

If I were to guess I would say about 128 grains....

 

[rawhide]

Called track of the wolf they said they are around 126-130 grains

 

[BrownBear]

Bud of mine came up with a couple of boxes of those. After shooting them all up, he went on a serious hunt for a mold. They worked out really well. He's a dedicated fox hunter and the mini's greatly extended his range compared to round ball. Foxes aren't hard to kill, but you have to hit them first.

Don't recall his powder charge, but as with so many other rifles and calibers, best accuracy occurred when he put a lubed felt wad between the bullet base and the powder.

 

[rawhide]

My gun loves them!I shot them with 30 grains of FFFg and lubed with a mix of buffalo tallow and bees wax. There very accurate! Think they will be good on small game

 

[coloradoclyde]

Called track of the wolf they said they are around 126-130 grains

Guess I was about dead on then.... :wink:

 

[Stumpkiller]

A bazillion years ago (1982 +/-) I used those on woodchucks from my .36 cal T/C Seneca. My hunting buddy (it was his father-in-law's farm) made an agreement we wouldn't shoot closer that 100 yards with our muzzleloaders. He had a T/C Hawken.

 

[FishDFly]

Why not contact Track of the wolf and ask them if that's where you got it?

Or you could weigh them yourself.....

Yep.

rde

 

[Eric Krewson]

Everyone needs a cheap drug scale for weighing miscellaneous stuff.

I think I payed less than $10 shipped free for mine off fleabay, I put it to use weighing all my loose wood arrow shafts yesterday.

 

[mooman76]

Many people don't like the Lee scales but they are cheap and accurate. You could pick up one of those cheap if you have a hankering to look.