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B.L.E. · September 21, 2012, 10:54 PM

My experience with Maxi-balls in a TC is that accuracy is so-so until you reach maximun loads, then they will shoot cloverleafs at 50 yards and two inch groups at 100. You got to have enough pressure to expand those bullets into the rifling.

45-50 grains 3fg seems to be the sweet spot for patched round balls in those .45 caliber 48 inch twist barrels in my experience.

September 21, 2012, 10:54 PM	#4
B.L.E. Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2008 Location: Somewhere on the Southern shore of Lake Travis, TX Posts: 1,687	My experience with Maxi-balls in a TC is that accuracy is so-so until you reach maximun loads, then they will shoot cloverleafs at 50 yards and two inch groups at 100. You got to have enough pressure to expand those bullets into the rifling. 45-50 grains 3fg seems to be the sweet spot for patched round balls in those .45 caliber 48 inch twist barrels in my experience.