I am gonna start loadin the Max for my Competitor next week and am curious which powders and bullets you guys favor.....

I am currently lookin at 158's & 180's with either H110, W296 or AA1680......

TIA

Mike,
I'm loading the Hornady 180 gr. XTP. Most accurate load, with good velocity, uses 296, second best A1680. IMR4227 gave good accuracy with much lower velocity.
Greg

I use some loads from a fellow on old Yahoo T/C forum, 21.0 grains of H110 for hunting loads at around 1900 fps with the 180 XTP. they work well. or with the 158 XTP, use 18.0 of 2400 for 1750 fps.. all from a 12" barrel. My barrel is a VVC 15"..I also use 4227 in cast 200"s...Hope this helps..

Bob

H4227 .26 GRAINS 180 BULLETT
WORKS WELL IN MY BARREL.
BUCKWEET

So far, 23.5 grs. WW296 under a Hornady 158gr. XTP FP bullet does quite well, about 1900+ FPS out of the Bellm rechambered 10" bbl. Note, this barrel has a "normal" throat so will show much lower top powder charges than most book loads using forcing cone type factory barrels.

Also do well with Surplus WC680 and 180 gr bullets cast and jacketed.

Mike, what kind of throat depth do you have in that barrel? Just curious to see if it is different than the TC factory barrels in Max.

Regards

[ 09-03-2002, 20:09: Message edited by: Headstamp ]

Finally shot my 20" VVCG/Bellm carbine barrel. Rem 150 grain PSP bullet, 26 grains Reloader 7, average velocity 1907 fps. Mild load.

Loaded up my first test loads tonight. I am trying the Remington bullets (recommended by Bobby) in 158 and 180 weights with W296 first. My gun should be back from updating early next week and then it is off to the range for some shootin!!

What kinda accuracy have you guys had with the Max at 100 yards?

OK Mike,

If you have the short throat, just be attentive to the book loads shot with a TC Max barrel with the long forcing cone. Your Max load may be somewhat less owing to the short throat.

Max in mine (Bellm rechamber) with 296 and 158's was about 2 grains or so less than book maximum loads. Started to get sticking cases.

Only shot my 180 gr jacketed loads for accuracy at 50 yds so far. About 3/4" to 1" with a 2X scope at 1850 FPS.

This is virtually my favorite barrel. Lots of horsepower in the 10" bbl. with good efficiency. Recoil is not bad either.

Regards

Ray,

THANKS FOR THE INSIGHT (and for confirming my thoughts)!! I thought about that as i was loadin, so i started the loads a littler lighter than i normally would with W296 (or H110 for that matter). I did notice that the loads listed in the books varied quite a bit too. I picked my initial loads in the middle of the road as i can always work up from the max i have loaded. I HATE pulling bullets!! I gotta say that the caliber is really interesting as it is so versatile. I did find a load for 110 grain bullets, i believe that the listed velocity was in the 2400fps range outta a 10" barrel.

I am thinkin about having Competitor put a 14" 7TCU in the box when they ship my gun back to me!

[ 09-06-2002, 07:12: Message edited by: mssmagnum ]