The Maxi is a project that I hope stays alive on this new forum.

Notice the nice crimp on DJ's max reload.

RV

I hope so too. I completely enjoy mine. The Max is a perfect example of a very good cartridge being pigeonholed. No one outside the silhoutte shooters even considered the cartridge for anything else. It would make a great chambering in something like a Winchester '92, and reaches perfection in the Handirifle

i built one years ago on a small martini action.sturdy original peep sight. nice gun to just take for a walk on fall afternoons for whatever may come.

I have a TC factory 21" barrel for my Contender. Excellent.

I have a Competitor pistol with a 14" barrel in .357 Max. I haven't had a chance to do much with it yet but look forward to playing with it.
Jason

Yes mine is still alive, Just windy weather, and cold,
Take more time, Still need to get some 170 or 180 grain
bullets. Datil

I have a little problem with my rechamber, seems there is about a .001 difference between the old chamber and the reamer so fired brass has a visible ring where the old chamber ends and the new begins. The brass "necks down" at the end about that .001. Badnews Bob did his this evening over at my place and got no such ring. What do ya think? Is it just going to be bad on brass or is it more serious?

Ian

I doubt it will even be bad on brass. Just shows your original chamber was a bit oversized for the new Max reamer to quite clean up. If it really bothers you, I could fit a shank to a fired max case for you to use with 600 grit polishing compound to polish the chamber a mite. I would not bother in the absence of a known problem.

Great, I'll just let it be then... I thought it might even help line up cast boolits to the bore that way.

Ian

I've got 4 max barrels and one of them is a 21 carbine, I love it. I treat it kind of like a 38-55 the way I load it, big heavy cast bullets 200-250 grains moving between 1300-1800 fps, lots of fun and not too much recoil!

regards,
Graycg

VVCG is building me one in a .357 Max carbine length...24". What kind of speeds could I expect in say 180 - 200 grn. jacket bullets.

You will see some who claim that they get 200 gr. RNs to 2000 fps in 18" or shorter barrels. They have to really be pushing things even using 680, AA1680, etc. IME, H110 does 1900+ with the 180s and 1700-1800 with the 200s. That's in my long barrel. This is still comparable to FACTORY .35 Remington which in my guns commonly does about 1850 fps for a 200 gr. bullet.

Hobie, you look a good bit like me.

I hope that's a really bad picture.

I have a Handirifle I rechambered back in the spring of 2003. With 26 grains of 1680 it gives 2060 fps. I shot a spike whitetail at 25 yards with that load, it shattered the nearside foreleg bone, drove through the heart, cutting a 1.5" ragged hole it in and exited the far side. Deer dropped like he had been hit with a sledgehammer. Awesome performance.

Hobie, DJ has been trying to tell me for the last 9 months that the 1800-1850 fps I have been getting with 200 grain bullets is as good as the factory 35 Remington load. DJ, I hope you read this, as I am going to have a helping of 35 caliber 200 grain bullets and some H110 and 1680 with my crow. Perhaps this will soften my hardheadedness. One would think that as many times as I have eaten crow in my life my brains would run like water through a sieve.....oh well, maybe before I die I will become teachable...

forgot to add, that load is with a Hornady XTP 180, hardheaded and senile.....

Leftoverdj,

Sadly, that's a really GOOD picture of me. Sad for me and apparently for you, too! Of course this explains why the cops in Greene, Albemarle and Nelson counties keep pulling me over...