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My Cast Mini's Take Mule Deer
12/6/2010 12:56:35 PM
I casted up about 175 pure lead mini-balls 370gr for a freind of mine.He let his freinds wife use his muzzle loader on a Mule Deer hunting trip
She took this mule deer below with it.He says they knocked it dead James...
She took this mule deer below with it.He says they knocked it dead James...
12/6/2010 1:06:01 PM
Actually, they are maxi balls. Minies have a hollow base.
Anyway, good shoot. Meat in the freezer.
Anyway, good shoot. Meat in the freezer.
12/6/2010 3:55:35 PM
Originally Posted By sbrider:
Actually, they are maxi balls. Minies have a hollow base.
Anyway, good shoot. Meat in the freezer.
Actually, they are maxi balls. Minies have a hollow base.
Anyway, good shoot. Meat in the freezer.
On the reloading forum i said they was maxi balls cause i thought thats what the mold was and got jumped on that...
"those are mini balls"....I bought this mold out in Arizona back in the mid 1980's so i can't remember tha packaging...so
12/6/2010 5:12:53 PM
Originally Posted By texjames:
On the reloading forum i said they was maxi balls cause i thought thats what the mold was and got jumped on that...
"those are mini balls"....I bought this mold out in Arizona back in the mid 1980's so i can't remember tha packaging...so
Originally Posted By sbrider:
Actually, they are maxi balls. Minies have a hollow base.
Anyway, good shoot. Meat in the freezer.
Actually, they are maxi balls. Minies have a hollow base.
Anyway, good shoot. Meat in the freezer.
On the reloading forum i said they was maxi balls cause i thought thats what the mold was and got jumped on that...
"those are mini balls"....I bought this mold out in Arizona back in the mid 1980's so i can't remember tha packaging...so
No good deed goes unpunished on the internet
But I've always thought the Minies had to have a hollow base. I bought a Lee Modern Minnie mold for my .54 and it casts bullets with a hollow base.
Whatever you want to call them, they are nice looking boolits and look like they did their job on a damn fine deer.
12/6/2010 8:09:05 PM
Maxi they be....I found a link and they look exactly like these and i think they were Lyman molds and the handles are wood/brass
http://www.midwayusa.com/viewproduct/?productnumber=515625
http://www.midwayusa.com/viewproduct/?productnumber=515625
12/7/2010 11:19:42 AM
I believe T/C calls them Maxi-Hunters.
ETA: and lubes the grooves.
ETA: and lubes the grooves.
12/7/2010 2:45:23 PM
Those are the original maxi balls. The hunter had/ has a slight hollow point configuration. Good going- one of my cast 370 grainers finished off an elk in CO a few years back. 
12/8/2010 6:53:57 AM
So many prefer the expensive, higher velocity saboted bullets these days. I cast my own 250gr &320gr Lee REAL bullets, they shoot great.
Very satisfying to drop a deer with a lead slug you've made yourself.
Very satisfying to drop a deer with a lead slug you've made yourself.
12/8/2010 8:04:34 PM
Originally Posted By wolfspotter1:
So many prefer the expensive, higher velocity saboted bullets these days. I cast my own 250gr &320gr Lee REAL bullets, they shoot great.
Very satisfying to drop a deer with a lead slug you've made yourself.
So many prefer the expensive, higher velocity saboted bullets these days. I cast my own 250gr &320gr Lee REAL bullets, they shoot great.
Very satisfying to drop a deer with a lead slug you've made yourself.
Both my 14 year old son and I used .54 cal Modern Minnies I cast myself to shoot deer this year.
I used the TC New Englander side lock and he used the TC Thunderhawk in-line. Both with 80 gr Pyrodex RS. One dropped in it's tracks and one took half a hop and fell over.
IT's a lot of fun dropping deer when you cast your own bullets.
12/11/2010 12:15:33 PM
Nice deer, and concur, those are the original style T/C Maxi Balls.
12/23/2010 2:01:07 PM
They were cast well and look really nice. Not a wrinkle in them.
