Those Maxi Balls should be fun to try. Let us know how they shoot.
I have loaded the Lee 500-360 Minnie in a 50AE BFR before. I made light loads for my son when he was much younger. He was able to hit the 100yd gong fairly consistently from the bench. He said I ruined the gun when I sent it off to become a 500JRH.
I'd think the 360 Minnie loaded backwards would make a huge hollow point, if they'd shoot straight. Something to put on the todo list,
That's a beautiful BFR and exactly the caliber and length that I want. Someday.
I loaded up a total of 10 maxi-balls to try. Might have been pushing them to hard (11 bhn) but it was fun. 1250 fps, 10 shots in 4" @ 25 yds. Not good at all. At least I know they will work in a pinch and may mess with them a little more down the road.
My mold just got here from Miha and that will occupy my time for a while!
I used the Lee R E A L 200gr in a 45Colt and Auto. Tho think I had way to much lube on them. Should re-try with some LLA. Didn’t shoot very accurate in both rifles and pistols. Looks like yours would have made venison or bacon.
I also have used the Lee 200g REAL in the various .45 chambered revolvers and even had a Colt 1991A1 that would feed it, made a dandy wadcutter type load. So when the big .500 came out I tried the 320g .50 REAL in those with TrailBoss. Went so far as to set-up that mold in my mill and modify base band for a slightly larger diameter , decreased the volume of lower grease groove and gave it a plain base configuration. Made a fun little wadcutter load until I replaced mold with a 3 cavity plain-based truncated cone design 330g that NEI had designed for the .50AE revolvers
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |