Thanks, Marc! It's middle of the road for .357 Maximum. Lil Gun is a somewhat flakey powder - my experience is that *everything* matters when using it. I have found very good group size with it in 450 Bushmaster and .357 Max, even when the velocity varies somewhat. A consistent crimp seems to be key - this session had both RP and Starline brass - the velocity varied between them.
@@jamespollard1670 It’s middle of the road, and I wasn’t making any effort to arrest muzzle flip. I was working on a consistent grip and trigger squeeze. Hornady numbers go to 22.0 grains.
I located and secured a 21" T/C Carbine Match chamber 22 LR this week!!!❤❤❤❤ I have been looking for quite a while!! Sold mine off in 2000 regretted it since!! Now to pic a optic. I think a Nikon AO 4.5-14 Squirrels BEWARE!! ❤❤❤ I passed on a 10" Maxi @ 250 beans. Wanting a 14".
@@cw2a I have yet to shoot my 10” Match .22 LR barrel - I’ve been running a pair of regular 10” in smallbore rimfire - one with an old Aimpoint and one with irons. This Bellm rechambered barrel is quite an improvement over my stock T/C Max barrel.
Man. As soon as I noticed that the stand was bent, I saw their name lasered into the part and went “Yep. I wouldn’t have done that.” That 357 Max smacks her pretty good!!!
@TinManReloading yeah for me it smacks for sure however as you know like I 357 Remington maximum is mid level just in my contender collection. Speaking of TC I have noticed that company has been purchased and moving back to New Hampshire. I recently replaced my griz revolver. Mountain man
@@WilliamCChapin I'm pretty much shooting cast bullets only. Been playing with the 314299 in a 1891 Rifle and 1909 Short rifle. So really anything cast bullet related.
@@StevenMMan It’s a laminated forend with the Bulberry hangar setup. I’ve been purchasing targets from Dragon for a few years. I gather that they have other fabrication business activities as well.
Very nice Contender! I love that cartridge, too. Always wanted a .357 Maximum.
@@travischapin886 Thanks, Travis. This frame is one of my newer ones. It came from a retired silhouette shooter.
Chezel makes some chamber adapters for 357 max / 12g or 20g if u really want to give it a go
Great shooting! That must be a good stout load. Those stands are nice, but I can see them giving in after a few sessions. Excellent video, Chapin!
Thanks, Marc! It's middle of the road for .357 Maximum. Lil Gun is a somewhat flakey powder - my experience is that *everything* matters when using it. I have found very good group size with it in 450 Bushmaster and .357 Max, even when the velocity varies somewhat. A consistent crimp seems to be key - this session had both RP and Starline brass - the velocity varied between them.
That was a stout load from the way the pistol was torquing.
@@jamespollard1670 It’s middle of the road, and I wasn’t making any effort to arrest muzzle flip. I was working on a consistent grip and trigger squeeze. Hornady numbers go to 22.0 grains.
I located and secured a 21" T/C Carbine Match chamber 22 LR this week!!!❤❤❤❤
I have been looking for quite a while!! Sold mine off in 2000 regretted it since!!
Now to pic a optic. I think a Nikon AO 4.5-14
Squirrels BEWARE!! ❤❤❤
I passed on a 10" Maxi @ 250 beans. Wanting a 14".
@@cw2a I have yet to shoot my 10” Match .22 LR barrel - I’ve been running a pair of regular 10” in smallbore rimfire - one with an old Aimpoint and one with irons. This Bellm rechambered barrel is quite an improvement over my stock T/C Max barrel.
Man. As soon as I noticed that the stand was bent, I saw their name lasered into the part and went “Yep. I wouldn’t have done that.” That 357 Max smacks her pretty good!!!
@TinManReloading yeah for me it smacks for sure however as you know like I 357 Remington maximum is mid level just in my contender collection. Speaking of TC I have noticed that company has been purchased and moving back to New Hampshire. I recently replaced my griz revolver.
Mountain man
Need some more Argentina vid's, I have a 1891 engineers carbine joining the family tomorrow :)
@@hpbear101 I think that may be something I can do. Anything in particular that you want to see?
@@WilliamCChapin I'm pretty much shooting cast bullets only. Been playing with the 314299 in a 1891 Rifle and 1909 Short rifle. So really anything cast bullet related.
@@hpbear101 Whew…It’s been awhile, but I could possibly revisit that - but not in the 1891 Engineer Carbine - unless you want to see round balls! 🤪
Nice ❤
@@allthingsconsidered3211 Thanks!
I use a compensator on mine. Love the Max.
@@theoutdoorslifetv3200 I have a few T/C Hunter barrels that have a comp. They work well; noise and blast are the trade off! 💥
@@WilliamCChapin I just got a Van Horn 28 gauge barrel. Interested to see how it's going to pattern.
My that is one colorful fore end. Hmm interesting stand. How long has the company been around? Maybe they will make some improvements
Mountain man
@@StevenMMan It’s a laminated forend with the Bulberry hangar setup. I’ve been purchasing targets from Dragon for a few years. I gather that they have other fabrication business activities as well.