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Posted: 1/29/2006 10:19:36 AM EDT
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A good round for deer hunting in heavy brush.
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Posted: 1/29/2006 10:30:52 AM EDT
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It is a very good cartridge and is strong enough for most anything, it can run a 320 cast to around 2200 fps. It is comparable to a 405 Winchester.
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Posted: 1/29/2006 10:33:45 AM EDT
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I had one for awhile, like others said excellent woods range deer gun. If you reload be careful with the lighter .429 bullets as the .444 velocities will sling them apart. The Hornady 265 gr. bullet is an excellent bullet for these guns.
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Posted: 1/29/2006 11:11:00 AM EDT
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Posted: 1/29/2006 11:34:22 AM EDT
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Well, I dunno about YOUR mom, but MY mom would have the shit about knocked out of her with a .444 Marlin!
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Posted: 1/29/2006 1:04:54 PM EDT
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Good cartridge, kicks hard in the Marlin lever guns.
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Posted: 1/29/2006 3:26:44 PM EDT
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Yeah, she said she took my cousin out and he shot it... She didn't want to shoot it after seeing the thumping it gave him. I think that's why she was asking if I wanted it. ~Dg84 |
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Posted: 1/29/2006 8:52:03 PM EDT
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I owned one almost 30 years ago. They were on sale at the hardware store in town and I remember the saleman stating that no matter what I wanted to hunt this rifle would do the job. Never took it hunting, but went through a box of ammo blasting an engine block to hell. |
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Posted: 1/29/2006 9:45:41 PM EDT
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Try it in a MRI Lone Eagle with synthetic stock and NO muzzle brake........  ETA- Been there, done that. Shot 10 rds. Wrist swelled up for three days. OUCH! |
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Posted: 1/30/2006 4:19:06 AM EDT
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Try a Contender Super 14, rechambered by SSK/JD Jones from 44 magnum to full length 444 Marlin. It throws 300 grain hard cast bullets at 1900 fps over my chrony USING THE STARTING LOAD of H4895.
444 Marlin rocks if your targets are large and tenacious, but practice is NOT fun... Paladin |
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Posted: 1/30/2006 11:51:22 AM EDT
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I'll second the "practice is NOT fun" comment. I had a Marlin 444 and man was it brutal. I had a Decelerator pad installed on it and it helped just a little. I ended up selling it. It hurt just to look at it!
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Posted: 1/30/2006 12:13:19 PM EDT
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Once upon a time it was "King of the Hill" for the lever action Bigbores. It's basically a .44 Remington Mag stretched to a 45-70 length. It packs a lot of punch.
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Posted: 1/30/2006 12:24:04 PM EDT
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Zippy round with lots of power. I had a 444P which had the porting on an 18" barrel. It was bearable even for practice.
The 22" version without the ports and a thin pad was a bit stout on the bench for zeroing and such.
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Posted: 1/30/2006 12:28:10 PM EDT
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anecdotal info:
As stated in John Plaster's book on SOG, Jerry Shriver (a SOG operator) in Vietnam supposedly ordered a Marlin .444 lever action and had it shipped over to use as a "Bunker Buster" while on operations. Blitz |
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Posted: 1/30/2006 5:02:24 PM EDT
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I really want to get one of those new Marlin XLRs in .444. Those sick awesome. The stainless steel on pepper laminate stock, oh damn that looks good.
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Posted: 1/30/2006 5:31:12 PM EDT
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My friend has one he calls it "tha mule" because of the way it kicks!! i would sell it and get a .44 lever action. that is what my friend wanted but wound up with this one instead, lol but it's great gun if ya don't have to shoot it all that often.
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