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Posted: 6/25/2008 4:04:00 PM EDT
| Someone tell me about a .444. I am looking at one in single shot, so it will be legal for our primitive weapon season here. Any ballistics info, comparisons, pro's and con's would be appreciated! |
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Well, a .444 marlin is a .44 magnum, magnum. It was created to be a more powerful .44 magnum. It allows you to use .44 caliber bullets. In my humble opinion, the .45-70 is a much better round and is far more useful as you really can hunt anything with it but if you sticking to elk and deer the .444 should be just fine. The .45-70 has a heavier range of bullets as well but is more expensive to reload. .444 has lighter recoil but that just means less energy. Hope this helps, Cwacks |
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The starting load powder charge in my manual clocked about 1900 fps throwing a 300 grain hard cast bullet from my 14 inch Contender. The barrel was originally a 44 Magnum, rechambered by JD Jones many years ago. When firing factory 240 grain loads NO ONE EVER WANTED TO SHOOT A SECOND SHOT! I keep it around in case I need to kill an elephant or cadillac. FWIW 444 Marlins are usually a much slower twist, so using a 1/20 twist 44 Magnum barrel will stabilze heavier projectiles better. Paladin |
| Hornady makes a 265gr bullet just for the 444 marlin that is jacketed but holds together at much higher velocity. If I remember correctly you can get the 265gr to 2300fps. This is not a low recoil load but will put down anything on the planet including going through elk lenghtwise! Great cartridge. Mine is a winchester big bore timber carbine that I use to hunt elk on the Yellowstone boundry line. |
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