How's this; "Hunting accurate from a 44Mag carbine rifle. 1 1/2" groups @ 100 yards."

Now unless you are hunting scorpions at that distance, 1 1/2" groups are usually much smaller than a kill zone on most animals.

I have a friend that has the same Marlin I do only in stainless steel. He topped it off with a Leupold scope. He shoots jacketed bullets exclusively, they are handloads and the best groups he has ever gotten @ 100 yards is 4" groups.

My rifle shoots just a tad bigger than 1" groups regularly, not every time but often, with jacketed bullets @ 100 yards.

To me, with a 20" to 22" barrel and a 1:38 twist, and nothing done except smoothing the trigger out, is pretty acceptable.

If I want more than that kind of accuracy or if I want it to shoot further out I'll lay down the 44Mag and grab an '06 or something.

Hunting accurate.