Actually, Marlin was the first company to bring out a .45/70 repeater, in 1881, quite a bit earlier than the 1964 introduction of the .444.
I see you are in South Carolina, so I can see where you find the .444 preferable.
Get out to Montana, Alaska or Wyoming and you might wish you had a .45/70.
Pic of an 1881 Marlin in .45/70:
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