MCorps0311
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Had a very good gun buying week. I added these three to my gun collection.Marlin .444. Wrangler .22 lr & Heritage Rough-Rider .22 lr/magnum.
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Marlin .444,Ruger Wrangler,& Heritage R-R.
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Nice!
I've been obsessing about lever guns lately, and that Marlin would have come with me too if the price was right. I've been reading about all the straight-walled cartridges, so .444 would be very cool.
I've been obsessing about lever guns lately, and that Marlin would have come with me too if the price was right. I've been reading about all the straight-walled cartridges, so .444 would be very cool.
BigBill
Absent Comrade
444 marlin nothing like blowing holes in 3/8" boiler plate.
Yeah, from what I've read it's like 44 magnum MAGNUM.
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MCorps0311
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roguegamma
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I remember that my dad had a Marlin .444 that had been custom shortened to a 16" barrel if I remember correctly, for use as an emergency bear stopper.
Ivan the Butcher
Member
roguegamma
Member
Exactly. The previous owner was an Alaskan guide. I wish that gun had stayed in the family.
Ivan the Butcher
Member
Mine has a 50mm Red Dot on it. When my eyes were younger, 5 shots as fast as I could using a pistol target at 50 yards. 1.5" with a stout hand load, usually 3/4" with 300 grain factory. Mine is an early Guide Gun with the 45-70 ported barrel.
Have never handled a .444 Marlin but the Ruger Wranglers are nice little .22s
Congratulations
I alwasy wanted a 444, just never got around to it
I alwasy wanted a 444, just never got around to it
Flyingfool
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I have read that some 410 shotgun shells can be chambered in the 444 marlin. For very close work it is ok. But longer shots will spin the shot due to the rifling. Just a fun fact for possibly peat control.
