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44 mag cast bullets
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 12:03 pm
by Mike95
Just acquired a Marlin 44 mag...box of cast bullets with it....measured...most are .428 few are .429. Some are .427...From what I read the Marlin rifle grooves are .431....looking for some TC 44 cast in .432. Shellhouse has bullets in .432 but they are RNFP....my club expert tells me the TC are more accurate. Any advice? Roger?
Mike95
Re: 44 mag cast bullets
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 1:41 pm
by phaedra1106
Microgroove or not?
Re: 44 mag cast bullets
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 2:39 pm
by dodgyrog
My Marlin (Ballard rifling) shoots my .430" sized boolits quite nicely.
Re: 44 mag cast bullets
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 6:48 pm
by Mike95
Ballard...but looks very shallow..rifle only 3 years old...a Remlin but very well made... slickest action and trigger I have ever found on a Marlin..my friend who has been shooting his Marlin for years, tried .430 and found very little improvement over the .429.....I suppose that barrel groove size will vary. Slugging ,might be in order. Easier just to load and shoot...if it works, it works.
Mike95
Re: 44 mag cast bullets
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2018 6:12 am
by greenshoots
bump a few of the bullets and see what happens
greenshoots
Re: 44 mag cast bullets
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2018 8:13 am
by Mattnall
Mike95 wrote:Easier just to load and shoot...if it works, it works.
I think you just answered your own question.
Don't make a problem before there is one.