![]() ![]() 45-70s while still having more takes down power than a. Out to 200-yards, the stout round is more accurate than stock. 45-70's rainbow of inches over yards traveled. 444 offered a better trajectory over the. 444 Marlin, using the same 300-gran bullet would sling it 2000/fps and impart 1600-ft/lbs of energy.īetter yet the. 45-70 shot a 300-grain lead slug at 1600/fps with 1700-ft/lbs of energy while the. ![]() 45-70 while being able to feed in a lever action carbine. Mounting bullets of 240-300 grains, it has the same 'throw weight' as the old. It looks like an all brass shotgun shell or a throwback to the Kynoch elephant gun rounds of the 19th century, but it is brutally effective. 44 magnum, but overall nearly the same length as a 30.30 Winchester, but without a neck. It was longer by almost an inch than the. 429" round on top to create a moose of a cartridge. Taking a fat, wide-necked 57mm long case (almost as long as a 7mm Mauser's) the Marlin Company mashed a. That's what led to the development of the. What was needed was a modern heavy round that was short enough to use the 336's lever action. 30-.30, the 336 was a great brush gun for whitetails, but couldn't be counted on to take large dangerous game. With its solid, flat top receiver and side ejection, the 336 could mount optics and its microgroove rifling worked better with a jacketed bullets. The Marlin 336 rifle, introduced in 1948 was a game changer. However, the big round needed a big gun, typically a single shot drop hinge action long barreled rifle that weighed at least 9-pounds. ![]() 45-70 helped bring the buffalo to near extinction, and line up innumerable bear, cougar, wolves, and elk and mule deer from Texas to Alaska and back. 45-70 was adopted by the US Army in 1873 and used in all of the late Indian Wars as well as the Spanish American War by the military, but its greatest calling was in large animal hunting. Large game hunters in North America in the late 19th century discovered the venerable. Now as the round is fast coming up on its 60th birthday, let's put some perspective into the big. 444 Marlin has been one of the most popular heavy rounds of the last half century. Marlin has long been the king of lever action rifles, and without a doubt the. ![]()
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