Hows the accuracy on these rifles with cast and jacketed loads,I am looking at a new one with the ballard rifling

All the new marlin's have ballard rifling's
And the shoot just fine better then i can see
or shoot.

Mine has the Ballard rifleing and I like it, it shoots fine. I am pleased it's not a Micro groove model I heard there harder to clean.

My friends is good for 1 1/2" with factory ammo and iron sights.And that's not exceptional. The micro groove can be as accurate but it's more sensitive to bullet hardness and diameter.