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| Are they still using micro-groved barrels? I thought they had stopped that a while back. Might be wrong, I am often enough.
I have a .45 colt Marlin which I use cast bullets exclusively and they shoot very well indeed. A .45 colt in a Marlin can do some special things. You might consider going that route. |
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| absolutly! I was ignorant about the 45LC being an option. Thats the route I will go. Thanks Larry. You da man. |
| | | Posts: 8352 | Location: Jennings Louisiana, Arkansas by way of Alabama by way of South Carloina by way of County Antrim Irland by way of Lanarkshire Scotland. | Registered: 02 November 2001 |
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| The micro-groove rifling is not the problem with cast bullets, it's the large throat. Once I learned that, all went well, keep your bullets fat! |
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| My 44 mag doesn't have micro groove rifling. I think I got it around 2002. |
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| I was thinking everyone's biggest beef with the .44 mag lever rifles was the Rate of Twist they are in. Local gun store has a '72 Winchester 94 in .44 ...... Would look nice beside my Winchester .30-30, .357, and my 2 Marlin 1895's 
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| marlin had a deal where they thought the 44 mag was a 44-40 and put the twist rate in for 200 gr bullets.
remarlin might still be doing this. |
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| I had a few 340 grn LBT LFN bullets. They shot wonderfully in my pre safety Marlin at 50 yds. They may have become unstable at longer range, I didnt have enough to find out. I'm not sure what twist rate it does have. |
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| My 44 is microgroove 1 in 38 twist. That said it shoots leads 200 to 250 very well and jacketed 180 to 300 very well. I do not know why there is a thought that microgroove is bad? Maybe I just got a 'good one'. Mine was made in 1984. |
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| quote: As long as I keep the bullets at least .431" and fairly hard, it will shoot them into small groups
The same for mine. |
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| As said above keep the bullets fat, 432 or 433. Some molds will not cast large enough in diameter to work. |
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