Alpha LaFranck makes some heavyweight .430" spitzers that I have shot out of my .444 Marlin Contender and they shot just fine, showing that the 1 in 20" twist will stabilize these long bullets just fine. The heaviest I shot was 375 grains. Being spitzers, they are not suitable for the Marl...

BGR -- There are 2 game ranches that I know of in the Pacific Northwest. One is Canyon Ranch just outside of Cheney, WA. They offer LARGE trophy boar (i.e. 800 lb feral hogs) and trophy buffalo. No other species that I am aware of and no non-trophys (i.e. meat animals). Prices tend be a little on th...

Don't forget the Book of the .44!

My first Marlin 39A (that now belongs to him).

Very nice! I would like to shoot a nilgai someday....

I shoot lots of different cast bullets in my Marlin 1894. For details, see:

http://www.leverguns.com/articles/fryxe ... n_1894.htm

Glen

I remember hunting hogs on the Navasota flood-plain as a kid. Thanks for taking me back....

With all the server trouble a while back, I just kinda stopped drifting by, and kinda fell out of the habit of visiting leverguns. Well, I'm a little slow, but I'm back! I had to re-register, so my post count has dropped back to zero (this post ought to fix that!), but I just had to swing by the cam...