Marlin 1894 44 mag twist
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Marlin 1894 44 mag twist
Will the Marlin 1894 (ballard rifling) with it's slow twist, fully stabalize 250gr cast boolits???
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Re: Marlin 1894 44 mag twist
It will stabalize 310 grain cast boolits at least to 100 yards. I know because I've loaded and shot them and it gave me nice groupings with little round holes at 100 yards. This was a .431" sized, gas check wfn Lee boolit - wheel weight alloy with a bit of tin. 21 grains of H110.
250 will be no problem!! I do recommend that they be sized over bore though for best results - like .430-.431" and you don't have to push them to max velocity as long as they are a good fit to the bore.
250 will be no problem!! I do recommend that they be sized over bore though for best results - like .430-.431" and you don't have to push them to max velocity as long as they are a good fit to the bore.
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