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SteveR wrote:I hear the oil from a brand new marlin 1894 in 44mag will help heal cuts faster.
You know, "as a physician..."
....I can't unequivocally deny that such a practice, when done properly, wouldn't possibly have the effect of not slowing healing - under the proper conditions, of course...
Doctors for Sensible Gun Laws "first do no harm" - gun control LAWS lead to far more deaths than 'easy access' ever could.
I get to sharpen the nephews and nieces hunting & pocket knives they forget sometimes, last fall my nephew was gutting a meat bull and cut his hand pretty good he didnt know it till he was done as he was at 11K feet and 30 below I stitched him up and reminded him "monkeys and fools give them no sharp tools". danny
Grizz wrote:
44 mag starts to be the real deal after about 355 grains . . .
Grizz
I thought that was what the .45-70 was for.
that's true to a degree
it's a matter of perspective.
to me 45/70 starts to be the real deal at 405gr, so there is an area of overlap that makes the 44/355 carbine so attractive if it has a 1/xx barrel. The marlin 1/33 twist curtails a lot of fine loads. I shoot 405gr in my redhawk 44 and 525gr in my 45/70. 44 mag can't match that end of the envelope.
The 45/70 145gr collar button bullet is an example of going from the sublime to the ridiculous, although that setup has its proponents. I need to try some just so I did. Imagine shooting a bullet that's the same weight as M80 ball?
Lightest I ever loaded in 45/70 is 325gr, the same weight I hunted with in Alaska from a ruger 44. It always struck me as funny, shooting revolver mid-weights in my guide gun.
A 44 mag carbine is a powerhouse, even with 250 gr loads. My comment above just concerns the common slow-twist barrels marlin usually puts on 44s, but the gun is handier than a guide gun.
SteveR wrote:I hear the oil from a brand new marlin 1894 in 44mag will help heal cuts faster.
You know, "as a physician..."
....I can't unequivocally deny that such a practice, when done properly, wouldn't possibly have the effect of not slowing healing - under the proper conditions, of course...
Lets not forget the all important healing properties brought on by the happy feeling of having a new levergun!
After reading that G&A article, I would probably run out and buy one of these Marlins - got to find out how the other half lives sometime right?
If I could afford one it would be mine. It would share 265 grain Hornady bullets with my 444. That bullet works long and short in my opinion and would shine for the 44 Mag and rifle hunting.
I just left the Cabela's store in Allen where there were 4. I don't think they are the new run....git and finish was iffy IMHO. I'll post a picture after I get home to a PC.
"Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure that there is one less scoundrel in the world." - Thomas Carlyle
I hope these are older stock Remlins and not the new batch people have been bragging about.
My Guide Gun, and 1895 Cowboy were not any better, and they were JM rifles......
I don't know about that Blaine...even after years of being abused by and ogre and refinished by an idiot, your old guide gun looks straighter to me than those brand new 44s.
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"Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure that there is one less scoundrel in the world." - Thomas Carlyle
My Guide Gun, and 1895 Cowboy were not any better, and they were JM rifles......
