444 Marlin Pet Loads

[MakeMineA10mm]

With the large following of 444 Marlin loaders we have here, I wonder if we could impress upon Ken to make this thread a sticky for all of us to put our favorite 444 Marlin loads in?

It would be interesting to compare the varied loads.

[MakeMineA10mm]

These first two are my personal "heavy" loads.

285gr LFN-GC (Boomer Mikey's GB of Lyman #429640) in Hornady (LeveRevolution) brass with Winchester primers and 52 grains of RL-7 for 2200 fps.

280gr Swift A-Frame JHP-Partition in Remington brass with Winchester primers and 50 grains of H-322 for 2150 fps.



I have some others, but will have to dig them up.

[Buckshot]

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............Buckshot

[dawei]

My "Thumper Load" for both of my Trip4's is:

• Remington® Case (trimmed to 2.215")
• Remington® 9½ large Rifle Primer
• 45.0gr H-4198 powder
• 290gr Beartooth® LFNGC Bullet (296gr total weight)

2249fps

[seabreeze133]

My accuracy load for my 1972 444s is:

Rem brass
WLR primers
290 gr Beartooth. Been using BTB @ .432 and finally slugged the bore and came up w/,429. Go figger.
53 gr 335 will put 5 in .376 @ 50 yd off a bench, but it is not much fun.
Dropped back to 52 gr 335 but now am using a receiver sight and Lyman globe front so no way to compare. Why the iron sights? Well that was the plan from the beginning, but when the scope crosshairs shifted about 30 degrees out of plumb... Gotta remember to send that thing back.

Am going to try 56 gr 335 w/the RD 265 bullet and the Lyman429255....when it cools down a bit.

Don

[helice]

It's great the see the diversity here. Time to get my feet wet. Here goes!

42 gr Re-7 with 429244 Ray Thompson 250 grain
48 gr Re-7 with LBT 300 WFN

Practice loads use a 166 gr LBT OWC or the 429244 over 13 gr of Red Dot or 700X
These are fired from a Winchester 94 Big Bore. Helice

[444Hal]

250gr Nosler Partition w/42.5 of IMR 4198
250gr Beartooth w/ 46 of IMR 4198

265gr Hornady w/ 42.5 of IMR 4198

290gr Beartooth w/ 50.5 of Reloader 7

working on 300 grainers now

[bowhunter]

Hi i have been rolling my own for 40 years now. I just started back casting a few after a 20 year lay off. My current 444 load is a great one in my 1975 marlin. 300 gr. Hornady xtp hp. 42 gr. H4198 cci br primed

[FAsmus]

Gentlemen;

You-all sure are shooting light bullets!

Why not go ahead, rebarrel those out-moded slow-twist issue barrels to 1:16 and do some shooting? (Leave as much material on the barrel as seems possible and still hang the magazine tube)

In my 444, rebarrled as in above, I started with a 465 grain bullet and have now found that I get the best perfromance with a fine 500 grain Jones custom mold.

Load is conventional: 19 grains SR4759 + tissue paper filler and 0.050 card wad.

Good afternoon,
Forrest

[bowhunter]

i am very blessed, i live in the woods of S.C. and i have a shooting range at home. i just recieved a mold from ranchdog today and i just casted a few with ww water quinched. i will shoot a group friday and see what i have.

[BOOM BOOM]

HI,
The lightest bullet I ever tried was a 180gr HP , I got best accuracy with 46.5 grs. of IMR 4198. Vel. was near 2300'/s.

[krag35]

Everyday load
R-P Case
CCI 200 Primer
C-265-430-RF (Ranch Dog)
43 gr. AAC 2015
1850fps (est)
accurate 2" @100 w/ 2.5X scope, 3 - 4" @100 w/ open sights and my eyes

Elk hunting load
R-P case
CCI 200 primer
285 LBT copy from group buy
52 gr AAC 2015
accurate but painful out of my 94

[BOOM BOOM]

HI,
Actually, there are lighter bullets, I have just not tried them.
THEY ARE:
120gr. round ball
129gr
158gr.
166gr.
170gr.
I would have if I had not sold my 444. ARUGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And if you cast bullets from Zinc it opens a whole new world of light wt.

[BOOM BOOM]

HI,
I have 3 boolits to experiment with.
The Lyman 250 gr GC Kieth style SWC.
The 265gr. GC Ranch Dog , which drops out at 277grs. when sized & lubed.
The Lee 310 gr.GC , which drops out at 325grs when sized & lubed.

It would sure be nice if I could use ether WC860 or WC846 which I have.

[turmech]

I have the short barrel Marlin guide gun. My favorite load is 46 gr H4198, Speer 240 gr Deepcurl bullets. I have several 44 cal molds and I guess eventually I will try cast bullets in the 444, but this load preforms so well for me I can't see me changing it. I can put better groups on paper at 100 with this gun and load than I can with either of my 7mm.

[BOOM BOOM]

HI,
I posted here as I was starting a new series of experiments with the 444 Marlin lever action.
I will be combining this with the the SURPLUS POWDERS IN THE 444 MARLIN in the LEVERACTINS FORUM as the most response & interest was there.

[Papa Jack]

Havn't shot my .444 too much yet... I have a NEF Handi-Rifle.
Last weekend I fired some loads at 35 yards (poor eyes...)
265Grn Ranch Dog, cast and sized .432" Cast from 3:1 mix of Wheel Weights/Lino., lubed with SPEED GREEN.
CCI-200, R/P cases, no fillers,no wads.
1) 40.0 grns. IMR-4198...... 4 rounds ,all touch
2) 43Grns. RL-7..... 4 rounds, all touch
Good loads to start out with..... "PJ"

[MakeMineA10mm]

HI,
I posted here as I was starting a new series of experiments with the 444 Marlin lever action.
I will be combining this with the the SURPLUS POWDERS IN THE 444 MARLIN in the LEVERACTINS FORUM as the most response & interest was there.

Boom Boom - please post a link here so folks can find it easy.

I'm very interested in what you find out.

[BOOM BOOM]

HI,
I am not a computer guy, heck I went through grad. school physics & chemistry classes with a slid rule. So sorry I do not know how to post links.
Go to leverguns forum is the best I can do.

[frankenfab]

48 gr. H322 with Remington primers and the 300 XTP or Speer SP. The Speed bullets group a little tighter in my long lever gun.

Not a max load, but quite powerful. And I got it, of all places, from an article in a gun comic....but that was 20 years ago.

I am switching over to boolits now.

Long live the 444