I have an 1894 Marlin in 44 spl/44 mag,I bought it new just this past June. The fit and finish is really very good, but the gun had to go back to Marlin, the carrier was out of spec. Marlin treated me pretty good, they paid the shipping, and even sent UPS to my home to pick the gun up. 10 days later the gun came back, I loaded some dummie rnds and put them through her about 100 times, and she cycled pretty good,if not I was just gonna get rid of her. But since she’s running the way she should I’m gonna invest in a mould, and sizer for her. I read somewhere that Marlins have a “ fat” bore, and while I am gonna get her slugged before I order the mould from NOE, I’m just wondering for you guys that have the new Marlins what bore diameter does your 44 1894 Marlin have. Also what boolit shape do they seem to like the most? The dummies that I made were from some extra boolits that I had laying around, they were 7 Hornaday 240 grn hollow point XTP’s, and one store bought 200 grn .432 cast rnfp. I put all eight in the mag and cycled them and no malfunction, I repeated the test 12 times so I hope she’s fixed for good. The boolit I want is from NOE’s brass mould it’s a 200 grn RNFP, a really good lookin boolit. Any input will be appriiated
Paul