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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 838238" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>I have a real serious love affair for lever guns and even more for falling blocks. The two best lever guns were from Savage and Sako, but are about as easy to come by as finding your ex friendly. Kinda like to build an 1885 in .444 Marlin someday should I find a nice donor rifle that doesn't require a second mortgage. .445 Supermag would be another nice one in a lever gun, and probably be easy in a 336 action. </p><p> </p><p>One thing to keep in mind when thinking about deer and the .44 mag is the bullet construction verses the velocity you'll usually see out of something like an 18" thru 22" barrel. Those thin jacketed pistol bullets will break up on a regular basis, so you really want something like the Hornaday 265 grain bullet. I shoot the 44 mag thru a T/C with a 12" and another with a 14" barrel. I have no trouble getting 1650fps to 1750fps with a 250 grain bullet, and that's about all the 240 grain HP will stand. 300 grain bullets work a lot better (I like the Speer)</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 838238, member: 25383"] I have a real serious love affair for lever guns and even more for falling blocks. The two best lever guns were from Savage and Sako, but are about as easy to come by as finding your ex friendly. Kinda like to build an 1885 in .444 Marlin someday should I find a nice donor rifle that doesn't require a second mortgage. .445 Supermag would be another nice one in a lever gun, and probably be easy in a 336 action. One thing to keep in mind when thinking about deer and the .44 mag is the bullet construction verses the velocity you'll usually see out of something like an 18" thru 22" barrel. Those thin jacketed pistol bullets will break up on a regular basis, so you really want something like the Hornaday 265 grain bullet. I shoot the 44 mag thru a T/C with a 12" and another with a 14" barrel. I have no trouble getting 1650fps to 1750fps with a 250 grain bullet, and that's about all the 240 grain HP will stand. 300 grain bullets work a lot better (I like the Speer) gary [/QUOTE]
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