Hezee, the .444 Marlin is a cartridge. Basically it is a 44 Rem mag streched out. It uses the same .429" bullets as the 44 mag but launches them about 800 - 1000 feet per second faster with the same weight bullets.

The Marlin 444 is the model of lever action made by Marlin that chambers the .444 Marlin cartridge.

The cartridge has the numbers listed first and the gun has the name listed first.


If you did decide for the 35 Remington the I would most definetly shoot the load from Buffalo Bore for elk. They load a 220 grain jacketed flat nose at 2200 fps from an 18.5" barrel.