ORIGINAL: spurrit
ORIGINAL: bigcountry
ORIGINAL: spurrit
Make sure your Marlin doesn't have a micro groove barrel. If it does, it'll never shoot lead well. The micro groove barrels fill up with lead, and your 25 yard groups will look like 40 yard shotgun patterns.
On another note, the manufacturer doesn't recommend H-110 for plain based lead bullets,(as opposed to gas checked or jacketed) as the powder burns so hot, it melts the back of the bullet and leads the hell out of your barrel. (I can confirm this; 1 cylinder full had my barrel coated with lead!)
Well, that's enough out of me! I hope I didn't discourage you.
Good point. I have been on a quest for shooting lead thru my 45-70 microgroove and nothing shoots well.
Also to the person that said you are going to burn your throat. Not with a 44mag. Pressure isn't touching even 44kPSI.
Flame cuts throats, not pressure. H-110 is pretty bad about it. I still haven't gotten used to the fireball at my muzzle when I shoot it!
You better keep that your little secret that others who know better don't know about. I have shot hundreds of guns. And I have burned out barrels in4 different calibers. None of them are pistol calibers.
One if a 300RUM, another is an STW, another is a 22-250, and another is a 22-250 AI.
Heat and pressure cuts a throat. Ask any gunsmith what calibers they replace. It would take thousands of rounds to burnout a 44mag. I know I have a 44mag with I bet 15000 rounds thru it, and the cylinder measurements havne't budged. And most of those rounds were 23.5gr of H110, with 240gr XTP. Try shooting that many rounds thru a 300RUM. Let me know when you hit 2000.