Originally Posted by
HEAD0001
It would be tough to beat a Marlin 1894 in 44 magnum-shooting the hard cast 300 grain heavies. Very lightweight, fast handling and totally effective on any sized black bear. Tom.
I had that gun, did a nice job on two good sized hogs and a huge doe. It did not stabilze 300gr xtps or 270gr hardcast bullets well, though. I think it had a 1-32" twist barrel. 240s worked great though. Those guns have gone way up in value, I bought mine lightly used for around 250$ about 7 years ago but sold it.
shoulda held on to it, they go about 600$ now and the winnys are worth even more. nice handy little gun w/ a short bolt.