Whats better
01-26-2007, 10:48 AM
#3
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 686
RE: Whats better
The .450 caliber has a few larger bullets available, 400 and 405 gr. but, when loaded with the same weight bullet weight, the velocities produced are very similar between the two.
444 Marlin: http://www.reloadersnest.com/query_bw.asp?CaliberID=90&BulletWeight=300
450 Marlin: http://www.reloadersnest.com/query_bw.asp?CaliberID=196&BulletWeight=300
444 Marlin: http://www.reloadersnest.com/query_bw.asp?CaliberID=90&BulletWeight=300
450 Marlin: http://www.reloadersnest.com/query_bw.asp?CaliberID=196&BulletWeight=300
01-27-2007, 07:37 AM
#8
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2004
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RE: Whats better
I already have a 30/30 but refuse to shoot it due to it being a winchester.
I hope it isn't because your "saveing it"?? If it's one of the zillions of"run of the mill" Winchesters, you won't live long enough for it to increase in value enough to NOT be worthhunting with it!
DM
01-27-2007, 04:18 PM
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Rivesville, WV
Posts: 3,192
RE: Whats better
Either caliber would make an excellent choice. My choice would be 45-70, but my reasons are purely nostalgiac(spell check). I have not shot a 450 Marlin, but everything I have seen and read make it a top notch performer. I would go with the 450 Marlin, because I reload. I believe there would be more bullets available.
I totally agree with you on the Winchester. If you really want to get rid of it, give me a call. I might posibly be able to suffer through ownership of such a piece. Tom.
I totally agree with you on the Winchester. If you really want to get rid of it, give me a call. I might posibly be able to suffer through ownership of such a piece. Tom.