Greetings:

I'm wondering which one of these lever action big bore rifles (.450 Marlin) is preferred by all of you more knowledgable timber hunters and why. I'm building my gun battery up this spring and I have little experience with either company's levers (I do have an old win. .32 special). Any feedback is greatly appreciated, Thanx.

I have a few marlins. But the brownings lockup and setup is just like a bolt action. Alot stronger, and some say more accurate. But it comes with a heavy price tag too.

Also, I liked the old fashion feel of a regular lever.

Take a look at the Marlin 1895MLXR in 450. Now that is a beautiful firearm




I Can't necessarily tell you why for the 450from experience but I do own a 30-30 Marlin and it is my favorite gun. Plus this one just looks great

Quite simply, the BLR. It locks up on the front end of the bolt, and is therefore stronger. It alsohas a box magazine which will permit you to use pointed bullets, like the Barnes Original semisptizer400-grainer, which has a ballistic coefficient of .389. Use of this bullet at 2100 FPS takes the .450 Marlin or .45/70 out of the short-range only class.

But despite a few disadvantages compared to the BLR, the Marlin is an excellent rifle in its' own right!

.444 marlin, I have had one for over 25 years its a mean bad boy.
its a great shooter with iron sight's.

I have a Marlin .450 and love it. With the new Hornady sheels it is a easy 200 yard gun.