[I_LOVE_GRANPAS_GUNS]

They make these BEAUTIFUL weapons in the 45-70.....

but the 444 looks nearly the same as it has for 600 years......?


Why don't they offer this in a 444? I'd buy one!

 

[Dawei]

Well beauty is in the eye of the beholder, or beer holder as the case may be. Speaking solely for myself, neither gun in your post trips my trigger. I imagine however more will post to this thread agreeing with you.

What I would really like to see is a 444 Marlin with a 26" octagon barrel ala 'Cowboy'.

 

[Golfbuddy45]

I like the brown laminate but do not like BIG LOOPS - period. Think they make the gun look pregnant but I know a lot do like them.
I would like the stainless one without that ugly black rail on top - but again there are those that . . . . . . . . . . . .

- - -A N D - - - when you are complaining about the looks of the 444 have you taken a good look at the beauty we are all hoping to win in the 444 RAFFLE?

Nothing to complain about in that one I tell ya . . . .

GB45

 

[NFG]

Several levergun 'smiths will make you a hex barreled 444 in any length you want...why settle for 26". ;D I think a 32" LongWhacker would work nicely. I think it's a great idea, but getting the barrel registered would be tough.

LUCK

 

[Dawei]

Several levergun 'smiths will make you a hex barreled 444 in any length you want...why settle for 26". ;D I think a 32" LongWhacker would work nicely. I think it's a great idea, but getting the barrel registered would be tough.

LUCK

Whatever are you talking about? ??? ???

 

[Pioneer]

They make these BEAUTIFUL weapons in the 45-70.....

but the 444 looks nearly the same as it has for 600 years......?


Why don't they offer this in a 444? I'd buy one!

I agree I do like the version on the bottom and thought about it before, but I wasn't wanting the 45-70 although I did see one in a 450 before

 

[IN1894SS]

That's OK Dawei, neither one does it for me either.

 

[Starrbow]

I would like to have one in 450Marlin! I have enough 444's and I'm not a big fan of the 45-70 cartridge, they are just too inefficient with modern powders.

 

[DWB]

Well beauty is in the eye of the beholder, or beer holder as the case may be. Speaking solely for myself, neither gun in your post trips my trigger. I imagine however more will post to this thread agreeing with you.

What I would really like to see is a 444 Marlin with a 26" octagon barrel ala 'Cowboy'.

Yup... What Dawei said.

I have thought that same thing for a long time - - a straight gripped, non checkered, 26" octagonal barrel, maybe a "deluxe" grade of Walnut on the butt stock and forearm, all wrapped up nice and tidy with a .444 Marlin Chambering. If this was available, I wouldn't have bought my 1895CB. Don't really care for the .45-70 chambering all that much, except I like my rifle it is chambered in - - so I will learn to deal with it and enjoy the shooting.

 

[Golfbuddy45]

I guess NFG is thinking registering a barrel with a serial number on it. To my knowledge about the only thing with serial number on the barrel are some handguns like a Ruger MKII or MKIII. Don't know much about shotguns but most common rifles have the ser# on the receiver. I am sure there are exceptions to this though.

In our case you can swap Marlin barrels from now till doomsday and nobody cares . . . . .

GB45

 

[NFG]

I should have said INDEXING the barrel...you know lining up flats where they belong so you can cut the dovetails for the sights on a flat instead of some odd place anywhere in between.

Register, index, indicate-in, dial-in, regulate...allee samee, samee.

I can see where confusion could reign or rain. ;D

LUCK

 

[I_LOVE_GRANPAS_GUNS]

- - -A N D - - - when you are complaining about the looks of the 444 have you taken a good look at the beauty we are all hoping to win in the 444 RAFFLE?
Nothing to complain about in that one I tell ya . . . .
GB45

Oh I bought my tickets!! hoot and hollar I'd Die to win that baby! I am 444-less at the moment, been trying to find the right 444P, but if Marlin offered a 444 in this style... I'd be all over that.

 

[buffgun]

I agree .444 cowboy !!!!!!! ;D

 

[444Hal]

How about something like my Swampbuster

 

[Lance]

I had my 444xlr barrel cut to 19" here it is beside my GS-LTD 45-70.

 

[Golfbuddy45]

"I had my 444xlr barrel cut to 19" here it is beside my GS-LTD 45-70."

For us non-experts - - -

1. What was the 444xlr before you cut it to 19 inches?

2. Why did you cut it? . . . .

and

3. How does it shoot after the mod compared to before the mod?


GB45

 

[Joe S.]

I'd like to see a 32" octogon barrel with a full length mag tube! Oooooohhhh yea! But I like the shorties and big loops as well.

 

[Lance]

Hi Golfbuddy 1. What was the 444xlr before you cut it to 19 inches? It was 24"

2. Why did you cut it? I had a 444p, but I didn't like ports. I like the shorter barrels.

3. How does it shoot after the mod compared to before the mod? I think it shoots better. Handles better.

I had gunsmith to cut & recrown & reinstall the front sights, I also had him to cut my 450 marlin XLR to
21" and put the XS scout system on it.

 

[Pioneer]

I had my 444xlr barrel cut to 19" here it is beside my GS-LTD 45-70.

I like this and was wondering about getting a XLR cut down, did you have the original front site out back on ?

 

[Lance]

Pioneer, yes I did have the original front sight put back on. My gunsmith who is a friend recessed the crown. I had my 450xlr cut to 21" and the front sights put back on, and the XS scout with a Leupold silver shotgun scope on it. I also had my 35 XLR cut to 21", as well as my 338xlr. I left my 308 xlr at 24". I know this is not for everyone, but I customised mind the way I liked them. I wish I was a camera man like Hawlg I would show them to you. Camera's just wasn't one of my things in life. My wife has one of those diginal camera's but when I ask her she thinks I'm crazy!