265 Hornady

[SJB358]

I think it'll be great. Share your load data buddy!

 

[FOTIS]

I will

 

[SJB358]

Good deal. Looking forward to the range with it.. Seems like it'll be a keeper. Plus, it needs some rounds run through it. Still pretty tight.

 

[velvetant]

I must say I am really surprised. That 265 is usually a bad azz!


http://www.marlinowners.com/forum/444-m ... nship.html

me too
I reload the 265FP@2230fps in my Marlin and get text book expansion each time
Only pic I have but they always look the same

 

[Oldtrader3]

Strangely enough, the .444 was never pushed like the .45-70 as a multi level game round, up to and including coastal bears. It was first introduced and marketed as a plus, deer brush round with pistol bullets for whitetail and such hunting.

I guess that because there were no "structural" big game bullets on the market for the .44 caliber in modern perview at that moment, they forwarded this .44 as a deer round rather than doing the ballistic development as a pro quid: .44-70? In retrospect, they should have done the work, IMHO.