And did the best I could dealing with a bit of sun glare...always shooting into that sun in the afternoon. Shooting my 200 gr. plated Xtreme bullet load of 9.5 Unique after a touch of windage I got a good hole slot of 5-6 rounds and good enough for what I do. Now I slugged the barrel this morning to see what the size was and it measured out at .432 and the plated Xtreme bullets measure at .430 Will not try to shoot cast lead bullets of that size and would need something like a .433 minimum size for that. I have the Uberti made Winchester 1873 in 44 Mag for that with it's .429 barrel bore. Just happy it somehow shoots the .430 size plated bullets that well! The 240 gr. XTP bullets shot very well also with 10 gr. of Unique. Guess who just had a birthday? We did. Henry Rifle Forums has made it to the 10 year mark. Thank you to all members, I'm glad you are here!
Insane target happenings with new Marlin 1894 in 44 Mag ...Update with new sights!
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Re: Insane target happenings with new Marlin 1894 in 44 Mag !
Got the new HiViz sight set on and took it to the range to get it dialed in. Setup at 27 yd. distance since that was a good spot where my chair sat without rocking! And did the best I could dealing with a bit of sun glare...always shooting into that sun in the afternoon. Shooting my 200 gr. plated Xtreme bullet load of 9.5 Unique after a touch of windage I got a good hole slot of 5-6 rounds and good enough for what I do. Now I slugged the barrel this morning to see what the size was and it measured out at .432 and the plated Xtreme bullets measure at .430 Will not try to shoot cast lead bullets of that size and would need something like a .433 minimum size for that. I have the Uberti made Winchester 1873 in 44 Mag for that with it's .429 barrel bore. Just happy it somehow shoots the .430 size plated bullets that well! The 240 gr. XTP bullets shot very well also with 10 gr. of Unique.
And did the best I could dealing with a bit of sun glare...always shooting into that sun in the afternoon. Shooting my 200 gr. plated Xtreme bullet load of 9.5 Unique after a touch of windage I got a good hole slot of 5-6 rounds and good enough for what I do. Now I slugged the barrel this morning to see what the size was and it measured out at .432 and the plated Xtreme bullets measure at .430 Will not try to shoot cast lead bullets of that size and would need something like a .433 minimum size for that. I have the Uberti made Winchester 1873 in 44 Mag for that with it's .429 barrel bore. Just happy it somehow shoots the .430 size plated bullets that well! The 240 gr. XTP bullets shot very well also with 10 gr. of Unique.- Attachments
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Re: Insane target happenings with new Marlin 1894 in 44 Mag ...Update with new sights!
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Re: Insane target happenings with new Marlin 1894 in 44 Mag ...Update with new sights!
Looks like you had a blast
Re: Insane target happenings with new Marlin 1894 in 44 Mag ...Update with new sights!
Actions speak louder than words (Matthew 7:16-20).
Re: Insane target happenings with new Marlin 1894 in 44 Mag ...Update with new sights!
"when you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk" 
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