Hello everyone!
I was visiting a small gun shop this morning while traveling and they have a new Marlin in 44 magnum. I know it’s probably been discussed but does anyone know the twist rate on these? This one has wonderful figure in the buttstock and plain grain in the forearm. Is this the norm?
They have it priced at $1,069. I’m not sure if this is reasonable or not? What prices have you seen?
Thanks for any help!
Rick
Don't overthink the twist. I had a Win 94 trapper .44 magnum with a 1-38" twist and it'd handle the 300 grain XTPs very well with groups around 3/4 inch at 50 yards being normal. That action was long enough to handle the now discontinued 300 grain Speer UniCore seated to the rear groove, way over SAAMI length, and it shot those pretty darn well, too.
