Africa Hunting and a Marlin .444!

[Catahoula]

Interesting thread. I’ve got a model 94 in 444 that I’m planning on taking along on my Buffalo hunt next year, but hadn’t considered using it on Buffalo. I thought it might be fun for some plains game after a buff is in the salt. I suppose with the right bullets it could be used if you treated it like a handgun hunt and got close.

 

[CoElkHunter]

Interesting thread. I’ve got a model 94 in 444 that I’m planning on taking along on my Buffalo hunt next year, but hadn’t considered using it on Buffalo. I thought it might be fun for some plains game after a buff is in the salt. I suppose with the right bullets it could be used if you treated it like a handgun hunt and got close.

Didn’t know they ever made the model 94 in .444? Learn something new every day here.

 

[hawkeyesatx]

Here’s an article that might be of some use.

Charging grizzly threatens hunter - Vernon Morning Star

He was looking for deer for sport. But a Lumby hunter ended up shooting a grizzly bear to save his life.

www.vernonmorningstar.com

Hawk

 

[CoElkHunter]

Here’s an article that might be of some use.

Charging grizzly threatens hunter - Vernon Morning Star

He was looking for deer for sport. But a Lumby hunter ended up shooting a grizzly bear to save his life.

www.vernonmorningstar.com

Hawk

Good thing he had the .444 Marlin. If he had been carrying BobNelson35Whelen's .35 Whelen, he and his dog may have been lunch? Ha! Ha! Ha!

 

[hawkeyesatx]

Good thing he had the .444 Marlin. If he had been carrying BobNelson35Whelen's .35 Whelen, he and his dog may have been lunch? Ha! Ha! Ha!

LMAO! Well, I wouldn’t quite go that far, but you never know!



Hawk

 

[hawkeyesatx]

Here’s another article about the .444 that I thought was interesting.
This guy actually used his in…..wait for it….wait for it….


AFRICA!

444 MARLIN&WIN

Hawk

 

[CoElkHunter]

Here’s another article about the .444 that I thought was interesting.
This guy actually used his in…..wait for it….wait for it….


AFRICA!

444 MARLIN&WIN

Hawk

Very cool article! I also didn't know they made .444 nickel cases? Believe it or not, my FIRST rifle at age 16 in the mid '70s was a .444 Marlin! But the recoil proved too much for the skinny kid, so I traded it in on a Winchester M70 .270 (which I still have), cause that's what Jack O'Connor used. But at times, I miss that .444! Like now.

 

[jduckhunter]

After using my 444 Marlin recently on a bison hunt and taking a bison with it, I wouldn't hesitate to use it on almost anything. I loaded up 320 grain Cast Performance bullets at just over 2000 fps and they performed perfectly. The bullet was recovered after passing through a rib, destroying his heart and lungs and breaking the skin on the offside. This was my first experience hunting with cast bullets but after seeing the results firsthand it will not be the last time I use them.

 

[CoElkHunter]

After using my 444 Marlin recently on a bison hunt and taking a bison with it, I wouldn't hesitate to use it on almost anything. I loaded up 320 grain Cast Performance bullets at just over 2000 fps and they performed perfectly. The bullet was recovered after passing through a rib, destroying his heart and lungs and breaking the skin on the offside. This was my first experience hunting with cast bullets but after seeing the results firsthand it will not be the last time I use them. View attachment 404402View attachment 404403

Nice report, bison and photos!

 

[BeeMaa]

Good thing he had the .444 Marlin. If he had been carrying BobNelson35Whelen's .35 Whelen, he and his dog may have been lunch? Ha! Ha! Ha!

Probably would have found @Bob Nelson 35Whelen making lunch of a recently deceased Grizzly. Ha! And @bruce moulds saying it was a good thing he didn't load Nosler Partitions while stoking the fire and sliding another sausage on the grill.

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Interesting thread. I’ve got a model 94 in 444 that I’m planning on taking along on my Buffalo hunt next year, but hadn’t considered using it on Buffalo. I thought it might be fun for some plains game after a buff is in the salt. I suppose with the right bullets it could be used if you treated it like a handgun hunt and got close.

@Catahoula
Your lucky having a 94 in 444.
Has it got the factory porting in the barrel?
Bob

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Didn’t know they ever made the model 94 in .444? Learn something new every day here.

@CoElkHunter
Live and learn my son. The y were made on the stronger 307, 356 and 375 big bore frame and came with factory porting. They didn't make Mann the in 444 and the y now bring premium prices when you can find them.
Bob

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Good thing he had the .444 Marlin. If he had been carrying BobNelson35Whelen's .35 Whelen, he and his dog may have been lunch? Ha! Ha! Ha!

@CoElkHunter
You are a funny VEGIMITE my son.
A max of 3,000 fpe out of the 444 is no match for 4,000+fpe with a 250 grainer out of the Whelen
Bob

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Very cool article! I also didn't know they made .444 nickel cases? Believe it or not, my FIRST rifle at age 16 in the mid '70s was a .444 Marlin! But the recoil proved too much for the skinny kid, so I traded it in on a Winchester M70 .270 (which I still have), cause that's what Jack O'Connor used. But at times, I miss that .444! Like now.

@CoElkHunter
You have much to learn young grasshopper. Unfortunately you are also brain washed by Jack O'Connor about the recoil virtues of the 270. Yes it is a good cartridge But there's better.
Bob

 

[Catahoula]

@Catahoula
Your lucky having a 94 in 444.
Has it got the factory porting in the barrel?
Bob

Yes. It’s the Timber Carbine with the ported barrel.

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Yes. It’s the Timber Carbine with the ported barrel.

@Catahoula
Would you please post a,picture of it to educate @CoElkHunter the young grasshopper.
Bob

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

@CoElkHunter
Young grasshopper Winchester even chambered the 450 marlin in the 94TE Lever action
Bob

 

[CoElkHunter]

@CoElkHunter
You have much to learn young grasshopper. Unfortunately you are also brain washed by Jack O'Connor about the recoil virtues of the 270. Yes it is a good cartridge But there's better.
Bob

Bob,
Why yes, yes there is a better cartridge. It's a .338 Winchester Magnum! Elmer Keith said to get one. Same recoil virtues as a .270. Ha! Ha! Ha!
CEH

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Bob,
Why yes, yes there is a better cartridge. It's a .338 Winchester Magnum! Elmer Keith said to get one. Same recoil virtues as a .270. Ha! Ha! Ha!
CEH

@CoElkHunter
Elmer also liked his 35 Whelen loaded with 275 grainers. As I keep telling you grasshopper get rid of the little 338 and get a Whelen and load it properly. You WILL be surprised.
Bob

 

[Catahoula]

@Catahoula
Would you please post a,picture of it to educate @CoElkHunter the young grasshopper.
Bob

Here you go...