Hey Dan, nice rifle, congrats, saw your thread and ran out to the shop and grabbed an old load manual of mine.
I loaded the 444 Marlin for a Bud of mine, he and his son went on all game lever action hunts in the U.S and Canada several years ago, he successfully killed everything with the load below I worked up for his 444, most all instances according to him and his son were complete pass throughs with quick kills.
444 Marlin
R-P brass
265 gr Hornady rnfp
49 gr RL-7
WLR primer
COL crimp in groove
Vel 2220 fps
A very safe and effective load Dan, you may wanna give it a try.
