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I recently bought a brand new Marlin .44 completely on impulse. The store was going out of business and it was so cheap I couldn't walk away from it. After adding a Skinner sight and removing the stupid safety, I really like it. I am still working on load development, but so far have had good results with both cast and jacketed bullets. As far as Henry goes, you will find that most people either lover them or hate them. IMO, they're a gimmick. They're heavy, ugly, expensive, and I hate the tube-loading. Are the actions smooth? sure. But I took my Marlin apart and with a little 800 grit sandpaper I had it cycling as smooth as a Henry in about 10 minutes.

As far as accuracy, I think you will find either one to be decently accurate as long as you don't expect too much of it. The .44mag is a 100yd brush cartridge, you can't really expect it to shoot MOA. Sure it's deadly at longer distances, but accuracy will suffer.