I have owned, used and reviewed a lot of Marlin 1895's over the years but here are some 500gn handloads I worked up in a 22" barrel.
I tried the Hornady on feral game, mostly pigs and billies. Worked fine but each were single loaded as the OAl was too long to cycle through the action. Never thought of reducing the case length to assist because they were simply test loads to see if the bullet would expand at lower velocities that the usual .458. They did, but in stalking, I tended to get close, something around 50 - 80 yards during the culls.
500gn Hornady RN.
50gn IMR 4064 1491 SINGLE LOADED ONLY
46gn AR 2206 1416
48gn AR 2206 1434
44gn AR 2207 1550 2668 Good Load
45gn AR 2207 1576
45gn Rel 7 1531
46gn Rel 7 1564
48gn Rel 12 1366
50gn Rel 12 1439
AR 2207 is H 4198
AR 2206 has derivatives these days that equate to H 4895 though the burning rate is almost the same. Working up from a couple of grains below will safeguard against mishap.
John
