I've been pondering picking up another Marlin Cowboy .45-70. I've had a couple, good shooters. A question crossed my mind I hadn't considered when I owned one. They have a 26" barrel and a 9 round magazine. 9 rounds with 400 grain or heavier bullets is a lot of weight. Shooting them scoped they were sub MOA rifles. When I was doing that shooting, though, I never loaded the magazine, I always single fed from the side.

So my question is this ... with the long barrel, long magazine, has anyone ever tried shooting groups with the magazine full, then groups with the magazine empty, to see if the change in weight of the ammo in the magazine translates to a change in point of impact as the magazine empties?

Tom

Anyone who thinks there's two sides to everything hasn't met a M�bius strip.

Here be dragons ...