Hope they make their 44 mag 1894 rifle with a better barrel design.
Would like to see one with Ballard rifling ( not micro-groove), a 0.429" groove diameter (not 0.431"+), with 0.004" deep grooves ( not 0.003") and 1-20" rifling twist ( not 1-38") compared to JM-stamped Marlin "Ballard" rifling ( which is as shallow as micro-groove, but has wider lands).
This would immediately improve accuracy of this platform-which was the major drawback of the JM-stamped 1894 44 mags. Too slow a twist, and too great a groove diameter.
Confirmed that Ruger will be doing Ruger hammer forged rifling and not copying Marlin. Hopefully they consider twist rates too, and not use dog ass slow twists just cause Marlin did
