Originally Posted by Azshooter
I think I found your short action dream rifle! Charlie Sisk makes it. It is called the Bradley Yukon. It is a short action model 70 chambered in 450 marlin.

http://www.siskguns.com/Bradley_Yukon.htm

A first impression says this a lever gun cartridge. Check out Charlie's video on how this rifle feeds. AWESOME!

http://www.siskguns.com/Videos/videos.htm


Digging deeper I found this:

If the .450 Marlin looks familiar it's because it is basically the .458x2" American -- a cartridge developed in the early 1960s by shortening a .458 Win. Mag. case. This allowed the building of a lightweight, short-action, big-bore bolt gun for those that wanted the caliber, but not the heavy recoil of the .458, nor the long-actioned heavy rifles in which it was chambered. It also worked in converted Winchester Model 94s.

The .458x2" American was a belted cartridge just as is the new .450 Marlin. The .458x2" American was even often referred to as a belted .45-70. What happened to it? It was soon realized that the .458x2" would enter the chamber of a 7mm Mag. or .338 Mag., and the results, if fired, could be disastrous. Because of this theoretical problem, a good cartridge simply remained a wildcat proposition.

To counter this "problem," the Marlin round has a higher belt so that it cannot enter the chambers of rifles intended for other belted rounds, nor will it fit in a .45-70.

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More from Chuck Hawks:

http://www.chuckhawks.com/450Marlin.htm





I have considered this as well and believe I would go with the 45-70 if I were to build it on a bolt action. I am sure one could greatly improve on the lever action performance when chambered on a bolt action especially if I were to go with a longer barrel. But then that would defeat the purpose of having a short action in the first place. Maybe ruger will come out with a 375 or 416 RCM.....that would be interesting.

Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.