Listed under the "Tech Notes" section at Beartoothbullets.com they have some excellent reading about the 444. They have done some very extensive testing with hard cast bullets in both slow and fast twist Marlin rifles. Accuracy is absolutely first rate with all but the 405 gr bullets in either rifle. I think any bear would have a tough time arguing with a 355 gr WLNGC bullet started at better than 2100fps.
