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Marlin chambered the 336 in 44 mag once upon a time. Does JES not offer that option? Or you can make it a 444 if you want some extra oomph.

I don't think JES does, at least not with a 336 chambered in 30-30. As I said, I like the 44 Mag, but I'm sure I could get a 444 Marlin working just as well. I'm just not sure if my original plan for a 38-55 is still not the better plan. There's also 405 JES. That looks interesting. What I'm looking for is a 100-yard treestand gun for whitetails.

If the barrel is big enough, a .444 would be great. Not sure what, if any action mods might be needed.

No flies on a .38/55 loaded to its potential, and I expect the action will work without modification. Probably MY first choice.

I hunted with a Marlin 1894 in 44 MAG for three decades. But it would only shoot one particular bullet into decent groups at 100 yards. That is, Hornady's 200 grain hollow tip. Many deer were toppled with this hand loaded outfit and I was impressed by the ghastly wound channels through the chest organs. But I wanted to shoot much heavier bullets. So I traded for a new Ruger 96 when they first came out. This is my primary hog rifle shooting 270 grain Speer bullets. Typical accuracy is 2 inch groups at 100 yards. I really like the features of my Ruger 96 except the plain hardwood stock.

My hunting partner carries a CVA break open single barrel rifle in 44 MAG. It is slightly more accurate than my Ruger or maybe adjusting the "nut" behind the butt plate is the solution.

Sherwood