just got back from the range after a pleasant trip, for several reason,I was shooting my marlin 44 mag carbine,I went because one of my neighbors kept insisting that there was "no way in hell" that I was getting the group size I claimed I was getting using the Lee 300 grain cast bullets and 21 grains of H110 powder
Id consistently claimed 1"-1.5" groups off a solid bench rest,he felt that way because his bolt action remington 44 carbine was shooting 3" groups, the first 3 shot 100 yard group I shot,with my marlin measured just under 2.5",with two touching and the first shot hitting a bit high.
he was smirking like a Cheshire cat!
but the next three , 3 shot groups all measured between 1.1" and 1.3" which tended to validate my claim,s, so as far as Im concerned I proved that the little carbines more than accurate enough, for most of the florida deer and hog hunting I do.
and what really pissed my neighbor off is that the 44 marlin carbine now has a 4x Leopold scope that he stated he can barely make out a 1" orange dot at 100 yards looking thru.
and he knows Id changed the scope to that 4x scope from the former 2x7x because I wanted that scope on my 450 marlin caliber BLR and felt the 4x better suited the 44 caliber carbine anyway.
bullets were cast from 95% wheel weights and 5% pure tin, sized .430 and hornady gas checks and my bullet lube.
https://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/item.asp?sku=0000690227http://forum.grumpysperformance.com...amp;p=32710&hilit=bullet+lube#p32710http://forum.grumpysperformance.com...amp;p=13213&hilit=bullet+lube#p13213BTW the BORE wiped totally clean with about 5 passes with hoppes powder solvent on a linen patch on a brass jag, without a trace of lead, the bore And rifling spirals look like glass smooth chrome, , so the combos not leading the bore at all.
