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mickey
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Loc: Pend Oreille Valley, Idaho

Re: 450 Marlin for DG
30/05/05 10:59 AM

martin

No I don't load for the 348. I shoot less than 5 rounds a year out of it so it is not worth it. Yes I do shoot the 250 grain bullets. I still have about 5 boxes.

The 50-110 is interesting but I don't need that much power in that light a package. If I do need the power I have a couple of doubles that will work.

In '85 a friend and I went down to Davuli Ranch in Zim and hunted a bit with William Finaughty, grandson of the famous Elephant hunter. My friend brought a 450 Alaskan on the Mod 71 and some 500 grain Winchester softs. He had taken the nose off to make a flat nose out of them.

I think he shot 5-6 Buffalo and a Giraffe with it. It was evident that it was not nearly good enough for the Buf and a disaster on the Giraffe. I got to finish off some of them with my 404.. Whether it was bullet problems or not I can't say but it clearly lacked penitration, particularly striaght line penitration.

None of the residents had ever seen anything like the 450 Alaskan. Most were limited to only seeing lever actions on TV.

Maybe with better bullets it would have worked better, I don't know. Maybe not.

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450 Marlin for DG	luv2safari	10/02/05 09:43 AM
Re: 450 Marlin for DG	475Guy	19/03/05 12:25 AM
Re: 450 Marlin for DG	luv2safari	19/03/05 11:16 AM
Re: 450 Marlin for DG	bonanza	19/03/05 02:32 AM
Re: 450 Marlin for DG	475Guy	19/03/05 11:52 AM
Re: 450 Marlin for DG	Rell	20/03/05 01:39 AM
Re: 450 Marlin for DG	DBBill	01/05/05 05:40 PM
Re: 450 Marlin for DG	Oldsarge	02/05/05 06:37 AM
Re: 450 Marlin for DG	500grains	05/05/05 01:19 AM
Re: 450 Marlin for DG	Pottsy	29/05/05 10:53 PM
Re: 450 Marlin for DG	mickey	30/05/05 02:39 AM
Re: 450 Marlin for DG	Pottsy	30/05/05 03:55 AM
Re: 450 Marlin for DG	mickey	30/05/05 06:14 AM
Re: 450 Marlin for DG	Pottsy	30/05/05 09:16 AM
Re: 450 Marlin for DG	mickey	30/05/05 10:59 AM
Re: 450 Marlin for DG	Pottsy	30/05/05 01:27 PM
Re: 450 Marlin for DG	rgp	30/05/05 02:57 PM
Re: 450 Marlin for DG	500grains	31/05/05 12:26 AM
Re: 450 Marlin for DG	rgp	31/05/05 11:22 AM
Re: 450 Marlin for DG	500grains	31/05/05 11:52 AM
Re: 450 Marlin for DG	atkinson6	08/06/05 10:17 AM
Re: 450 Marlin for DG	Pottsy	08/06/05 07:44 PM
Re: 450 Marlin for DG	rgp	09/06/05 09:27 AM
Re: 450 Marlin for DG	Pottsy	09/06/05 04:15 PM
Re: 450 Marlin for DG	rgp	09/06/05 04:51 PM
Re: 450 Marlin for DG	Pottsy	09/06/05 05:36 PM
Re: 450 Marlin for DG	rgp	08/06/05 02:39 PM
Re: 450 Marlin for DG	Pottsy	30/05/05 04:44 PM
Re: 450 Marlin for DG	rgp	31/05/05 10:44 AM
Re: 450 Marlin for DG	Pottsy	31/05/05 11:52 AM
Re: 450 Marlin for DG	mickey	30/05/05 11:22 AM
Re: 450 Marlin for DG	NitroX	30/05/05 04:07 PM
Re: 450 Marlin for DG	475Guy	30/05/05 10:21 AM
Re: 450 Marlin for DG	Pottsy	30/05/05 10:56 AM
Re: 450 Marlin for DG	475Guy	30/05/05 04:08 AM
Re: 450 Marlin for DG	Pottsy	30/05/05 08:53 AM
Re: 450 Marlin for DG	rgp	30/05/05 09:24 AM
Re: 450 Marlin for DG	Pottsy	30/05/05 01:08 PM
Re: 450 Marlin for DG	Nframe	18/03/05 09:34 PM
Re: 450 Marlin for DG	DBBill	18/03/05 06:28 PM
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