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[Bruce Day]

Originally Posted by Kevin McCormack

Best heavy brush/close range/hands-and-knees wild hog gun I ever saw was a good - shooting lever action or rolling block .45-70. As Elgin Gates once said about big-bore cartridges for rhino and Cape buffalo, "Make the first one count, because he'll never feel the second one."

That's probably right. There are hog hunters who use nothing but those short barrel lever action Marlins in 45-70. The recoil on those things will rock you back.

Lots of talk about 10ga's.
Here is a CH 10damascus /12 Bernard on a 2 frame. The 10's are light 26" uplands and the 12's are heavy fowlers. With the 10's the gun is a tad over 8lbs.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Bruce Day

That's probably right. There are hog hunters who use nothing but those short barrel lever action Marlins in 45-70.

I've spent a considerable amount of time over the last 10 years working with Marlin's in both 45-70 , 444 and 450 Marlin . And let me just say out of the 90+ Marlin's I "had" the only ones that remain are two dozen chambered for 444 and another for 45-70 !

And ALL of them are cast bullet only rifles

I think whole heartedly that the 45-70 is a better cartridge then the 444 for larger game . But for some reason I got hooked on collecting the early 444's that were made from 1964 to 1975 . I now own one that was made in each year as well as duplicates and small variations . That accounts for 23 of them , I also have one rifle from 2001 with the faster twist and ballard rifling so I can shoot 400 grain cast !
And strangely after getting all the 444's I found they were a blast to shoot cast in at game and targets !

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Bruce Day

Lots of talk about 10ga's.
Here is a CH 10damascus /12 Bernard on a 2 frame. The 10's are light 26" uplands and the 12's are heavy fowlers. With the 10's the gun is a tad over 8lbs.

I really like that gun !

Don't know if I need as high a grade as a CH but I sure wouldn't turn it down !