CAVEMAN wrote:Evening all
Picking up a 1894 marlin 44 Mag soon. Starting to shop for ammo and looking for anyone's recommendations on anything that feeds well or such. Haven't had much experience with lever center fires so mainly looking if there is anything they don't like.
Short list of what i can source local are.
PPU 240gn
Magtech 240gn
S&B 240gn
Geco 240gn
CAVEMAN wrote:Mine will probably go flying, i'm used to running a lever shotgun. And the only way to do that is like someone coming down off a meltdown.
bladeracer wrote:....... as it's not controlled-feed like the Rossi, Uberti or Winchester.
CAVEMAN wrote:Evening all
Picking up a 1894 marlin 44 Mag soon. Starting to shop for ammo and looking for anyone's recommendations on anything that feeds well or such. Haven't had much experience with lever center fires so mainly looking if there is anything they don't like.
Short list of what i can source local are.
PPU 240gn
Magtech 240gn
S&B 240gn
Geco 240gn
straightshooter wrote:bladeracer wrote:....... as it's not controlled-feed like the Rossi, Uberti or Winchester.
Are you suffering from lock down fever?
Try operating your Rossi, Ubeauty or Winchester slowly upside down and tell us what happens.
bladeracer wrote:straightshooter wrote:bladeracer wrote:....... as it's not controlled-feed like the Rossi, Uberti or Winchester.
Are you suffering from lock down fever?
Try operating your Rossi, Ubeauty or Winchester slowly upside down and tell us what happens.
Okay, going to take me a while to dig out all the rifles and all the ammo.
straightshooter wrote:I don't know about newer Marlin 94's but there is a problem with older rifles like my 1970's unit has experienced, that will sometimes suffer from a jam when the lever is operated slowly and quietly, such as when you might be sitting on a dam at dusk and a mob of pigs turn up for a drink.
Doesn't happen if the lever is operated briskly and it means you will have to remove the lever and bolt to clear the jam.
Oldbloke wrote:You could try "Home Brand" ammo.
CAVEMAN wrote:So a bit of follow up and observations.
I've tried Magtech 240 grain flat point, S&B 240 grain flat point and PPU 240 grain hollow points.
The Magtech and S&B functioned and grouped very similar (similar projectile styles) also mild recoiling. Sighted inn for these for around 2 inches high at 50m. I'm thinking of sticking with S&B as they are relatively accessible.
The PPU on the other hand seems like a lot hotter loading. Its jumping around 4-6 inches higher than the other two loads plus its recoil is allot more apparent. As well it gave me 3 rounds out of a box of 50 that needed to be knocked from the chamber with a cleaning rod. Unsure if this is the case jamming from high pressure or something else.
Now investigating advertised velocities I found the following.
S&B is advertised at 1280fps (150mm barrel).
https://www.sellier-bellot.cz/en/produc ... etail/269/
Magtech is advertised at 1617fps (210mm barrel).
https://magtechammunition.com/products/ ... sjsp-flat/
PPU is advertised at 1541fps (no barrel length listed).
https://www.prvipartizan.com/search_hb.php?id=A-156
I'm not sure if anyone can give any more info to my thinking that the PPU is a spicier loading than the other two. Curiosity has bitten me and I'm think I may need to organise a chrono to do some more testing on them in a 20 inch barrel.
bladeracer wrote:CAVEMAN wrote:So a bit of follow up and observations.
I've tried Magtech 240 grain flat point, S&B 240 grain flat point and PPU 240 grain hollow points.
The Magtech and S&B functioned and grouped very similar (similar projectile styles) also mild recoiling. Sighted inn for these for around 2 inches high at 50m. I'm thinking of sticking with S&B as they are relatively accessible.
The PPU on the other hand seems like a lot hotter loading. Its jumping around 4-6 inches higher than the other two loads plus its recoil is allot more apparent. As well it gave me 3 rounds out of a box of 50 that needed to be knocked from the chamber with a cleaning rod. Unsure if this is the case jamming from high pressure or something else.
Now investigating advertised velocities I found the following.
S&B is advertised at 1280fps (150mm barrel).
https://www.sellier-bellot.cz/en/produc ... etail/269/
Magtech is advertised at 1617fps (210mm barrel).
https://magtechammunition.com/products/ ... sjsp-flat/
PPU is advertised at 1541fps (no barrel length listed).
https://www.prvipartizan.com/search_hb.php?id=A-156
I'm not sure if anyone can give any more info to my thinking that the PPU is a spicier loading than the other two. Curiosity has bitten me and I'm think I may need to organise a chrono to do some more testing on them in a 20 inch barrel.
The Federal American Eagle 240gn JHP is 1230fps on the box (it's listed as handgun ammo), and makes 1760fps out of my 20" Marlin.
Haven't tried anything else.