Is a .444 sutiable for deer/moose/elk?

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Hello. I have purchased 2 .444 rifles. A lever action and a single shot.

Do you think these are suitable for deer hunting etc.?

I'm rather new at this.

Twist
 
Great caliber , within range there's not much it cant do on this continent .ammo can be a challenge to find - do you reload?
 
Not familiar with that particular caliber, but a quick google on its stats tell me it aught to do just fine. 240 grains at 2350fps and 300 grains at 2000fps will both kill anything in North America. Hell, 300 grains at 2000fps - I'd be willing to take that after a Grizzly. Comparable sectional density to a 350-grain .458 bullet.

Think a 30-30 with a bigger hole.
 
Hornady makes a whole line of ammo for Lever Guns specifically for the purpose you wish to use it.

They have come up with something other than the typical round nosed stuff for tube fed rifles.

It's the Lever Revolution line. Falls in the mid-price point of most ammo but the stuff has been super popular with guys hunting with 357's, 45 Colts, 444/450 Marlin's etc.

Never had anyone come back and complain...
 
The .444 is a fantastic big game round and will knock down anything on the continent. It's useful range is around 200 yards so it's better used as a bush rifle. Long live the .444!
 
galamb said:
Hornady makes a whole line of ammo for Lever Guns specifically for the purpose you wish to use it.

They have come up with something other than the typical round nosed stuff for tube fed rifles.

It's the Lever Revolution line. Falls in the mid-price point of most ammo but the stuff has been super popular with guys hunting with 357's, 45 Colts, 444/450 Marlin's etc.

Never had anyone come back and complain...
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Shot a deer with 357 Leverlution a few years back, the bullet kind of fragmented. Bang / flopped the buck, but a dead on from the front, neck / chest shot ( Lot's of major arteries and such ). I'd do some research on the bullets before going after really large animals.
Just saying...
 
With the Hornady 265 or a 300 hard cast the 444 is suitable for anything that walks, the limitations are with those lighter handgun slugs.
 
Here is a Hornady 265 gr. Flatpoint fired from my uncles Marlin 444S that dropped a 2 year old bull moose like it was pole axed. Range around 75 yds. or so and the retained weight of the bullet is 247 gr. As mentioned above in earlier posts this bullet is outstanding in the 444 Marlin.
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The 265gr Hornady was developed with the .444 in mind as Rem factory ammo with the 240gr HP wasn't always the best on larger tougher boned game......Harold
 
Hornady recommends a 1-20 twist or faster barrel, which Marlin has used in the 444 since 1998, for the 265 grain LeveRevolution ammunition. My 444S is a 1979 model with the 1-38 twist Microgroove barrel. The Hornady ammunition is beauties in mine, very accurate. I can't immagine how much more accurate it could be in a 1-20 Ballard rifled barrel.
 
Thank you everyone for your advice and affirmation. I am pleased with my choice for a rifle after reading this.

As to whether I reload or not, at this point I do not, but I am willing to try it once I know a little bit more on the subject.

In my research, it being a straight case versus a bottle neck one, is it harder to reload?

Thank you all.

Twist
 
Best part about the 444 is its exceptionally strong brass it can be necked down to make some of the best rimmed T/C Contender cartridges of all time.

I have them in 308Bellm rechambered from a 30-30 and 375JDJ rechambered from 375 Win would love to get my 35 Rem rechambered to 358JDJ.

Oh yeah thank you Marlin for this case design.
 
Is any jacketed .429 bullet satisfactory for this cartridge? I've been doing my best searching but am unsure what bullet manufacture one should purchase.

Are they not, as I read, essentially a .44 magnum bullet?

Why is the brass shorter in the picture above of the 1st cartridge?

Twist
 
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