44 Magnum for Lever

[medic3]

I'm looking for loads for my Marlin 1894 Lever Action. I was wondering if anyone has some recipes for me.

 

[Garand]

For Cowboy Action shooting my Marlin M1894S likes 7.2 grains of Unique pushing a 240 LSWC bullet. Good enough to shoot and hit 1" rebar at 35 yds, which is one of the targets at our local matches.

 

[Boomer]

I load a .430" 325 gr hardcast ahead of 20 grs of H-110 for my SBH, and this load should prove to be a useful hunting load in your lever gun as well.

 

[sevoman]

I have a Marlin 1894 44 magnum.Its one of the older versions with the micro gooved barrel.I found that it shoots jacketed bullets really well,plated so-so,and lead terribly(with tons of fouling).Hopefully you have the conventional rifleing to allow you to shoot cheap,cast lead.

 

[PoFF]

Depends what purpose your ammo will be. For plinking, I like 9 grains of Titegroup puching a 245grs plated Frontier. For Hunting, I'm using either 23 grains of H110 or 23 grains of H4227 (I prefer the 4227 for hunting, less muzzle flash) pushing a 240 grains Hornady XTP. Accurate and more than enough power to bring down a deer.

 

[medic3]

I'm using it for plinking. Thanks for the info.

 

[Rudy H]

I have a Marlin 1894 44 magnum.Its one of the older versions with the micro gooved barrel.I found that it shoots jacketed bullets really well,plated so-so,and lead terribly(with tons of fouling).Hopefully you have the conventional rifleing to allow you to shoot cheap,cast lead.

I also have an older Marlin 1894 with micro-groove rifling. I only shoot regular cast bullets in it. I use it for cowboy action shooting and stick to light loads. I get real good accuracy and no fouling/lead buildup. I actually have not cleaned it in three years. For regular lead bullets you want to keep the velocity down. Don't try to shoot full loads. I did try it when I first got it and had all kinds of problems.

I use a 240 grain bullet with about 7 grains of Universal Clays. I tried this in a pistol and didn't get full burning of the flakes. In the rifle it has been great.