.450 Marlin vs. 45/70 Gov't vs. .444 Marlin.

450 marlin

In your first line you comment on a big bore lever gun,450's seem to be more common than 45-70's in the levers.A friend had a 444 it seemed to be very small to shoulder and a ton of muzzle jump/flash.
I have a Browning BLR in 450 stainless grey laminate,I really like this thumper.
The BLR also has a clip other than a tube magazine.I shoot hornady lever revolutions 325's,they kill like the hammer of Thor!! I carry this gun while pushing deer chase's,much lighter than the auto's.
Not much fun to shoot off a bench though.
 
444shooter said:
Has anyone used the Jae-Bok Crater in their .444, .450 or .45/70?
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I have shot several hundred of his 420gr Crater Lites but I am out of them now and do not intend to buy any more they are a very accurate bullet and I am very happy with them it is just that I prefer in a lighter bullet the 350gr Swift A-Frames.

I load Jae-Bok 550gr Craters @ 1580fps and have about 60 left and Beartooth Bullets 525gr Piledrivers @ 1600fps = 200 + left.

These are my bullets of choice when I head in after a grizzly...
 
Camp Cook said:
I have shot several hundred of his 420gr Crater Lites but I am out of them now and do not intend to buy any more they are a very accurate bullet and I am very happy with them it is just that I prefer in a lighter bullet the 350gr Swift A-Frames.

I load Jae-Bok 550gr Craters @ 1580fps and have about 60 left and Beartooth Bullets 525gr Piledrivers @ 1600fps = 200 + left.

These are my bullets of choice when I head in after a grizzly...
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Did you have any problems with getting them shipped from the US? I contacted Beartooth some time ago and they would not ship to Canada.
 
Been a while since I ordered any from either Jae-Bok or Beartooth both shipped at that time from what I understand Beartooth doesn't ship any longer but Jae-Bok Young still does.

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I want to try some of these from Jae-Bok 45 Colt/454 Casull 420 gr. WFNGC - 1.000 OAL, 0.400 Crimp to Nose, 0.370 Meplat in my 4.25" SRH I'm loading Beartooth 405gr @ 1330fps should be able to push these 420's to almost 1300fps.


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That will be some serious bear medicine! The picture of the 550gr beside a loaded .357 mag round is awesome. I read on another forum about a guy who used the 420gr in Africa on cape buffalo. One shot was all that was needed.
 
.458 bullets that I load/shoot left to right

150gr JRN .308 far left for standard
300gr Spitzer Alpha Lafrank
300gr Hornady HP
350gr Swift A-Frame
405gr Beartooth GC
405gr Spitzer Alpha Lafrank
425gr Beartooth WLNGC
430gr Cast Performance WLNGC
450gr Barnes TSX
550gr Jae-Bok Joung "Crater" WLNGC
525gr Beartooth WLNGC

I'm loading the 325gr Hornady FTX as well now

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Camp Cook said:
.458 bullets that I load/shoot left to right

150gr JRN .308 far left for standard
300gr Spitzer Alpha Lafrank
300gr Hornady HP
350gr Swift A-Frame
405gr Beartooth GC
405gr Spitzer Alpha Lafrank
425gr Beartooth WLNGC
430gr Cast Performance WLNGC
450gr Barnes TSX
550gr Jae-Bok Joung "Crater" WLNGC
525gr Beartooth WLNGC

I'm loading the 325gr Hornady FTX as well now

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Hows the performance of the Hornady FTX on game?
 
Supposed to be good but I don't know yet, I've only just started loading them last year for my T/C Contender carbine in 45-70 other than working up a load (1850fps) and sighting in the barrel (will hit the 12" gong every time @ 200 yards) I haven't had a chance to shoot any game.

I feel that they should perform well at this velocity but I have read that any faster they may come apart.



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My preference for bullets in these large cals. are LBT designs, the WFN and the LFN, they of course, don't make/sell bullets just the molds.
 
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