gun

[riverhog]

Great hog guns

[greensteelforge]

Hunting shows are nearly all funded through product placement and promotion. Lever action rifles aren't what's being promoted very hard by manufacturers, so you don't see them. I saw one show a while back that featured a buffalo hunt with a .405 winchester M1895 (Teddy Roosevelt's favorite rifle). You'll also rarely see a gun with a finely figured walnut stock, or one that's not brand new for that matter. Hunting shows are essentially infomercials meant to make the viewers feel that they need newer and "better" equipment, or risk failure in the field. I laugh every time I see a pickup truck with commercial camo trim, a trailer with a couple brand new ATV's, several trunks of gear, and two couch potatoes at the helm after a weekend at the hotel bar and sleeping in the woods, driving home with no deer. I prefer to look at the things that have been used for a half-century or better when I consider gear, if it's been around that long, it works.

[hunter44mag]

As for as the lever gun issue, they are good guns that have been around for over 100 years. It is a matter of personal taste. As for the 444 Marlin round, I have a NEF single shot chambered in 444 Marlin. I have a 2.5 power scope on it. It will group less than 2" at 100 yrds. I love it! This year alone I have killed 2 wild hogs and a black bear with it. All 3 shots were less than 50 yrds and all 3 animals dropped on the spot. It is like any other rifle, it still needs accurate bullet placement.

[skidrow]

I use factory ammo in my 444 marlin it punches right through and the white tail here in Tennesses fall quick I fliped a yearling buck at 125 yards by shooting him in the neck two years ago (this was a buck with only one side to his rack did not want him breeding in the herd) yeah great deep woods gun and or in small patch fields like we have on the hill side farms around here. yall have a nice day !!!