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newfrontier45 · July 1, 2013, 08:09 PM

If a Marlin 1894 shook itself loose in 2000rds there was something wrong with it.

As I suspected, you're making assumptions and apparently uneducated guesses. Fact is, we do not know how strong the Ruger 77/44 is and can make no assumptions. We KNOW that the Marlin is good to 40,000psi and the modern 1892 is good to 50,000psi when chambered in .45Colt. We do NOT know how strong the Ruger is. I've spoken at great length with Mic McPherson, who converts these guns to .475Linebaugh, .50AE and .440CorBon and has probably forgotten more about leverguns than most here will ever know. That is the source of my information. Not guesswork.

I didn't jump to any conclusions, I'm responding to the words on the screen. Any of the mentioned guns are plenty strong enough for the chambering in question.

July 1, 2013, 08:09 PM	#13
newfrontier45 Junior member Join Date: February 23, 2012 Posts: 921	If a Marlin 1894 shook itself loose in 2000rds there was something wrong with it. As I suspected, you're making assumptions and apparently uneducated guesses. Fact is, we do not know how strong the Ruger 77/44 is and can make no assumptions. We KNOW that the Marlin is good to 40,000psi and the modern 1892 is good to 50,000psi when chambered in .45Colt. We do NOT know how strong the Ruger is. I've spoken at great length with Mic McPherson, who converts these guns to .475Linebaugh, .50AE and .440CorBon and has probably forgotten more about leverguns than most here will ever know. That is the source of my information. Not guesswork. I didn't jump to any conclusions, I'm responding to the words on the screen. Any of the mentioned guns are plenty strong enough for the chambering in question.