6pt-sika
posted this
27 September 2012
Pigslayer wrote: Well, after a lot of thinking about it, I've decided to try to get the Handi-Rifle in .444 Marlin. Any comments? Pros? Cons?
Lets see I worked up loads for a couple Handi's for friends . One was a 280 REM and the other was a 25-06 .
I've owned Handi's in 500 S&W , 444 and a pair that were 20 gauge sluggers with the big heavy barrels . One was even rechambered by Hastings for their 3 1/2” 20 gauge slug (that S..O..B kicked like 3 Mules).
The 444 I had shot very nicely with jacketed . And not just one jacketed bullet but most of those I would have used to hunt with in that cartridge .
It seems to me I shot some cast in that rifle also but for the life of me I cannot remmember what bullets I used .
I kinda wish I had that rifle back as I sold it about 3 years ago to help finance one of my trips to the Philippines . When I got rid of the rifle it was LNIB . Think I had shot it maybe 200-250 times all from the bench . Never did hunt it .
THink if I had one now it would make an excellent platform for target shooting the Ranch Dog line of 44 cal bullets as well as the 3 I've derived from RD's basic design .
The ONLY thing I have against Handi's in general is the fact that it's a hit or miss thing with their triggers . Knock on wood all of the ones I've owned were pretty decent . But I've had a few in my hands that were the proverbial POS as far as the triggers concerned that is .>