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marlin 444
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 8:52 pm
by markdurham74
does anyone know if there is anywhere you can buy factory loads of marlin 444 in the uk
Re: marlin 444
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 9:57 pm
by mag41uk
Hornady make it so may be worth contacting Hannams.
Re: marlin 444
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 10:03 pm
by markdurham74
oh great ill ring them tomorrow, thank you mag41uk
Re: marlin 444
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 10:11 pm
by Laurie
Is that for sporting (ie expanding bullet) use or range-work? AFAIK, all .444 factory ammo is for game and therefore needs expanding bullet authority on your FAC.
(There is a move to get rid of the quasi-S5 status for expanding bullets and ammo loaded with it currently under way, but as always nothing in British legislation is either certain or even when a worthwhile change takes place happens quickly.)
Re: marlin 444
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 10:15 pm
by markdurham74
ive got expanding on fac. what brand can you get in uk
Re: marlin 444
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 10:43 pm
by Laurie
Only Hornady and Remington load the cartridge, and all factory ammo I've come across is from the former. Hannams lists three models on its current price list .... but as the company has had great trouble getting supplies from Hornady in the US in recent years with many ammo grades unobtainable, you'll just have ask them and see. Not cheap at £39.50-41.07 / 20 depending on the bullet.
The Remy ammo is only loaded as a 240gn FNJSP which most deerstalkers regard as an inadequate bullet being designed for very much lower velocities from .44 Magnum carbines or revolvers.
Re: marlin 444
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2016 9:03 am
by Sim G
markdurham74 wrote:ive got expanding on fac. what brand can you get in uk
The Home Office Guidance has stipulated since 2000 that expanding ammunition used in a tubular magazine is exempted from "expanding ammunition authority"...
Re: marlin 444
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2016 4:57 pm
by Laurie
Sim G wrote:markdurham74 wrote:ive got expanding on fac. what brand can you get in uk
The Home Office Guidance has stipulated since 2000 that expanding ammunition used in a tubular magazine is exempted from "expanding ammunition authority"...
Interesting ... hadn't heard that before. Thanks for the 'heads-up' Sim.
Re: marlin 444
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2016 7:01 pm
by Gazoo
Sim G wrote:markdurham74 wrote:ive got expanding on fac. what brand can you get in uk
The Home Office Guidance has stipulated since 2000 that expanding ammunition used in a tubular magazine is exempted from "expanding ammunition authority"...
How does that work in practice, if you have lever action on your FAC then same as the expanding bullet condition?
Re: marlin 444
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2016 8:33 pm
by pe4king
Just goes to show what a pathetic system we have !!!.