I think marlins missing a sure sales bet by not producing a 50 alaskan version of thier 1895
look at it like this, the .50 cal allows lower pressures and heavier bullets than a 45/70s .458 bore, theres something about the BIG FIFTY that just instills confidence that your rifle got the power to get the job done, cast bullets will work fine! most game is shot under 150 yards anyway so trajectories not a huge factor, they should offer a deer load a 350 grain bullet at about 1600fps for those guys wanting lower recoil, and a BEAR load a 500 grain bullet at about 1800fps for those guys wanting a take no prisoners load to kick butt!
theres a CHART/pressures (bottom of article)
http://www.leverguns.com/articles/anderson/50_alaskan.htm
well??? would you BUY ONE? IF THEY MAKE THEM, I SURE WILL... especially in a full length rifle something similar to the 1895 cb but I bet guide guns would sell well also
that holds 7-9 shots!
why not marlin,unlike the 444 marlin all the components are available easily, the rifles have been previously built??? remington did it with the 35 whelen and 25-06 so why can,t marlin build a rifle that uses cartridges similar to the 50 alaskan
I seriously doubt it would take the marlin engineering staff long to rework the details!!! or the manufacturing guys a great deal of trouble to change the 1895 to handle the slightly larger cartridges. that 50 cal. bullet has a 19% larger bore and can easily have both more powder space in the cartridge with equal weight bullets and a faster drop on the pressure curve as the bullet move down the bore plus a greater area on the base of the bullet for the pressure to work against, plus a lower surface to weight
http://www.starlinebrass.com/
brass is 50 ALASKAN
$195.00 per 250
$350.00 per 500
$660.00 per 1000
http://www.leverguns.com/articles/anderson/50_alaskan.htm
look at it like this, the .50 cal allows lower pressures and heavier bullets than a 45/70s .458 bore, theres something about the BIG FIFTY that just instills confidence that your rifle got the power to get the job done, cast bullets will work fine! most game is shot under 150 yards anyway so trajectories not a huge factor, they should offer a deer load a 350 grain bullet at about 1600fps for those guys wanting lower recoil, and a BEAR load a 500 grain bullet at about 1800fps for those guys wanting a take no prisoners load to kick butt!
theres a CHART/pressures (bottom of article)
http://www.leverguns.com/articles/anderson/50_alaskan.htm
well??? would you BUY ONE? IF THEY MAKE THEM, I SURE WILL... especially in a full length rifle something similar to the 1895 cb but I bet guide guns would sell well also
why not marlin,unlike the 444 marlin all the components are available easily, the rifles have been previously built??? remington did it with the 35 whelen and 25-06 so why can,t marlin build a rifle that uses cartridges similar to the 50 alaskan
I seriously doubt it would take the marlin engineering staff long to rework the details!!! or the manufacturing guys a great deal of trouble to change the 1895 to handle the slightly larger cartridges. that 50 cal. bullet has a 19% larger bore and can easily have both more powder space in the cartridge with equal weight bullets and a faster drop on the pressure curve as the bullet move down the bore plus a greater area on the base of the bullet for the pressure to work against, plus a lower surface to weight
http://www.starlinebrass.com/
brass is 50 ALASKAN
$195.00 per 250
$350.00 per 500
$660.00 per 1000
http://www.leverguns.com/articles/anderson/50_alaskan.htm
