TonyRumore 1,332 Posted June 10, 2007 Report Share Posted June 10, 2007 I took the 444 Marlin to the range today in order to dial in the gas system and function check it under live fire. I initially cut the gas port at .059" which was a bit small and the gun was short stroking. I opened it up a bit at a time and got the thing ejecting well at .073". I ran about 50 rounds through the gun with zero malfunctions after the gas port was sized to .073". It appears that the conversion is fairly straightfoward and shouldn't require a bunch of screwing around to get it to work. I will load up several hundred rounds and run some accuracy tests and a short durability test with some overloads. I will probably only get the round count up to about a thousand or so before I let one out for public sale. If you are the type of guy that needs a 50,000 round test before buying.....you're going to be out of luck. Tony Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crosshair 1 Posted June 10, 2007 Report Share Posted June 10, 2007 As long as you have the gas system tuned I don't see how durability would be a problem. Slap a recoil buffer in the back and never worry about the gun beating itself to death. If it survives the overloads and thousand round count, that will be good enough for me. I assume you will be checking for setback of the bolt/locking lugs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zebra 0 Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 i'm so excited i think i just pissed myself Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BattleRifleG3 16 Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 A thousand rounds of 444 Marlin - that's plenty of commitment. Folks may not realize how big an investment that is. Wonderful to hear you found a setting with perfect cycling reliability. I'm eagerly awaiting the day you say it's ready. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crosshair 1 Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 Want me to look in the load manuals and post what loads a customer (me) would be likely to use? 444 Marlin can use powder from all over the burning rate map. Hope that isn't a problem. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheGunHustler 3 Posted June 16, 2007 Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 i am game for on i already have a converted 410 sitting in the safe!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pymts 0 Posted October 13, 2007 Report Share Posted October 13, 2007 So what is the latest on the .444Marlin AK ? That would be sweet to go with my lever gun. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BattleRifleG3 16 Posted October 14, 2007 Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 I've been interested for some time. I realize the stack of orders is very high, so I was wondering if when there is an opening to take orders the 444 Marlin rebarreling is something we can currently order. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
us_dragunov 11 Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 I can't wait to get one of these babies! THX TONY!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
us_dragunov 11 Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 I think I'm going to make mine look like this.... Saiga .410 in Dragunov style clothes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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