.450 Marlin Bolt Action

Oh, yeah! I used a set of jacked-up bags and shot from a high sitting position. 40 years ago, a guy conned me into shooting his .375H&H from low bench-rest position. Real bad idea! ;)
 
Got around to weighing the .450 Marlin.
It's 9 lbs without the sling. That's more than the Marlin 1895 45-70 lever action by a good bit, especially if you're the one packing it through rough country. On the other hand, I'm shooting significantly hotter ammo that the lever gun will handle (READ: More Recoil), so the extra weight isn't a bad thing.
Since I'm going to be 75 years old in February and have no intention of humping this sucker more than a few miles at most, I'm happy to live with it.
 
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For a while I hunted with a 458 Win Mag (shooting medium power 350 grain loads). It did a number on a deer and a pig, but eventually I got tired of lugging around a rifle heavy enough to handle full power 458 loads, so I switched to something lighter.
 
Gotta love the 450 Marlin! I used a bolt action I had built with a Ruger 77 action and Shilen barrel to take a nice kudu in Namibia. The Marlin accounted for a few moose when I was still living in Alaska. I gave the BLR to my son when I left there last year and he plans to use it next moose season. Maybe I'll pull out one of them and tag along with him.
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