Marlin 1894 .44 mag

I just saw a Shot Show video, at the Remington booth. They are bringing out their answer to the 350 Legend, called the 360 Buckhammer. A 30-30 case, blown out to straight wall and 35 caliber. They are partnering with Henry who will debut a rifle for it at the NRA show in April. Likely Ruger will chamber the 336 in that also. Remington said they will still manufacture 35 Remington, but they are essentially killing their own previous offering in .35.
 
Such unimaginative names--why not call it something like 358.87 Valhalla's Ultimate Revenge.:rolleyes: Seriously, that sounds pretty cool and I look forward to giving the new cartridge a good look. If Henry is involved that boosts my confidence considerably in it. 35 rem might still stay relevant as a low-pressure soft shooting thick woods cartridge I would think.
 
Not to change the OP's subject; but after watching the shot show video concerning remmie's introduction of the 360 buckhammer--am I the only one that found it a bit odd that the performance numbers were not significantly better vs the 350 L (that and the remmie rep seemed to keep stroking what looked like a shell from the deck gun of a Navy destroyer)? :confused:

Sorry, but I'll stick with 444 marlin if that's all they can get.
 
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Sorry, but I'll stick with 444 marlin if that's all they can get.
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In some cartridge restricted rifle states...straight walled (no bottlenecks, but parallel walls not required) and 1.6" case length. 444 Marlin, nor the .450 Marlin, nor the .45-70 meets that requirement. Their goal was one cartridge that met all the rifle restricted states rules, and from what I can tell, they did that.
 
If I was in market for lever gun I would rather put $1k+/- in a high condition JM Marlin that is pre cross bolt safety model. There are thousands of them in circulation.
 
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