A friend of mine had a .450 Marlin. It was a nice shooting gun but it has some recoil to it.
Mine was the .450 Marlin Trapper. 16.5 inch barrel, even ported, it was a bit of a 5 shoot bruiser, after that, shoot something a little different. For my money, for hunting and general fun, I will take a Ruger Number 1. But that is a slight of thread subject change.
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