Originally Posted by L. Brown
I agree: Rifle, not shotgun. I'd bet on this one:

.444 Marlin
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Has to be. There is not enough meat in a 336 action to allow anything bigger than a .45-70 or .410. Simply not possible to be a 20 gauge much less a 12. Even the .45s can crack between barrel and mag tube.


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