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Old 03-05-2023, 07:10 PM
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Own a bunch, JM, Rem…….



In older using H4198 with 265FP, glad I bought a bunch. Great gun with regular factory sights. Newer dark series with red dot is an absolute beast 100yds and under, shooting and loading the 265FTX now to conserve the FP for the regular loads. Set up dies and trimmers for both cases and you’re set but don’t waste time trying FTX on older JM’s, they say it on the box for a reason
I know I've heard bad things about the accuracy with the micro groove barrels on the old Marlins. But as you can see 2 posts up I was actually quite impressed with the 265 grain FTX. Just over 1 minute of Marlin with a 7 shot group. That was with factory ammo. I do want to try the 240 grain FTX. The next time I put an order together I'll get some.


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