Marlin 9mm rifle
any info on hunting with a 9mm Marlin rifle. What ammo weight?
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quote:Originally posted by hgkenn
any info on hunting with a 9mm Marlin rifle. What ammo weight?
You'll want to stick to 115 grain or even 90 grain. Hornady makes a nice 90 grain round, as does Corbon--with the Corbon you get a +P loading which is OK to shoot ocassionally, but Marlin does not reccommend extended use of +P ammo.
If you use heavy bullets--something like 126 gr. and especially with 147 gr.--the longer barrel of the carbine can actually result in lower velocities and energies than when the same round is fired out of a handgun. A longer barrel usually means the bullet is under the influence of the propellant longer--which normally gives the bullet more velocity, but when the round is designed for a handgun, the propellent "pressure" can "run out" and the barrel friction can "take over" to negatively affect performance.
What are you planning to hunt for with the carbine?
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Unless you thinking of rabbits, varmints, and other small bodied game ... first check the hunting regulations for where you plan to hunt. Many areas do not permit medium sized game hunting with a 38 pistol cartridge, their minimum is the 357 mag.
Yes the 38 and 357 bullet are the same diameter (same bullet) but it is a matter of the power factor. Your 9mm falls in the same situation.
Now as for firing pistol/revolver class cartridges in rifles ... this has been done for over a hundred years, but as already pointed out, especially in the heavier calibers/bullet weights performance can be degraded rather than enhanced.
When hunting with these rifles (Marlin or others) you should be looking at shots under 100 yards with (in my opinion) 50 yds. being ideal.
If your considering even white tail hunting, and even if your hunting regulations don't prevent using the 9mm ... use something that is a little harder hitting to help assure a clean/humane kill.
And to those that may reply about taking deer with 22's when they were young ... yes I have done that as well, but they were head shots at 25 yards or less, it's all I had and that deer was meat on our table. As soon as I came into possession or a larger caliber I used it and left the 22 for squirrel and rabbit.
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