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One of the best things Winchester has done (and long overdue) is to correct the rifling twist rate in the new run of 1892's. Both Winchester and Marlin (and everyone else for that matter) have stuck with an extremely slow 1:38" twist for their .44 mag (and .45 Colt) lever guns, a holdover from the the old .44-40 and .38-40 calibers, with their very short for caliber bullets. This slow twist simply does not work well with heavier bullets, or for that matter, sometimes standard weight bullets (240-250 grain) in the .44's and .45's.
Well, Winchester has finally started producing the 1892 with a proper twist, somewhere around 1:18" or 1:20", or something like that (can't recall exactly right off the top of my head). It's about time. Marlin still has not caught up and corrected this problem. Accuracy can be hit and miss in the Marlins because of this. My own Marlin 1894 Cowboy in .45 Colt suffers from this. It will not shoot anything heavier than 250 grains or so with any semblence of accuracy.
Note that this is only a problem with the .44's and .45's. Both companies have always provided the proper twist rates in their .357 caliber rifles.
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Jeff
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