I have an 'Iron' framed Henry in .44-40 and I'm here to tell you, keeping the loads in the black powder power level does not in any way detract from the shooting fun of these guns! They are accurate and if'n I was to find myself in the presence of a wild hog or deer out to 50 yards, I'd feel well armed. My load fires a 210 grain cast bullet at 1200fps and it slams the steel plates off the pedestal with enough authority to suggest we aren't losing anything in the long run.
Dan
This, and I load this level in a vintage 1892. You gain nothing in effectiveness by loading hotter. For a while we loaded warmer 200 jacketed loads for the Rossi 1892 for hunting.
It was not worth it.
