My two week old Henry SS .44 Magnum has good , not great wood as the bottom is well figured but the comb is sapwood. Still pretty and straight grained. Will send photos when I figure out how. Added Skinner sights and have zero for 240 grain Federals at 50 and 100 yards. With that Zero old 210gr. Federals and low velocity cast handloads shoot high. Replaced 7+ lb mainspring with Grainger and it is now a 4.5 lb. trigger. In my new in box rifle there was no middle spring, just the heavy mainspring. With Skinners and 73 year old eyes getting 2” groups at fifty yards.
Sadly, I wouldn't hang my hat on that hope. The .41 remains a semi-orphan, good round or no. Henry never delivered the .22 Hornets either.
My wish is simpler; D&T the shotgun barrels. Turkey hunters would buy them I think, and deer hunters too. A rifled-barrel slug version in 12 and/or 20ga would be nice; the H&R models did pretty well.
I just picked up one of these yesterday in .223 that was on consignment at my LGS for $295. It looks like it had never even been taken to the field or fired. Very nice wood on it! I ordered a rail and hammer extension and am going to probably set it up for coyotes in the fall.
The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.
That was a good deal!! Do the trigger job to lighten the trigger. Mine absolutely loves the Hornady Black 75 gr 223. They seem kind of scarce right now.
That was a good deal!! Do the trigger job to lighten the trigger. Mine absolutely loves the Hornady Black 75 gr 223. They seem kind of scarce right now.
Trigger job for sure! I was a bit surprised how heavy it was.
The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.
My 45/70 with a 2-7x33 Redfield Revolution scope. Shot it at 50 yards today with the new trigger spring, pretty windy but I’m happy. This is an experimental load of 30.0 gr of 2400, 300 gr Remington hp. Searching for a lighter kicking deer load and this may be it.
The trigger and hammer pull on my .410 were really heavy. I began by removing both original springs and replacing with the Grainger, but it felt too soft, so I put the inner spring back in. Just right for a shotgun now. That one spent turkey season on loan, but now it's back and I have slugs, buckshot, and rubber buckshot to try out in it, as well as the TSS loads.
