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Had this on order for months, finally came in. Pretty decent wood, better than most Rugers lately. I had a NIB Weaver Nitrex 1.5-5x that I bought when Natchez closed them out years ago that finally found a home in Talley mounts.

What a beauty!

How does it shoot?

Extraction work reliably with the small rim?

Don't know yet, no ammo in town. Gonna have to order some. Will post once I shoot it.

well it certainly is a nice looking firearm....hope the accuracy will match the beauty of it...

Very nice! I've been thinking about one of those in .450 BM. LGS has plenty of Starline brass and Hornady bullets.

The woods Gods have blessed you. Please provide a range repot when you find some ammo.

In years to come, when these may have vanished from the market, I’ll bet they will be highly sought after. They really are a bargain. I say that as one that is largely left cold by the other Henry offerings. If they had interchangeable barrels, they’d be even better.

That’s not to say they’re perfect. A bit of refining as to the shape of the receiver wouldn’t be amiss, along with possibly a higher stock comb on the rifle models. Still, all in all, they’re pretty dang nice.

What’s the price on the 450bm brass? Last time I found it (not an LGS) it was Hornady and a buck per case.

350 Legend is a perfect cast bullet cartridge. That’s all I’ve been shooting in mine.

And that’s a pretty rifle too! Henry is a class act to deal with. Years ago I wanted a blemished stock for a Henry lever action 22rf I bought for my son. I was going to cut an inch off so it would fit him, he was six years old at the time. Called Henry and was telling the gentleman what I needed and they had some. I gave him all my information, credit card number and such and as we were chatting he told me who he was, the president of Henry. Pretty cool I thought!

I have one of those in 30-30 and it shoots very well. I have a 6x SWFA scope on it and have killed probably a half dozen deer with it out to 168 yards. Triggers suck, but are usable.

Are you buying these cast bullets or casting your own?

I cast my own. It’s a 9mm 127gr truncated cone mold. I powder coat them and size to .358. Still trying to find the best powder.

I know little to nothing about casting or shooting cast bullets, other than some revolver ammo has cast bullets. How do you size a .355 bullet up to .358?

I powder coat them twice. I’m not sure what they are dropping out of the mold at, I’ll have to measure some next time I cast. The double coat gives me a pretty consistent resistance when sizing them.

Best part is the cost. 5 cents for the powder, 3 cents for the primer, bullets are from free lead but let’s say they cost 5 cents each so 13 cents a round. I do a lot of cheap shooting!

I have the Lee 200 gr mold. I powder coat and then install gas check and run thru a Lee .356 push thru sizer.

I load on a 550 dillon..Have not cronographed any loads but expect to see 1900 to 2000fps. Will have to get that done and report.

On deer in 2020 killed a large buck at 200 steps. Hi shoulder shot, took him off his feet. I was impressed. Fun cartridge in an ar-15.

What is the purpose of powder coating? Is it to decrease leading of the barrel?

I just ordered one of these molds (6 cavity) along with gas checks and a Lee fcd for the 350. Everything should be here tomorrow.

Are you casting them hard or soft and what powder are you using? Powder coating them by chance?