BossmanPJ
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Not using a loading gate on a lever action rifle was pretty original.
Henry Repeating Arms new rifles
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Not using a loading gate on a lever action rifle was pretty original.
StickShaker
Active Member
A 45LC is on my list so I checked this out. What's up with the super high price compared to their other lever guns?
What caliber are you shooting them with? And why is it that the golden boy is so expensive? I wanted to get one a couple of years ago but it seemed way too high so I didnt even bother saving up for it.
cyclops
Active Member
I'm a Henry fan and the tube magazines don't really bother me, can't wait to have a look at their new single shots when they come out.
TomisinMd
Ultimate Member
We did a test at the club one day. Uberti 1873 with gate vs the Henry 357 to load ten.
Two of us and switched rifles. Henry won by a smidge both times...both my rifles lol. I really thought the gate would blow it away!
But I presume that if you have to load a couple rounds quickly and fire in an emergency situation, that the side gate-loading rifle would win. With the Henry 357 (which I have in the steel receiver carbine version), the largest time loss is pulling the the rod from the loading tube. After this, the speed in loading makes up for time loss, esp with a larger round count.
Anyway, not dinging the Henry as I'm happy with mine.
jimbobborg
Oddball caliber fan
It's harder to load singles in a toggle-link levergun versus the modern Henry. Of course loading an original style Henry can be faster than loading a gate rifle.
At a cowboy action shoot a few years ago, the match director got a brilliant idea. Start the stage with six rounds in the tube of our rifles, then have us load four more on the clock. Comedy ensued. I've never seen so many cartridges flipped out into the dirt than that one stage. I was running my Uberti 1860, so I pulled up the follower, dumped four rounds that I had staged into the tube, dropped the follower and it was on.
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