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delliottg
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Location: Duvall Joined: Thu Mar 17, 2011 Posts: 4606
Real Name: David
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Rita & I went down to Tacoma to visit Dreadi at Black Hammer Arms and pick up her birthday present to me yesterday. A new Henry Big Boy Carbine in .45 Colt. Haven't had a chance to shoot it yet, but I love the weight and it's carbine-ness (that's a word), total length, a bit under 34". The magazine tube's a bit stiff to work, but pretty sure that'll sort itself out pretty quickly once I start using it. Sorry for the crappy photos, the lens protector on my phone has gone wayward and I didn't notice till after I'd taken them so there was dust on the lens. I've got a new one on order.
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Sun Jun 16, 2019 5:56 pm |
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Classic
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Location: Federal Way Joined: Sat Sep 15, 2012 Posts: 5492
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_________________ Banned for calling GOD a racist! Oh that's tight, Seattle guns is DEAD!
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Sun Jun 16, 2019 5:57 pm |
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beckdw
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Location: Tri -Cities Joined: Thu May 23, 2013 Posts: 2798
Real Name: David
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Love it! They are a DREAM to shoot! No recoil even with super hot loads! It's like shooting a 22lr.
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Sun Jun 16, 2019 7:05 pm |
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delliottg
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Location: Duvall Joined: Thu Mar 17, 2011 Posts: 4606
Real Name: David
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beckdw wrote: Love it! They are a DREAM to shoot! No recoil even with super hot loads! It's like shooting a 22lr. What loads are you referring to? Something like Buffalo Bore? It's quite heavy, so I'm expecting little to no recoil.
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Mon Jun 17, 2019 6:33 am |
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Schoolboy
Location: Arlington wa Joined: Wed Oct 12, 2011 Posts: 1156
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God thats so sweet!!!..... And shiney
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Mon Jun 17, 2019 7:40 am |
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delliottg
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Location: Duvall Joined: Thu Mar 17, 2011 Posts: 4606
Real Name: David
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Schoolboy wrote: God thats so sweet!!!..... And shiney Yeah, they even give you an open ended cloth sock to wrap around the receiver to help keep it shiny. I also picked up a full length sock yesterday to do the same for the whole rifle. I also ordered a nice case for it on Amazon that should be here on Wednesday.
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Mon Jun 17, 2019 8:06 am |
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beckdw
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Location: Tri -Cities Joined: Thu May 23, 2013 Posts: 2798
Real Name: David
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delliottg wrote: beckdw wrote: Love it! They are a DREAM to shoot! No recoil even with super hot loads! It's like shooting a 22lr. What loads are you referring to? Something like Buffalo Bore? It's quite heavy, so I'm expecting little to no recoil. Something like that. According to Henry (and my testing) it can run Ruger Blackhawk 45 Colt loadings and the hottest factory stuff out there including buffalo bore.
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Mon Jun 17, 2019 8:36 am |
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delliottg
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Location: Duvall Joined: Thu Mar 17, 2011 Posts: 4606
Real Name: David
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One of the reasons I bought it was because I can reload for it, my Ruger .454 Casull (in .45 Colt), and Rita's Circuit Judge and hopefully all use the same recipe for reloading.
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Mon Jun 17, 2019 8:52 am |
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beckdw
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Location: Tri -Cities Joined: Thu May 23, 2013 Posts: 2798
Real Name: David
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delliottg wrote: One of the reasons I bought it was because I can reload for it, my Ruger .454 Casull (in .45 Colt), and Rita's Circuit Judge and hopefully all use the same recipe for reloading. Should be no problem.
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Mon Jun 17, 2019 9:18 am |
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AK_Goes_Bang_Bang
Location: Centralia Joined: Tue Jun 4, 2019 Posts: 33
Real Name: Derek
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That is a fine firearm there!
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Mon Jun 17, 2019 5:46 pm |
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hkcavalier
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Location: NE WA Joined: Tue Oct 18, 2011 Posts: 5500
Real Name: The Dude
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Time for a steampunk PCC shoot!
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Mon Jun 17, 2019 6:45 pm |
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zombie66
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Location: Spanaway WA Joined: Wed Jul 6, 2011 Posts: 6318
Real Name: Hugo Stiglitz
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That is foooooooking sexy.
I have always wanted a Henry in .22 WMR.
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Mon Jun 17, 2019 9:27 pm |
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Caveman Jim
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Location: In my Cave near the Cloquallum Joined: Thu Sep 26, 2013 Posts: 7827
Real Name: Jim Sr.
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Very Nice indeed!!!
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Mon Jun 17, 2019 9:39 pm |
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PMB
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Joined: Wed Mar 6, 2013 Posts: 12018
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Yep, that's a beauty.
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Tue Jun 18, 2019 4:07 pm |
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NWGunner
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Location: South Seattle Joined: Thu May 2, 2013 Posts: 12475
Real Name: Steve
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Very Nice! Happy Be-lated B-day!
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Tue Jun 18, 2019 7:29 pm |
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