Henry Big boy classic 45 colt

[2guns]

I just got mine last week in 45 colt. Only bullets I had on hand were hornady 250 xtp. I loaded up with 11 grains of Unique and groups were not great. Chrono graphed around 1100 fps. I had some factory lead black hills cowboy ammo that grouped much better. I'm trying to find a good bullet to hunt deer here in north Ga mountains. Probably 75 yards max where I ride my horses in pretty thick woods. Considering the Oregon Trail 250 grain laser cast. Will probably switch to H110 since Unique is really dirty. Any suggestions for bullets and since I don't know twist rate or how stout loads this gun can handle. Any help would be appreciated. This is my first Henry center fire. I do have a 22 mag in one.
One other question. Can you put a Marble or Lyman tang on these. The serial number would be covered up on mine.

[Sir Henry]

I can't answer your question but someone will be along soon.

[tractortad]

Twist rate on a Henry Bigboy 45LC is 1:16 according to their website. I think that rifle will handle any load that you can run in it. Some of the really hot stuff (i.e. Buffalo Bore) is too long for the action to cycle.

[2guns]

I found that out today. 1.60 oal is max for my rifle. Really likes 1.595 to cycle better

[JEBar]

I can't speak directly to 45 caliber but do have many years experience using Nosler's 44 cal JHP bullets while hunting whitetail deer, boar, and black bear .... they preform flawlessly .... should you have any interest, here is a link to a source for Nosler 45 Colt BLEMS ===> http://www.shootersproshop.com/nosler-p ... 100ct.html .... as you can read in the link, the BLEMS are cosmetic and do not impact the performance of the bullets ....we have used thousands and have total confidence in them

[2guns]

I wish I had thought of the Noslers earlier. That's what I use in my single action 357. Your site is much less than I was paying Pulled or blemished don't bother me at all.

[JEBar]

Pulled or blemished don't bother me at all.

well understood .... if you order some, my bet is you will have a really tough time finding the blemish .... with their flat rate of $13 for shipping, I try to place as large of an order as possible .... only negative I have found is it usually takes a week to get an order in house

[BigAl52]

I have shot some of the hornady xtp's for group but it wasnt with that high of charge of Unique. I shoot mostly copper plated bullets in mine and I have had real good luck with HS-6. If you have some of that you might give it a try. I havent tried 2400 yet but Im betting it would do a good job also as it does in 357 and 44 mag. Al

[2guns]

I ordered some 250 grain rim rock bullets yesterday. Lubed but no gas checks. I'm guessing I will try Hornady cowboy load data and work up to a decent load if they shoot good. My rifle is finicky with the xtp. I'm older and far off vision is good for scope use. I can see front sight ok and rear could be about 2 inches forward but it's liveable. I would still like to put a Marbles tang sight on it.

[Jrprock]

I’ve had good accuracy using the 240 and 300gr XTP MAG bullets. With both H110/W296 and HS-6 powders. I’ve also played with Univesal powder and the 240gr. Showed promise but lacked consistency.

I’ve got some 265 and 280 cast bullets to play with now too.