Re: 327 Federal Big Boy Steel Carbine

Post by **JEBar** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 10:32 pm

Shakey Jake wrote:
JEBar wrote:sorry to hear about the accident .... hope you bounce back quickly .... have you sent your rifle back to Henry ?
No, I'm going to try the factory loads first. That way Henry won't be able to question the handloads.
Jake

smart move .... hope you'll be able to check out the factory rounds soon .... if we were still down in your neck of the woods, I'd be happy to test them for you ...

Post by **Blackdog** » Tue Aug 07, 2018 8:41 am

Factory ammo? Perhaps reloads would group better - certainly no worse.
Michael

Post by **JEBar** » Tue Aug 07, 2018 8:51 am

Blackdog wrote:Factory ammo? Perhaps reloads would group better - certainly no worse.
Michael

agree, we've loaded all of our ammo since the mid 60's .... however, for liability reasons, Henry can't recommend using anything but factory ammo that is manufactured to SAAMI standards .... for that reason its best to base the issues a person reports to them are based on using factory ammo

Post by **BigAl52** » Tue Aug 07, 2018 8:55 am

Jake was the accident on the Goldwing? Hope you get better soon and get the rifle figured out.

Post by **Shakey Jake** » Tue Aug 07, 2018 12:18 pm

BigAl52 wrote:Jake was the accident on the Goldwing? Hope you get better soon and get the rifle figured out.

No, fortunately. I was doing some household chores for my mom. She usually has a list of them for me whenever I go up. It takes some of the boredom out of just watching television and saves her some money. Anyway, somehow I managed to have something go wrong in my neck. I hope it's not a slipped disc. The ER did X-rays but I think I'd have to have a MRI for that to show. They just gave me some "happy" pills for the pain (hydrocodone) and a muscle relaxer (cyclobenzaprine). The ER doctor also shot me up with lidocaine in three places surrounding the painful area. If it doesn't get better soon I'll follow up with a local doctor.

Post by **Shakey Jake** » Fri Aug 17, 2018 3:12 pm

Well, finally took the Henry back to the range this morning and am now full of crow. I shot 35 rounds of American Eagle 85 gr soft point at 50 yards. The first shot was the lowest shot on the target but the rest did comfortably well. I know it will never shoot as well as my bolt guns, but think if I had a little trigger work done I could minimize some of the floaters. I am also rethinking my current reload. It did well with the other barrel but maybe this one not so much.

Post by **JEBar** » Fri Aug 17, 2018 4:53 pm

after spending time with you on a range, that's the type target I'd expect ..

.. congrats .... looking forward to following your progress in settling on a load

Post by **GFK** » Fri Aug 17, 2018 5:06 pm

Looks like good work!

Post by **Shakey Jake** » Sat Aug 18, 2018 10:28 am

JEBar wrote:after spending time with you on a range, that's the type target I'd expect .. .. congrats .... looking forward to following your progress in settling on a load

I'm going to get in touch with your gunsmith and see if he can work some magic on the trigger for me.

Post by **BigAl52** » Sat Aug 18, 2018 10:57 am

Jake
What powder have you been using in that 327 for your own loads? That target there looks good to me.

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