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New SS 357, get it tomorrow!

Post by Brother_Love » Fri Jan 04, 2019 3:53 pm

Ive been searching for one of these for a while and a friend tipped me about one 2 hours south. I’m going to get it tomorrow.It has a nice piece of wood on it too. It probably will be a 357 maximum within a week.
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Re: New SS 357, get it tomorrow!

Post by Cofisher » Fri Jan 04, 2019 4:35 pm

What is the process to make it into a 'maximum '?
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Post by JEBar » Fri Jan 04, 2019 5:06 pm

nice looking wood indeed .... looking forward to following your process in working with your new Henry .... please take a look at our How Many ? thread (link below) and add all of your Henry rifles to our community's total

http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.p ... 249#p80249
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Post by markiver54 » Fri Jan 04, 2019 5:44 pm

Cofisher wrote:What is the process to make it into a 'maximum '?
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Re: New SS 357, get it tomorrow!

Post by Brother_Love » Fri Jan 04, 2019 6:31 pm

markiver54 wrote:
Cofisher wrote:What is the process to make it into a 'maximum '?
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I have 2 choices, send it my gunsmith or try it myself. I have researched the process and it can be done with a finishing reamer, lots of oil and patience. It can be hand turned. Both of the ones I followed turned out great. I may chicken out though and send it to my gunsmith. Ill shoot it as is for a little while.
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Re: New SS 357, get it tomorrow!

Post by CT_Shooter » Fri Jan 04, 2019 7:20 pm

Brother_Love wrote: It probably will be a 357 maximum within a week.
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Please forgive my ignorance, but what does it mean to make it into a "357 maximum"? What will be the benefit over it's current configuration?
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Re: New SS 357, get it tomorrow!

Post by ESquared » Fri Jan 04, 2019 7:44 pm

CT_Shooter wrote:
Brother_Love wrote: It probably will be a 357 maximum within a week.
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Please forgive my ignorance, but what does it mean to make it into a "357 maximum"? What will be the benefit over it's current configuration?
Even after the explanation about the "finishing reamer and lots of oil," I'm still not clear about what 'smithing is about to take place, no matter who does it. Please elaborate if you get a chance.

Regardless of whether it ends up being "Maxed Out" or not, that's some beautiful furniture!

Congrats in advance and keep us posted on your first impressions, the mystery mods and how it all turns out!
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Re: New SS 357, get it tomorrow!

Post by Brother_Love » Fri Jan 04, 2019 8:08 pm

I’m going to let my gunsmith do it. He is simply going to rechamber it for357 maximum. It will give me a little more power plus I just want one. Thanks
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Post by JEBar » Fri Jan 04, 2019 8:15 pm

Brother_Love wrote:I just want one. Thanks

for me, that's the best and only reason needed .... looking forward to your post conversion reports
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Post by ESquared » Fri Jan 04, 2019 8:19 pm

Brother_Love wrote:I’m going to let my gunsmith do it. He is simply going to rechamber it for357 maximum. It will give me a little more power plus I just want one. Thanks
Thanks for the clarification. Not familiar with that load, but a quick search on AmmoSeek shows that round to be fairly rare and spendy. Do you reload for it?

It may or may not matter to you, but I'd guess that kind of modification will void your warranty. Others may prove me wrong (they'll chime in if so).
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