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Henry .41 magnum
Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2025 9:33 pm
by 5shot
Henry must have recently produced a run of steel .41's because GunBroker has several pages of them listed. I may call around locally and see if there are any available. Henry is still not doing these with side gates and not sure if I will get one or not. It would seem like they could chamber .41 mag side gates without any costly production issues but it ain't happening.
Re: Henry .41 magnum
Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2025 10:19 pm
by GunnyGene
5shot wrote: ↑Sun Jun 29, 2025 9:33 pm
Henry must have recently produced a run of steel .41's because GunBroker has several pages of them listed. I may call around locally and see if there are any available. Henry is still not doing these with side gates and not sure if I will get one or not. It would seem like they could chamber .41 mag side gates without any costly production issues but it ain't happening.
There's more to it than just chambering, but maybe they will if there's a big enough market/profit for the .41, which I doubt. .41mag has always been a niche/connoisseur caliber that lives in that narrow strip of gundum between .357 and .44.
I'll be keeping mine, which I bought before Henry caved in on side gates.
Re: Henry .41 magnum
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2025 1:22 pm
by Vaquero
I have one of the early ones and I love it, however I would've preferred the shorter 16.5" version, but
it wasn't offered at first.
RP
Re: Henry .41 magnum
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2025 3:21 pm
by BigAl52
I also have one of the first ones made. Mine shoots very well but it doesnt get used much. It will remain with me forever
Re: Henry .41 magnum
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2025 9:55 pm
by 5shot
I checked with several local shops today and there are no .41 carbines available in their pipelines. So then I got to thinking...
a rarity indeed...There are three .41 revolvers in the safe and they haven't been seeing much use lately. If the .41 Big Boy is sensitive to OAL length like the BB's I already own then two of my .41 Bullet molds probably aren't going to cycle.
Since I currently have 4 HO15's and get the warm fuzzies
every time I shoot them it seemed like a good plan B. It's probably safe to say Henry isn't going to chamber the SS's in .41. My .360 Buckhammer X-Model does a fine job with 200 gr. Hornady RN's at 2200 fps and also shoots very well with 180 gr. cast and jacketed going about 450 fps slower. Only problem is the point of impact is way lower.
So, there are two area dealers that have .360 Buckhammer SS's on backorder for me. Whoever calls first. This gun will get run at about .357 Maximum horsepower levels and hopefully will lead to more warm fuzzies.
And that's enough deep thought for today.
Re: Henry .41 magnum
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2025 10:23 pm
by Vaquero
5shot wrote: ↑Mon Jun 30, 2025 9:55 pm
I checked with several local shops today and there are no .41 carbines available in their pipelines. So then I got to thinking...
a rarity indeed...There are three .41 revolvers in the safe and they haven't been seeing much use lately. If the .41 Big Boy is sensitive to OAL length like the BB's I already own then two of my .41 Bullet molds probably aren't going to cycle.
Since I currently have 4 HO15's and get the warm fuzzies
every time I shoot them it seemed like a good plan B. It's probably safe to say Henry isn't going to chamber the SS's in .41. My .360 Buckhammer X-Model does a fine job with 200 gr. Hornady RN's at 2200 fps and also shoots very well with 180 gr. cast and jacketed going about 450 fps slower. Only problem is the point of impact is way lower.
So, there are two area dealers that have .360 Buckhammer SS's on backorder for me. Whoever calls first. This gun will get run at about .357 Maximum horsepower levels and hopefully will lead to more warm fuzzies.
And that's enough deep thought for today.
I've been able to run some pretty heavy/long cast in mine with little to no problem.
I cast a 270gr wfn that cycles and shoots just fine.
Like Al said I'll have mine until.
I bet I have a pic of some of those, let me look.
RP
Re: Henry .41 magnum
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2025 10:41 pm
by Vaquero
I couldn't find one, give me a couple days, we're out of town for a couple more days. I'll get a pic., and check the oal, in the meantime here's mine and the 280's were some old Beartooth bullets.
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RP
Re: Henry .41 magnum
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2025 11:49 pm
by BigAl52
You know I know all you super casters like casting your big lead bullets. But if my Hornady 210 xtp in the 41 wont do the job Ill just stay on the porch.
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Re: Henry .41 magnum
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2025 12:04 am
by Mags
5shot wrote: ↑Mon Jun 30, 2025 9:55 pm
I checked with several local shops today and there are no .41 carbines available in their pipelines. ...
Sportmans Warehouse in Wausau. 2 Henry carbine models can be ordered 'ship to store'.
Re: Henry .41 magnum
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2025 12:41 am
by 5shot
Mags wrote: ↑Tue Jul 01, 2025 12:04 am
5shot wrote: ↑Mon Jun 30, 2025 9:55 pm
I checked with several local shops today and there are no .41 carbines available in their pipelines. ...
Sportmans Warehouse in Wausau. 2 Henry carbine models can be ordered 'ship to store'.
Thanks Mags! That's less than 2 hours from me so may have to check that out.