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Lefties with Henry's - how do you find it?
Lefties with Henry's - how do you find it?
Greetings - I have just purchased a Henry Big Boy - they say on the Henry site , Safe for Lefties, however, there is not data or comments from owners on how lefties find it to shoot a Henry.
I have the .45 cal Big Boy, I will be shooting it in a few weeks, (waiting for gun club membership to start, end of April) and wanted to find out what other lefties have experienced.
In the past the only rifle I found was what I would call safe for Lefties is a .22 rifle that I have, and on the same note, still very hard to find rifles made for left handed shooters and when you do they cost too much.
So, feedback from left handed owners, what do you think of Henry and firing it from the left.
I have the .45 cal Big Boy, I will be shooting it in a few weeks, (waiting for gun club membership to start, end of April) and wanted to find out what other lefties have experienced.
In the past the only rifle I found was what I would call safe for Lefties is a .22 rifle that I have, and on the same note, still very hard to find rifles made for left handed shooters and when you do they cost too much.
So, feedback from left handed owners, what do you think of Henry and firing it from the left.
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- RanchRoper
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Re: Lefties with Henry's - how do you find it?
Welcome to the forum from Alberta! Interesting, I'll be watching to see what the lefty's say. You'll like that rifle, she's a real fun caliber.
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Re: Lefties with Henry's - how do you find it?
congratulations and welcome to our forum .... we have a good number of knowledgeable 45 fans, I'm sure they will be along and offer some infoLefty wrote:Greetings - I have just purchased a Henry Big Boy -
please consider going to link below for our How Many ? thread and add your Henry to our community's total
http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.p ... 014#p38014
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Re: Lefties with Henry's - how do you find it?
I'm left handed, and no problems at all with my 45 Colt big boy steel or my H001. There are no 'throw spent casings into your eye' issues, if that is your concern. The lever cycled action and the tube magazine loading are about as ambidextrous as it gets.....and that is because Henry is wise enough not to put a loading gate on the right (wrong) side of the gun
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Re: Lefties with Henry's - how do you find it?
I'm a lefty, and one good reason to own and shoot lever guns is they're excellent ambidextrous guns. Henry rifles are no exception. You need to buy a bunch of them.
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- RanchRoper
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Re: Lefties with Henry's - how do you find it?
There you go...happy shooting!
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1860 Colt SA Richards Conversion Revolver .45C
1860 Henry .45C
1885 High Wall .45C
1820-1840 Frontier Percussion .50
1790-1820 Frontier Flintlock .50
Ohkínohkomit - Shoot skillfully
1860 Henry .45C
1885 High Wall .45C
1820-1840 Frontier Percussion .50
1790-1820 Frontier Flintlock .50
Ohkínohkomit - Shoot skillfully
Re: Lefties with Henry's - how do you find it?
Another lefty here with no problems. Shoot it and enjoy.
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Re: Lefties with Henry's - how do you find it?
Welcome from Texas. I'm also a Lefty. I have an Evil Roy .22 and a H001 in 45 Long Colt. They are very accurate and I have had no issues with thrown brass or lever work. Just a smooth and reliable rifle. Buy as many as you can!
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Re: Lefties with Henry's - how do you find it?
MuddyWaters62 wrote:Welcome from Texas. I'm also a Lefty. I have an Evil Roy .22 and a H001 in 45 Long Colt. They are very accurate and I have had no issues with thrown brass or lever work. Just a smooth and reliable rifle. Buy as many as you can!
Muddy Waters
good to hear that your Henry rifles are accurate, smooth, and reliable .... please go to our How Many ? thread at the link below and add yours to our community total
http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.p ... 086#p38086
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Re: Lefties with Henry's - how do you find it?
Shooting a rifle left-handed has disadvantages and one good advantage. If its a bolt action or semi-auto it is far more difficult to work the action as a lefty. On some rifles you can get brass back in the face. An AR15 comes to my mind most about flying brass because you are going to get a lot of it in your face.
The biggest advantage is that most ejection ports are on the right side and shooting left-handed you can see any problems loading or jamming. With a lever action such as a Henry you don't get brass back in the face and because you can see the ejection port it is actually better shooting as a lefty. I can shoot both left and right handed.
The biggest advantage is that most ejection ports are on the right side and shooting left-handed you can see any problems loading or jamming. With a lever action such as a Henry you don't get brass back in the face and because you can see the ejection port it is actually better shooting as a lefty. I can shoot both left and right handed.
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