New Henry 357 Carbine

[themauldens]

Nice Henry Carbine. I have a Big Boy Steel 357 rifle arriving Thursday. It will be my first centerfire Henry. My other two are rimfire. I went back and forth on weather to get the rifle or carbine. I like the looks of the carbine, short and big loop. I like the rifle because if the extra capacity and maybe better accuracy. I would love to have both.

Welcome to our world mauldens. The rifle might have a slight advantage over the Carbine in accuracy, but that would be hard to believe since my Carbine is a tack driver. You can always add the big loop to your rifle. A Skinner or RPP receiver mounted peep wil do wonders though...

Sadly, my rifle arrived damaged and had to return it. But there is a silver lining! I am going to get the new side gate model and I decided to go with the Carbine. My original thought was since it is tube fed, reloads would be a little more involved so I wanted more capacity. With the side gate, I can just top it off as needed. So I am pleased with the result (as long as the new one arrives undamaged).

[Redthies]

It sucks that your rifle arrived damaged, but a big win to be able to trade it for a side gate carbine. With cartridges like .357 and .44, I see very little advantages in the rifle length, aside from the slight gains in capacity. That said, I’ve nver needed more than 7 shots for anything, so I’m good with that. The carbines are really well balanced, and mine shoots great. I’d love a side gate, but will stick with what I have for now.

[BigAl52]

Sorry to hear of the damaged rifle but it sounds like you are getting a great deal in the end. I have owned both in 357 rifle and carbine. I have a carbine now in a CCH version. It has excellent color case in the receiver and would not trade it for a sidegate. Ive seen no real difference in accuracy between the rifle and carbine. But I like how the carbine handles much better. Welcome to the forum also

[CT_Shooter]

Congratulations on your new Henry and welcome to the forum from CT. Henry's Customer Service and warranty are the best in the business. Glad you joined us.

[themauldens]

Sorry to hear of the damaged rifle but it sounds like you are getting a great deal in the end. I have owned both in 357 rifle and carbine. I have a carbine now in a CCH version. It has excellent color case in the receiver and would not trade it for a sidegate. Ive seen no real difference in accuracy between the rifle and carbine. But I like how the carbine handles much better. Welcome to the forum also

I love the look of the color case. The only reason I didn’t look for one is the octagonal barrel. I wanted it to be as light as possible. I will get one one day though.

[Ernie]

Welcome to the forum. I am getting a 357 carbine CCH as soon as my LGS can find one. Hard to say when it will show up as they seem to be in large demand.

[Ernie]

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Picked up my new 357 Steel Carbine.

Added a Brass Stacker ROL sling with Bandolier.
It also has a Maxpedition shoulder pad on the sling. The pad is held on with Velcro straps. It's nice if you plan on carrying a rifle for several hours as it pads the shoulder quite well. If not, it can be removed in ~10 seconds. I have a couple of them and move them from rifle to rifle as needed.

Like your new Henry. How does it shoot? I really like the sling and will be checking them out.

[Rifletom]

Welcome themauldens from Ca. Nice choice of a Henry you have. Nothing shabby with those Marlin's either. You're doing well.

[rwilky78]

Welcome to the madness. I chose a BBB rifle with an octagon barrel. Upgraded to the large loop lever. I haven't tested accuracy yet but can tell from shooting it that its very consistent with my handloads. I love it.