New Federal Ammo for Henry Levers

[Vaquero]

I'm just not much of a jacketed bullet shooter so they have little appeal to me.
Other than the 44, because as much as I've tried I have yet to find a cast load my BBB likes.

RP

[Mags]

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I like the part about the tapered cartridge rim. Should help minimize inner magtube hang up on rims.

Note the taper/chamfer of the HammerDown rim.

[Rifletom]

I'm just not much of a jacketed bullet shooter so they have little appeal to me.
Other than the 44, because as much as I've tried I have yet to find a cast load my BBB likes.

RP

Randy, I saw this about your .44 not liking cast loads. I called a bud in Idaho about that and he loads a Keith style 250gr SWC and 19.5 gr 2400 and gets real good results from it out of his Ruger BH and Marlin rifle. Those are Leadhead bullets in Kansas. Brinell is 15-18. Plain base. Maybe worth a try?
Could also look up Chuck Hawkes on .44 mag loads.

[Vaquero]

Thanks Tom, I do have some Keith style 250's around here somewhere, I will give that load a try.

RP

[Rifletom]

Thanks Tom, I do have some Keith style 250's around here somewhere, I will give that load a try.

RP

Dang! I remember reading on somewhere where those Keith bullets may be a bit long for the Henry rifle. I think fortyshooter mentions this. Sorry about that.

[JEBar]

its good to hear about Federal and Henry working together .... I have a great deal of respect for both companies and am looking forward to hearing reports on how well they perform in real world shooting .... I might try some of their brass if it becomes available but it would take multitudes of glowing reports of a supernatural level of performance for me to try their bullets .. .. at roughly a dollar a bullet for their loaded pistol caliber ammo its a bit on the expensive side for our pocketbook

[fortyshooter]

Thanks Tom, I do have some Keith style 250's around here somewhere, I will give that load a try.

RP

Dang! I remember reading on somewhere where those Keith bullets may be a bit long for the Henry rifle. I think fortyshooter mentions this. Sorry about that.

I loaded up a batch and the COL is 1.700 and it would not feed.

[Rifletom]

Thanks Tom, I do have some Keith style 250's around here somewhere, I will give that load a try.

RP

Dang! I remember reading on somewhere where those Keith bullets may be a bit long for the Henry rifle. I think fortyshooter mentions this. Sorry about that.

I loaded up a batch and the COL is 1.700 and it would not feed.

There it is! Hope Randy sees this before he loads any up. Thanks forty.

[BigAl52]

Leadheads also makes that Bullet in a 240 gr. You might think about those Randy

[Vaquero]

I already have them loaded, I just seated them a little deeper, like the 320's I was playin with the other day. 1.635
So the accuracy may still not be there, no trying them today though.
As it's still raining pretty good.

RP