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What caliber to get next?

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Re: What caliber to get next?

Post by sullytyme » Sat Jul 11, 2020 12:45 pm

Guess intended use would have helped. I'm mostly a collector but definitely hunting is a secondary.

I actually ended up getting the 45-70 today. I do reload and I got the rifle on a trade for a mini-14 that I never use.

Thanks for all the feedback.
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Re: What caliber to get next?

Post by Vaquero » Sat Jul 11, 2020 12:50 pm

sullytyme wrote:
Sat Jul 11, 2020 12:45 pm
Guess intended use would have helped. I'm mostly a collector but definitely hunting is a secondary.

I actually ended up getting the 45-70 today. I do reload and I got the rifle on a trade for a mini-14 that I never use.

Thanks for all the feedback.
Well? We gonna need to see some proof :o :lol:
Congrats really. Henry or Marlin?

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Re: What caliber to get next?

Post by Team Roper » Sat Jul 11, 2020 6:07 pm

I'd still get a 45-70 but in a beautiful Sharps rifle if I was more of a collector then a hunter. I usually see that one in my dreams at night.
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Re: What caliber to get next?

Post by sullytyme » Sat Jul 11, 2020 6:54 pm

Vaquero wrote:
Sat Jul 11, 2020 12:50 pm

Well? We gonna need to see some proof :o :lol:
Congrats really. Henry or Marlin?

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Re: What caliber to get next?

Post by Vaquero » Sat Jul 11, 2020 7:18 pm

Nice Henry Sully, thanks for the pic.

I'm a Marlin fan, then a Henry fan, but
there are some Winchesters, and a Rossi around here also.
I'm a lever gun fan, through and through.

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Re: What caliber to get next?

Post by JEBar » Sat Jul 11, 2020 9:57 pm

sullytyme wrote:
Sat Jul 11, 2020 12:45 pm
I actually ended up getting the 45-70 today. I do reload and I got the rifle on a trade for a mini-14 that I never use.
congrats on your new 45-70 .... ours has proven to be one heck of a rifle .... be sure to follow the link below to where you will be able to add all of your Henry rifles to our community's total


http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.p ... 43#p140843
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Re: What caliber to get next?

Post by BigAl52 » Sat Jul 11, 2020 11:32 pm

Congrats on the new 70 hope you enjoy it.
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Re: What caliber to get next?

Post by sullytyme » Sun Jul 12, 2020 11:55 am

I took the Henry for a spin this morning and decided to take my Marlin 30-30 along just to compare the experience. Definitely more of a thump in the 45-70, but I found it a lot smoother. A lot easier to get reset for a follow up shot with the Henry.
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Re: What caliber to get next?

Post by Slugnut » Mon Aug 03, 2020 2:13 pm

you can't go wrong with a 45 colt.
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Re: What caliber to get next?

Post by mrmag00 » Fri Aug 07, 2020 9:08 pm

I vote for the 45LC then you have an excuse to get a Ruger Blackhawk in 45LC
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