Wow this is interesting...barrel lengths !

[fortyshooter]

I just noticed this tonight looking at both my carbines..the Colt 45 and .44 Mag.
Both listed as 16.5 inch barrel length. Take a look at my pictures and measurements.

First 2 pics are OAL from end of barrels...first pic the .44 Mag carbine. Last pic I had lined up both together even at stock butt.

What do you see and think? So is the .44 Mag a 16.5 inch barrel or is the .45 Colt something less?

[GunnyGene]

Barrel length (per atf) is measured with a dowel inserted in the barrel from muzzle to bolt face. Mark the dowel even with the muzzle. Suggest you measure that way. But I'm thinking you have an X model barrel on the .44 (17.4").

[fortyshooter]

Barrel length (per atf) is measured with a dowel inserted in the barrel from muzzle to bolt face. Mark the dowel even with the muzzle. Suggest you measure that way.

OK just checked with a 3/8ths dia. aluminum rod and the Colt 45 Carbine is 16 9/16 and the .44 Mag Carbine is 17 1/2.
I wonder why Henry made the .44 an inch over specs.?

Was hoping a short mistake made it out the Henry door with my .45!

[GunnyGene]

Barrel length (per atf) is measured with a dowel inserted in the barrel from muzzle to bolt face. Mark the dowel even with the muzzle. Suggest you measure that way.

OK just checked with a 3/8ths dia. aluminum rod and the Colt 45 Carbine is 16 9/16 and the .44 Mag Carbine is 17 1/2.
I wonder why Henry made the .44 an inch over specs.?

See my edit, but I think you got a X model barrel on the .44.

[fortyshooter]

Now that would be something ! But the X barrels look to be threaded at the end for silencer which mine is not.

[GunnyGene]

Now that would be something ! But the X barrels look to be threaded at the end for silencer which mine is not.

Perhaps a CA Compliant X barrel so they can sell them in CA, etc? No doubt mistakenly ended up on your gun. You might have the only .44BBSC with a 17.4" barrel in existence. Think collector value. You gonna complain?

[fortyshooter]

Now that would be something ! But the X barrels look to be threaded at the end for silencer which mine is not.

Perhaps a CA Compliant X barrel so they can sell them in CA, etc? No doubt mistakenly ended up on your gun. You might have the only .44BBSC with a 17.4" barrel in existence. Think collector value. You gonna complain?

No complaint here! Maybe get some other .44 Carbine owners in here to measure their barrel lengths.

I had noticed that my new .45 Carbine looked a bit shorter and that the .44 was supposed to be a 16.5 length and that got me wondering
if a mistake on the short side had been made. Now that would be a collector piece!!

[GunnyGene]

Now that would be something ! But the X barrels look to be threaded at the end for silencer which mine is not.

Perhaps a CA Compliant X barrel so they can sell them in CA, etc? No doubt mistakenly ended up on your gun. You might have the only .44BBSC with a 17.4" barrel in existence. Think collector value. You gonna complain?

No complaint here! Maybe get some other .44 Carbine owners in here to measure their barrel lengths.

I had noticed that my new .45 Carbine looked a bit shorter and that the .44 was supposed to be a 16.5 length and that got me wondering
if a mistake on the short side had been made. Now that would be a collector piece!!

The only other thing I can think of is that Henry might have decided to make all .44 mag carbine barrels 17.4 and just thread the ones for the X. Would save them some money that way. If they did, they haven't updated the website yet.

[fortyshooter]

Could very well be the case on the later run .44's

[Rifletom]

Kind of interesting. Have to wait for more folks to measure theirs and post.