125gr in the Henry .357?

[GaHenryFan]

I've shot hundreds of Lee 125s that I cast and powder coated. They are plenty accurate for plinking and cycle fine.

[ESquared]

I burned up a lot of time, powder and Forum bandwidth last winter messing around with various .357 bullet weights, from 110gr to 145s, 140s and 158s. It was a lot of fun and a very interesting way to start off in the reloading world. Don't know that I learned that much, other than 158s are the sweet spot; but, as noted above by many, 125s are fine for plinking and plunking.
I wouldn't worry about cycling as long as you have your OAL in spec and mind the rest of the recipe.

[KrzHorse]

Should Have no issue's with 125 gr. I shoot/stock alot of Fiocchi 125 gr SJSP & JSP. Have 4 Henry's & 3 Marlins in 357 Mag.and they all shoot the 125 gr. fine. My BBS H012M loves the SJSP- it's most accurate load. Go for it

[CT_Shooter]

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Should Have no issue's with 125 gr. I shoot/stock alot of Fiocchi 125 gr SJSP & JSP. Have 4 Henry's & 3 Marlins in 357 Mag.and they all shoot the 125 gr. fine. My BBS H012M loves the SJSP- it's most accurate load. Go for it

[Shakey Jake]

I want to take the Henry out to play this coming Monday and ordered ammo but because of the holiday I wont have my ammo here in time. I have plenty of reloads but wanted to go one more time with Factory rounds to make sure the henry is running.

I keep reading that Henry would like you to use 158gr bullets but I have about 2 boxes of 125 gr .357 I would be ok letting go. Is it just a feed issue or can the lighter bullets hurt the gun?
alex

I've used lots of 125 gr bullets just fine from Xtreme copper plated to XTP's.
Jake

[Alex]

So just got back from the range a couple of hours ago. The 125gr Federal was a pleasure to shoot and I felt more accurate, faster with it. I was at an indoor range so I can only go out to 25 yds but ... while recoil from the Rifle with 158gr Rem HTP is not an issue I felt faster and had a bit more fun with the 125's
but
Goodness .. dont you hate but's

There were a couple of clunky feeds with the 125's and not a single clunky feed with the 158's. Having said that .. I am new to lever actions and maybe have 300 rds under my belt now so it could certainly be me but about 3 rounds out of 40 of the 125 gr I had to kind of double throw the lever. Dont know a better way to explain it but I am sure you guys know what I mean.

Perhaps it will smooth itself out more as I use it but currently if I decided to use the rifle as a home defense Carbine I would stick with the 158's that fed like BUTTER. Oh my I didnt think it could feel so good. What a fun time at the range!!

Oh .. and the wife was killing it at 15 yds no problem .. Just fun.

[Mistered]

and I felt more accurate,

You have any paper targets to show results? Say compared to the 158s ?

Kinda hard to 'feel' accuracy !

[Ojaileveraction]

Alex I think it's the nature of a straight walked pistol caliber rifle averaging the ability to cycle a wide range of cartridge OAL.

[Alex]

and I felt more accurate,

You have any paper targets to show results? Say compared to the 158s ?

Kinda hard to 'feel' accuracy !

I was mostly playing today but I have a couple of boxes of 125 around so on my next visit I will try and give photos of a direct comparison. I am still in the honey moon phase and just diggin shooting and cycling my new Henry.

But I promise I will offer a comparison with as good as I can shoot which is the bigger variable since I don't use a rest.

[Mistered]

I am still in the honey moon phase and just diggin shooting and cycling my new Henry.

This I understand!

However its almost essential we all shoot 'paper' to see what our loads are doing.

Heck I rather be killing pine cones!