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Greetings from Virginia

Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 6:03 pm
by Enoch Jones
I love to make those steel targets ring so I bought an H010x in 45-70 and a H012CR in 45 colt. Then I asked Google where I could find a group of folks that like big slow bullets and Google sent me here. I have been lurking for some time, picking up tips and tricks and I thank all of you for your generosity. I am off to a pretty good start and look forward to the road ahead.

Re: Greetings from Virginia

Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 6:13 pm
by rugrat
Welcome to the forum.

Re: Greetings from Virginia

Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 6:27 pm
by Cofisher
We know you are out there dude. Welcome from Nebraska. I like your choice of rifles.

Re: Greetings from Virginia

Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 6:35 pm
by JEBar
welcome indeed .... delighted to have you join our community .... will you be loading your own ammo .... our 45-70 is a hoss .... looking forward to your range reports and use impressions as you become more familiar with your rifles .... be sure to follow the link below to where you can add your Henry Rifles to our community's total


http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.p ... 41#p157741

Re: Greetings from Virginia

Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 6:42 pm
by CT_Shooter
Welcome from CT. Glad you found us and joined our membership.

Re: Greetings from Virginia

Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 7:18 pm
by fortyshooter
A big welcome from Central Va.! Enjoy those .45's !

Re: Greetings from Virginia

Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 8:28 pm
by BigAl52
Welcome to the forum and enjoy those 45's

Re: Greetings from Virginia

Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 10:16 pm
by Enoch Jones
JEBar - for me reloading for the range is like tying your own flies for the trout stream, one is almost as much fun as the other. I am working up from light loads (300 gr Hornady HP over 35 gr of RL7 for 45-70 and 255 gr lead Hornady cowboy bullets over 8 gr of Unique — thanks fortyshooter — for 45 Colt.

Re: Greetings from Virginia

Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 10:23 pm
by fortyshooter
Enoch Jones wrote:
Fri Jan 15, 2021 10:16 pm
JEBar - for me reloading for the range is like tying your own flies for the trout stream, one is almost as much fun as the other. I am working my up from light loads (300 gr Hornady HP over 35 gr of RL7 for 45-70 and 255 gr lead Hornady cowboy bullets over 8 gr of Unique — thanks fortyshooter — for 45 Colt.
I have a couple of 45-70 rifles also being a Marlin 1895 GS and a 1885 High Wall. I like the 405 gr. cast lead bullet with 13-14 gr. Unique for an all day plinker which still has some punch. For the .45 revolvers try 6.0 gr. of Red Dot with a 230-255 gr. cast bullet If you can find it. Nice accurate load for plinking! But I do still use the 8-8.5 Unique loads . Enjoy your range time!

Re: Greetings from Virginia

Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 10:28 pm
by Enoch Jones
Fortyshooter - will do, many thanks

Re: Greetings from Virginia

Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 10:51 pm
by JEBar
Enoch Jones wrote:
Fri Jan 15, 2021 10:16 pm
I am working up from light loads (300 gr Hornady HP over 35 gr of RL7 for 45-70
I'm doing the same with 300 g Nosler Ballistic Silvertips pushed by 44 g of IMR4198 .... I hope to be able to get to a range within a few weeks and see how they behave out to 100 yards

Re: Greetings from Virginia

Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2021 6:32 am
by Ernie
Welcome to the forum from Michigan.

Re: Greetings from Virginia

Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2021 11:29 pm
by If1Hitu
Howdy ......
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Re: Greetings from Virginia

Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2021 10:03 am
by markiver54
Welcome from Western North Carolina.

Re: Greetings from Virginia

Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2021 1:18 pm
by brm4450
Bienvenido from Dacotah.