Greetings from the Aloha State

[Kaumheimer]

Aloha Everyone,

I'm Rob and just joined. I'm the proud owner of a "Big Boy" chambered in .44. It has the Skinner sights which I like better than the stock one.
I like the 16" barrel--easy to maneuver. My interest in this rifle is shooting a 12" gong at 100 yards. Maybe go after a pig or a goat at some point? Who knows?

I've been in Hawaii for about 25 years and work as a journalist at the local paper. I write for the business section. (Please don't hate me for being a journalist!) I also write about firearms once in a while for blog, Hawaii Reporter. I'm a member of our local club--members participate in Bullseye competition. Very nice group of folks. I mostly shoot 1911s.

I haven't done a lot of shooting lever action rifles except an old Marlin .22 so I thought joining this forum would be a smart thing to do.

I'm particularly interested in figuring out how to load for this rifle. The manufacturer wasn't very helpful, I'm sure because of the liabilities. They want you to shoot factory ammo of course.

So I'm trying to figure what kind of bullet this rifle likes. I have some cast 22 and 240 gr bullets.

I thought the best place to go for answers would be this forum and see what other folks have done. I'll post something on the reloading section and poke around there to see if there's some past threads.

So that's my story. Semi-retired in Hawaii. I'm very lucky.

So there's a German flag on my profile...I have dual US/German citizenship.

[Shakey Jake]

Welcome from the Land of Sugar! There are lots of load variants out there but I use a Nosler 240 gr bullet over 22.8 gr of H110 or W296.
Jake

[JEBar]

welcome indeed .... delighted to have you join our forum .... do hope you will be an active member who reads and post often .... ask away, we have a large number of members with Henry 44 Mags ... ours has proven to be a solid shooter that's fun to fire .... we load 240 gr jacketed Nosler bullets .... they've proven to take bear, boar and deer .... be sure to follow the link below to where you can add your Henry to our community's total

http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.p ... 17#p206117

[Vaquero]

Hello and Welcome from Tennessee.
I shoot mostly cast in my 44.


RP

[Ernie]

Welcome to the forum from Michigan.

[Rifletom]

Welcome from So-Cal. Lots of people here shoot/load for the .44. You'll get plenty of data. Glad to have you.

[markiver54]

Welcome from Western North Carolina. Sorry, I don't reload.

[Kissmybrass]

Welcome to the forum AND to lever action shooting, Rob! Love my Henry lever rifles! .357 ad 45-70 for me so not much help in the .44 category.

[BrokenolMarine]

Welcome to the family from South Central Oklahoma. I was stationed in Hawaii with the Marine SAR unit at Kanaohe Bay from 82 to 85. Beautiful. The cost of living was difficult for a young Sergeant so I didn't get to travel to other islands or visit all the tourist attractions like most folks, but I did dive most of Oahu, and loved it. Back then, no free long distance and my ex-wife was my current wife and she was a Mama's girl. My long distance bill was around $300 a month. She called her mother and sister a lot until I finally limited her to TWO ten minute calls a month. We didn't have email back then, so she had to write letters. LOL. She sucked at that.

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Anyway, Jump right in, post, ask questions, and share. Pictures, we like pictures. Your rifles, guns, trucks, hobbies, fish, boats? You get the idea. We might pick on you, but it'll all be in good fun. The mods wouldn't allow anything else, this IS a family.

[Hatchdog]

Welcome from cold snowy Eastern Washington State and if I sound jealous it’s because I am.

Any Journalist who is a firearms owner, competition shooter and hunter is one fine Journalist.